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RENEE GOUTMANN | Tour Educator

Renee was born in France and made Aliyah in 1976. Before arriving to Israel, she studied English Language and American Civilization at the Sorbonne. Since arriving in Israel, guiding has been Renee’s primary career, which she began in 1979. Throughout her years of guiding, she has worked with families, adults, interfaith groups, Birthright, Christian Pilgrims and specialized study tours for farmers, doctors, journalists and politicians, and more. Renee’s strong Zionist and Jewish identity enhance her dream of living in a place ‘where Jewish history is made’ and she loves being a part of that history and sharing it with the people she guides. Her areas of expertise include Jerusalem, the political situation in Israel and hiking in the desert. When Renee is not guiding, she enjoys hiking, reading and travelling. OUR TRIP

June 16-25, 2019 & Possible Extension to Vienna until June 27, 2019

FROM $4,555 LAND ONLY

highligHtS A journey of education and connection Experience great centers of Jewish culture and creativity Examine and mourn the Holocaust Meet those revitalizing Jewish life in Germany and Prague Celebrate the heroism and impact of Leo Baeck Europe today: beauty, culture, continuity and change Outstanding tour educators and speakers The glory and tragedy of Vienna: an exciting extension Europe in style: superb service and logistics Guided by Renee Goutmann who guided many LBT trips since 2005

