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Sunday, July 19Th Welcome, Introductions and Orientation Naomi Chazan/New Gen Activism Fellowship Trip to Israel New Israel Fund July 19th – 27th, 2015 Sunday, July 19th Welcome, Introductions and Orientation Arrival and check-in at the hotel in Jerusalem 4:00 PM Depart Hotel 4:30 – 5:00 PM Welcome and Introductions Location: NIF Offices 5:00 – 6:00 PM Meeting with Rachel Liel, Executive Director of NIF in Israel and Ronit Heyd, Director of Shatil 6:00 – 7:15 PM Meeting with Naomi Chazan, Former NIF President and current NIF Board Member 7:15 – 8:15 PM Introduction to the Program and Expectations 8:30 PM Welcome Dinner Location: HaSadna, 28 Hebron Rd, Jerusalem Overnight at Prima Royale, 3 Mendele St., Jerusalem Monday, July 20th Human Rights and Democracy: Strengthening Democratic Infrastructure 8:00 AM Setting up the day 8:15 AM Depart Hotel 9:00 – 10:00 AM Tour of the Knesset 10:15 – 11:00 AM Conversation with Giyora Wahle, Policy Expert at Shatil Location: Meretz Party Room 11:00 – 11:45 AM Meeting with MK Hilik Bar Location: Meretz Party Room 12:00 – 1:30 PM Lunch 2:00 – 3:00 PM Guided Tour of the Supreme Court 3:00 – 4:00 PM Conversation with Avigail Kormes, NIF's Democracy, Civil and Human Rights Grants Officer 4:00 – 4:45 PM Processing Session 5:00 – 7:00 PM Culinary Tour of Mahane Yehuda Market with Iris Saraf-Reinharts of Amechaye Fun Evening Overnight at Prima Royale, 3 Mendele St., Jerusalem Tuesday, July 21st Religious Freedom and Pluralism: Building Momentum for Change Breakfast at Hotel 8:15 AM Setting up the day 8:45 AM Depart Hotel 9:00 – 10:00 AM Meeting with Anat Hoffman, Director of Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC) 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Conversation and Limmud at Kol Israel Haverim (KIAH) with Director of Public Relations Chani Mamram, with Drori Yehoshua, Founder of Memizrach Shemesh and Moshe Shriki, Director of Education at Memizrach Shemesh 12:00 – 1:30 PM Lunch with Rimon Ajami – Women Cooking up a Business 1:30 – 2:15 PM Free Time 2:30 – 3:30 PM The role of Public Campaigns in Recent Efforts to Improve Religious Freedom with Merav Livneh Dill, Coordinator of Shatil's Religious Pluralism Project 3:30 – 5:00 PM Praying for Acceptance: LGBTQI and Liberal Orthodoxy Panel Discussion with Shuval Project and the Jerusalem Open House (JOH) Ariella Reshet, Teacher at Denmark School, Nadav Schwartz, Director of Hevruta and Alice Marcu, Director of Education at the Jerusalem Open House (JOH) Location: Jerusalem Open House Offices, HaSoreg Street 2, 1st Floor 5:30 – 7:30 PM Processing Session 8:00 PM Dinner Location: Private room, Piccolino, Yo'el Moshe Salomon St. 12 Overnight at Prima Royale, 3 Mendele St., Jerusalem 2 Wednesday, July 22nd Human Rights and the Occupation: Can Grassroots Activists Make a Change? Breakfast at Hotel 8:30 AM Setting up the day Meeting point: Hotel Lobby 9:00 AM Depart Hotel 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Visit to Hebron with Shay Davidovich, Jewish Diaspora Activities Coordinator from Breaking the Silence 3:45 – 5:15 PM Meeting Ali Abu Awwad Founder of Al-Tariq and non-violent Activist and Shaul Judelman, Activist at Roots Location: Roots