Day One  Sunday, June 16, 2019 LaDa'at Focus Meet with a leader of the local Jewish community. DEPARTURE Welcome dinner and orientation dialogue with your tour Depart the U.S.A. educator/scholar. Overview of the group journey; including reviewing the itinerary, the group themes, the different narratives. Overnight: Flight Share group and personal goals. Day Two  Monday, June 17, 2019 Overnight: Frankfurt ARRIVAL TO FRANKFURT Day Three  Tuesday, June 18, 2019 Arrive at Frankfurt International Airport. THE “SHUM” CITIES - MEMORY & RENEWAL Welcome by our representative and assistance with arrival formalities. Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the city Explore three important centers of Jewish theology and learning Walking tour of Frankfurt including visits to: in Central Europe during the Middle Ages. Known collectively as The Roemer and theRoemerplatz, City Hall and old town square. Shum (based on the initials of the Hebrew names for the cities - The Book Burning Memorial, site of the Nazi book burning Shpira, Vermayza, and Magentza), the cities of Speyer, Worms, and Bartholomew, better known as the Kaiserdom. An Imperial Mainz maintained a lively exchange of ideas with one another Church and site for the elections and coronations of the Holy and was famous for their important yeshivas and their pioneering Roman Emperor for centuries. rabbinical conferences. Stumble Stones, a sobering way to commemorate the many LaDa'at Focus The Shum Cities and Their Impact on Judaism in victims who lost their lives under the Nazi regime. Medieval Europe with your tour educator/scholar. Stop next to the Jewish Ghetto Wall, (Staufenmauer) once part Depart Frankfurt and drive to Speyer, whose Jewish history of the city's defensive walls built in 1180, it later became one of reaches back over 1,000 years. In the Middle Ages, the city the walls that surrounded the 1st Jewish Ghetto in Germany. of Speyer was home to one of the most significant Jewish Walk along the Holocaust Memorial Wall, a very personal communities in the Holy Roman Empire. The community was memorial that the city of Frankfurt has created, to honor the totally wiped out in 1940 during the Holocaust. memory of the 12,000 Frankfurt Jewish Citizens who lost their Visit the Jewish Courtyard, the central area of the Jewish Quarter in lives during the Holocaust, including Anne Frank. Speyer and visit the remains of the Synagogue and well-preserved Check into the hotel. Mikveh, built in 1128 and the oldest of its type in Germany. Drive to the Ignatz Bubis Jewish Community Center, the heart of Continue to Worms, the oldest city in Germany and also a center the Jewish community in Frankfurt. of medieval Ashkenazic Judaism. Visit the Jewish Cemetery (also known as Heiliger Sand), dating Depart Frankfurt on a train to Berlin (Train journey is from the 11th century and reflecting 900 years of Jewish approximately 4 hours). community life in Worms. Arrive in Berlin and transfer to the city center. Visit the Worms Synagogue, dating from 1175 and reconstructed LaDa'at Focus The Enigma that is Berlin: Introduction to Berlin in 1961 after its desecration on Kristallnacht. with your tour educator/scholar. Visit the Rashi House, a Jewish Museum housed in the former Boxed lunch. school where the famous scholar once studied. An introductory tour to Berlin including: Lunch on your own, en route. The Brandenburg Gate, originally commissioned by Friedrich Continue to Mainz, which was a major center of religious Wilhelm II to represent peace. The gate was ironically teaching and especially known for the work of Rabbi Gershom incorporated into the Berlin Wall during the years of the ben Judah, whose teachings and legal decisions had an impact Communist regime. Perhaps Berlin's best-known landmark, it on Judaism at large. now stands as a symbol of the city's reunification. Visit the city's new Synagogue, which was designed by architect View the Reichstag, the seat of the German Parliament and one Manuel Herz and built in 2010 in response to the Jewish of Berlin's most significant landmarks. community's rapid growth rate in the city. The Holocaust Memorial, the Monument to the Murdered Jews LaDa'at Focus Meet with a member of the local Jewish of Europe. Designed by architect Peter Eisenman, this undulating community, which has been growing mainly due to an influx of field of reflection with thousands of concrete dark gray slabs immigrants from countries in Eastern Europe. forms a gentle wave, ankle-high in some places, designed to give Return to Frankfurt. visitors a sense of groundlessness and of a loss of orientation; the Dinner on your own and evening at leisure. memorial also includes a subterranean information center at the edge of the site which houses a permanent exhibition dedicated Overnight: Frankfurt to the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Day Four  Wednesday, June 19, 2019 View the famous Humboldt University and visit the Book FROM FRANKFURT TO BERLIN: INTRODUCTION Burning Memorial at Bebel Square. TO BERLIN Visit the Berlin Wall Memorial, an open-air exhibition that explains the history of division and the impact of the Berlin Wall Breakfast at the hotel and check out. on the city and its residents. Load luggage onto the luggage truck (luggage will be transferred Check into the hotel. to Berlin separately). Dinner on own and evening at leisure. Transfer to Frankfurt train station. Overnight: Berlin Day Five  Thursday, June 20, 2019 Return to the hotel. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF LEO BAECK: Dinner on own and evening at leisure. JEWISH LIFE IN BERLIN Overnight: Berlin Breakfast at the hotel. LaDa'at Focus Progressive Judaism in Germany Today: Dialogue Day Six  Friday, June 21, 2019 with Rabbi Walter Homolka, Director of Abraham Geiger College, THE MANY FACES OF CONTEMPORARY BERLIN the first liberal rabbinical seminary inC ontinental Europe since Breakfast at the hotel. the Holocaust. LaDa'at Focus Berlin Meeting Today's Challenges: Dialogue with Visit the Weissensee Jewish Cemetery, the second largest Jewish Jewish-American journalist Toby Axelrod. cemetery in Europe. Visit the grave of Hermann Cohen and the Drive to Kreuzberg for an Alternative Berlin walking tour: memorial marker for Leo Baeck. Discover the puzzle that is Kreuzberg, between the hipper LaDa'at Focus The Distinguished Jews of Berlin: Introduction by district and Turkish neighborhood, from galleries to street art your tour educator/scholar. and graffiti. Tour to Jewish sites in East Berlin including: Take a stroll between the many food and flower stands and The Hackescher Markt shop with the locals in Markthalle Neun, Kreuzberg's great The Jewish Cemetery, including Moses Mendelsson's grave market hall. Enjoy lunch on own from the diverse options Lunch on your own, en route. offered at the market. Visit the New Synagogue and the Centrum Judaicum, one of the Meet with representatives of IsraAID in Berlin and overview of most important locations for contemporary Jewish life in Berlin. their work with the refugees in Germany. Visit a refugee camp/ View of the Leo Baeck Haus, the building of the Hochschule für shelter, hear from the local German Manager of the camp and Wissenschaft des Judentums, the Liberal Seminary where Leo hear personal stories from refugees. Baeck studied and gave lectures. It now hosts the Central Council Return to the hotel with free time to prepare for Shabbat. of Jews in Germany. Kabbalat Shabbat services at a local Progressive synagogue Visit the Jewish Museum of Berlin, designed by architect Daniel (Reform and Conservative options available). Libeskind. One of the most conspicuous architectural landmarks Shabbat dinner at a restaurant. in the city, it embodies remembrance, melancholy, and departure. The Museum also hosts the New York Leo Baeck Institute Berlin Overnight: Berlin Branch, a research archive on the History of German Jewry since the Enlightenment. Day Seven  Saturday, June 22, 2019 Guided visit through Jewish Prague, including the Old Ghetto IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF LEO BAECK: VISIT TO TEREZIN and the Precious Legacy Exhibit at the Jewish Museum, which encompasses the Altneu Shul, the Maisel Synagogue, the Pincus Breakfast at the hotel and check-out. Synagogue, the Old Cemetery and the Spanish Synagogue. Depart Berlin and drive to Czech Republic (the journey is Enjoy a Picnic lunch in a park with residents of the Prague Moishe approximately 4 hours). house. Boxed lunch en route Return to the hotel and remainder of the afternoon to explore Visit Terezin, the town that was turned into the “model” ghetto Prague on your own, with the opportunity to: and concentration camp, hiding from the world the true nature Bike along the river. of its purpose. Walk through the Historical Museum and the Art Take the funicular up to Petrín Hill for great views of the city Exhibits, created by the artists who were prisoners of the camp from Petrín Tower and a stroll through the Rose Garden. and stop by the so-called Hidden Synagogue. Visit art galleries. Leave Terezin and drive to Prague (the journey is approximately 1 Visit the Franz Kafka Museum. hour). Take a boat ride on the Vltava River. Check into the hotel. Dinner on own and evening at leisure. Dinner on your own and evening at leisure, with the possibility to see a performance of Black Light Theatre, cruise on the Vltava Overnight: Prague River, or see a concert on your own (cost not included). Havdallah overlooking the Old Town. Day Nine  Monday, June 24, 2019 Overnight: Prague THE CITY OF 100 SPIRES | walking tour Breakfast at the hotel. Day Eight  Sunday, June 23, 2019 Transfer to the Prague Castle for a guided tour of the Castle, an THE GLORY OF JEWISH PRAGUE | walking tour overview of the City of 100 Spires and a walk along the Golden Lane. Walk through the Lesser Town and over the Charles Bridge, a Breakfast at the hotel. famous historic bridge crossing the Vltava river that was once Walking tour of the Old Town Square and its vicinity. View the the most important connection between Prague Castle and famous 14th-century Astronomical Clock and Prague's Art the city's Old Town and adjacent areas. Stroll across the bridge, Nouveau architecture around you. decorated by a continuous alley of 30 statues and statuaries, most LaDa'at Focus The Jewish Community of Prague - A Millennium of of them baroque-style, originally erected around 1700 but now all Complex Coexistence with your tour educator/scholar. replaced by replicas. Lunch on your own, en route. Arrive in Vienna and welcome by your local guide. Walking tour through Prague with a focus on its Art Nouveau and Enjoy the best of Vienna's delights, while strolling through the Cubism architecture: Naschmarket, the city's most popular food market. View The House of the Black Madonna designed by Josef Gocá It Lunch on own in the market. is currently in use as the Czech Museum of Cubism. Take a panoramic orientation tour along the Ringstrasse, the Walk by Hotel Paris built in 1904 and declared as a historical main avenue circling the city center, for a view of the city's main monument in 1984. landmarks, including: Pass by The Municipal House, a national cultural landmark and The ancient Hofburg Palace. This grand complex of a Capella one of the most significant Art Nouveau buildings in the city. and castles was once the seat of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Return to the hotel. Prater Amusement Park. This 120-year-old park contains old and Festive farewell dinner and group reflection at a local restaurant. new attractions for all ages. The impressive architecture of the UN Buildings, which are the Overnight: Prague 3rd built after New York and Geneva. Day Ten  Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Peter's Cathedral, the oldest church in Vienna. RETURN HOME OR ONTO VIENNA View Stephen's Cathedral (also known as Stephansdom), one of the city's most iconic symbols, located in the city's geographic center. Breakfast at the hotel. Check into the hotel. Check out of the hotel and transfer to Prague International Airport. Dinner on your own. Departure flight to the U.S.A., arriving the same day. Optional: Enjoy an evening program at the Vienna State Opera (cost not included). OR EXTENSION TO VIENNA Overnight: Vienna