Farm, Gush Etzion Junction 6:00 – 8:00 PM Processing Session Overnight at Prima Royale, 3 Mendele St., Jerusalem Thursday, July 23rd Marginalized Communities: Securing Land Rights and Distributive Justice 8:00 AM Depart Jerusalem 10:30 – 11:30 AM Meeting with Sultan Abu Obaid, Director of Shatil Beer Sheva 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Tour of Unrecognized Village with Sultan 1:00 PM Depart to Yeruham 1:30 – 3:00 PM Meeting over lunch with Michael Biton, Mayor of Yeruham 3:00 – 4:30 PM Tour of Yeruham with Lior Bar, Teacher an Activist in Yeruham 4:30 – 5:30 PM Meeting with Young Activists in Yeruham Check in at the Hotel 6:00 – 7:00 PM Processing Session 7:00 PM Dinner at Hotel 9:00 PM Social Event in Yeruham Location: Midbar Overnight at Desert Iris Hotel, 108 Zevi Burnstein st., Yeruham 3 Friday, July 24th Breakfast and Check out 9:00 – 10:00 AM Nili Aharon, Activist at "Ben Mamshich" in the Periphery 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Team Building and Leadership Activity in Yeruham Location: Park Yeruham 12:00 – 2:00 PM Drive to Tel Aviv 2:00 PM Check in at the Hotel Free Time 5:30 PM Depart Lobby 6:00 PM Beit Tefillah Yisraeli Kabbalat Shabbat Service on the Beach Location: North Deck ("Deck Tzfoni") near Shuk HaIkarim 8:30 PM Dinner Mishkenot Ruth Daniel, 47 Jerusalem Boulevard, Jaffa - Tel Aviv Saturday, July 25th Shabbat Free Day Optional: Day at the Beach Motz'ei Shabbat Limmud with Kalela Mishkenot Ruth Daniel, 47 Jerusalem Boulevard, Jaffa - Tel Aviv Sunday, July 26th [Tish'a b'Av] Shared Society & Combatting Racism: Moving beyond "Sin'at Chinam" 8:15 AM Setting up the day Meeting point: Hotel Lobby 9:00 – 10:00 AM Meeting with Yael Ben Yeffet of the Mizrahi Rainbow 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Tour in South Tel Aviv with Elliot Vaisrub Glassenberg, Director of International Communications at BINA 4 12:30 – 1:30 PM Meeting with Tamara Newman of the Hotline for Migrants and Refugees and Ryan Shandler of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) 1:30 – 3:00 PM Lunch at Vegan-Friendly Eritrean Restaurant in South Tel Aviv 3:00 – 4:00 PM Meeting with Director of ARDC, Mutasim Ali and Conclusion with Tamara and Ryan 5:00 – 6:00 PM Processing Session 8:00 Evening in Bar Mishkenot Ruth Daniel, 47 Jerusalem Boulevard, Jaffa - Tel Aviv Monday, July 27th Wrap-Up and Next steps Breakfast and Check Out Location of today's program: Private room in the Hotel 9:00 – 10:30 AM Programmatic Sikkum 10:30 – 11:00 AM Break 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Robbie Gringras The Jewish Community and Israel – What's going on? (but really…) 1:00 – 1:15 PM Break 1:15 – 3:30 PM Light Lunch and Taking Things Forward 3:30 – 4:30 PM Wrapping up 5:00 PM Light Goodbye Dinner Tuesday, July 28th The Conflict Through Different Lenses Location of today’s program: Geneva Initiative boardroom, Tel Aviv 10:00 – 11:30 AM Discussion with Benjy Rutland at the Geneva Initiative 11:30 – 1:00 PM Discussion with Talia Sasson, President of the New Israel Fund 1:p0 pM – 2:00 PM Travel to Jerusalem 2:00 – 3:30 PM Discussion with Hagai El-Ad, executive director of B’Tselem 3:30 PM Finish program in Jerusalem 5 .
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