Day Ten  Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Day Eleven  Wednesday, June 26, 2019 FROM PRAGUE TO VIENNA JEWISH LIFE IN VIENNA & THE AUSTRIAN EMPIRE Breakfast at the hotel and check out. Breakfast at the hotel. Depart Prague and drive to Austria the (journey is approximately Visit the Vienna Temple (Stadtempel), the only surviving 4.5 hours). synagogue from pre-WWII days. This nearly 200-year-old LaDa'at Focus An Introduction to Vienna with your tour educator/ building has restored its extravagant design and is still an active scholar. synagogue and community center. Stroll through the Judenplatz, the main square of the Jewish Take a stroll in the music themed Stadtpark, a park stretching on community for nearly 500 years. both sides of the river. Walk along statues of various composers Visit the Jewish Museum of Vienna located at the Judenplatz to (Strauss, Schubert, Bruckner, etc.) scattered throughout the park. see remnants of the oldest synagogue in Vienna. Take a bike ride with Citybike public rental service and ride Visit the second part of the Jewish Museum, located in Palai through the city. Pedal through popular locales such as: the Eskeles, which offers a modern presentation of the history of Prater, along with the Donaukanal and around the Alte and Viennese Jewry, including artifacts dating from the Middle Ages, a Neue Donau, on the Donauinsel, or a panoramic circle on the 38,000 book archive, and rotating exhibitions. Ring bike path. Lunch on own, en route. Ride Vienna's famous Giant Ferris Wheel for great views of the city. Visit the Belvedere Palace, an impressive baroque-style building Visit the Schönbrunn Palace and Gardens, the former imperial which holds a remarkable collection of Austrian and International summer residence of the Habsburg monarchs. art, including the largest collection of Klimt paintings in Vienna. Take a glimpse into the life of the famous psychoanalyst Remainder of the afternoon at leisure to explore the city on your Sigmund Freud at the museum in his name, located in the own, with the opportunity to: apartment where he lived and worked till he was forced into Immerse yourself in the culture at one of Vienna's many famous exile by the Nazis. In the museum, you will be able to view art museums. Options include the Kunsthistorisches Museum photos, personal belongings and rare footage. (the city's world renowned Museum of Fine Arts), the Albertina Visit Mozarthaus, Mozart's only remaining Viennese residence. Museum, housing one of the largest print collections in the View portraits of Mozart's years in Vienna, original sheet music, world, and many more. letters and musical instruments and a host of interactive audio- Stroll through the Golden Quarter and Kohlmarkt in the old city, visuals. the city's most elegant shopping streets, and enjoy the vibrant Return to the hotel. life that Vienna has to offer. Farewell dinner at a restaurant Explore the Museums Quartier, an art complex comprising Overnight: Vienna the Leopold Museum, with its numerous works by Schiele, the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Kunsthalle, an exhibition hall Day Twelve  Thursday, June 27, 2019 for contemporary art, and various artist workshops. RETURN HOME Visit the Dorotheum, one of the world's oldest auction houses, Breakfast at the hotel. established in 1707. Take the opportunity for an early view Check out of the hotel and transfer to Vienna International Airport. of works of art, antiques, furniture, and jewelry from various Departure flight to the U.S.A., arriving the same day. centuries that are put up for auction.

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