Shacharit MONDA Y, April 23 TUESDA Y, April 24 WEDNESDA Y, April 25 THURSDA Y, April 26 FRIDA Y, April 27 SATURDA Y, April 28 SUNDA Y, April 29 MONDA Y, April 30 services offered A Day of Rest, Reflection each morning Arrive in Israel A Day in the Yom Hazikaron Yom Ha’atzmaut Explore Israel - North to The End Is Only at your hotel City of Gold Israel’s Memorial Day Israel’s Independence Day Options Day and Exploration the Galilee the Beginning MORNING Enjoy a hearty Israeli Following breakfast at your hotel, The morning begins with Enjoy the beauty of Shacharit Following breakfast at your After breakfast , see the So Many breakfast as you get an travel to Yad Vashem, the Jewish breakfast with a guest speaker at the Kotel. hotel, board your bus for a day Greater Miami Jewish update from an expert people’s living memorial to the at your hotel. __________________________ of tours and adventure on the Federation at work ↓ Memories on Israeli current events. Holocaust. Various tour options way to Northern Israel. through our partners , the ______________________ are available to accommodate Tracks by Bus* Optional Shabbat Jewish Agency for Israel first-time and returning visitors, throughout Israel After breakfast at your hotel, board the bus activities in Jerusalem: Tracks by Bus* (JAFI), the American Jewish Packed Into of your choice for a pre-selected track Tracks by Bus* as well as participants of the Poland celebrating • Walk to a nearby Joint Distribution Committee Pre-Mission. Conclude the visit Independence Day option offering a unique perspective on Israel synagogue/ minyan with your (JDC) and the Women’s Every in and around or a path of special interest including: Jerusalem with a community ceremony __________________________ rabbi and join the service Amutot Initiative. Meet the Magical, honoring those who perished in people and see the projects the Holocaust. • First Timers • Extreme firsthand. • Arts & Culture Adventure Meaningful • Art & Artists • Medical • Explore Tel Aviv • Volunteerism Miami Mega • Fashion & Shopping • Legal • Food & Wine • Hebron and Mission Day ! • Nature Lovers/Ecology/ Gush Etzion* Conservation • Mind, Body • Start-Up Nation – and Spirit** High-Tech • Ein Gedi and the • Enjoy a traditional Shabbat • Archaeology & History Dead Sea** lunch at the David Citadel (additional cost) Observe a two-minute • Explore the city on guided mourning siren at 11 a.m. as all of walking tours Israel pays tribute to the fallen • Visit the Israel Museum soldiers. Full track descriptions will be available online. • Take a bus tour to Ein Gedi and the Dead Sea and ____________________________ *Subject to security surcharge (additional cost) **Spa services available at an additional cost Have lunch and dinner on The morning will conclude your own. Our hostesses will with lunch at a kibbutz and a provide you with recommendations guest speaker . and will make your reservations. AFTERNOON Welcome “In the Footsteps Tracks by Bus* Tracks by Bus* Meet at Nahal Memorial in Miami’s partnership city of ↓ to Israel! of Israel’s Pardes Channa-Karkur Independence for special presentations and The Miami Mega Mission Optional for March of performances, followed by charter flight arrives to a warm Fighters” the Living Parents: lunch and Mega Mission welcome! Board your bus and caucus by bus. travel to an Israel Defense Tracks by Bus* Join your child(ren) on the Forces base . Hear from high- March of the Living program in ________________________ Tracks by level military officials and watch The day continues with Jerusalem as they parade to Bus : an impressive demonstration buses visiting sites of the Kotel in celebration of Yom before heading to Jerusalem heroism and courage related to Ha’atzmaut . Tracks by Bus* Individual for the evening’s activities. Israel’s War of Independence. __________________________ around the touring and Galilee activity tracks All Mega Mission participants by bus. Details gather for Yom Ha’atzmaut will be provided festivities at Masada . Reach closer to dates the mountaintop by cable-car of departure. or climb to watch the sun set against the dramatic desert backdrop. Tour Masada with your guide. An optional Group B’nai Mitzvah Ceremony will take place at the ancient synagogue in the late afternoon. Tracks by Bus* Return to Jerusalem to prepare for Shabbat . EVENING Travel to IDF bases to participate in moving Kabbalat Shabbat : ↓ MEGA opening ceremonies for MEGA MEGA Welcome Shabbat in the Old City at the MEGA MEGA Yom Hazikaron (Israel’s Davidson Center. Walk to the Kotel and EVENT Memorial Day), EVENT EVENT join the diverse Jewish communities praying EVENT EVENT commemorating Israel’s at this holy site. Opening Night fallen soldiers and victims “From Mourning Join together atop Masada for “Time Stands Farewell party of terrorism. After dinner a meaningful prayer for the with the IDF, join the entire to Celebration: security and welfare of the State Still” – A magical at S’dot Yam, Gather at Safra Square for country in two minutes of of Israel led by rabbis from our a kibbutz near Caesarea. the Shehecheyanu blessing and Between Mega Event at stirring reflection at the community. Watch the sun set over the enjoy a warm welcome from Yom Hazikaron and “From the stunning sound of the national Mediterranean Sea as you Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat siren . Each bus will lay Yom Ha’atzmaut” Torchlight descent by foot Kodesh Beit She’an enjoy dinner, drinks and and others. Then, parade down a wreath in honor of down the Roman Ramp. As music. Jaffa Street to Chol : ” Archaeological the fallen. night falls and with the spectacle to Jaffa of Masada glowing with lights, Park Gate in enjoy dinner in the desert the Old under the stars and an Participate in a Ancient cities come alive at a Post-Mega City, where extraordinary musical street fair of bustling shops you’ll be performance by dynamic Havdalah featuring artists and Mission Options: treated Israeli singer Einat Sarouf that ceremony facing craftspeople from the Golan, to a spectacular musical Spend a spectacular evening on the will get you dancing and singing. Galilee and Pardes Channa- Bus to Ben-Gurion performance , along with a the Old City grounds of the Israel Museum Karkur. Go back in time with Airport for those departing delicious dinner buffet. celebrating Israel’s 64th street performers, an array of on late-evening commercial Optional Evening Activities: Anniversary of Independence . unique foods – meats, sweets flights or drop off in Tel Aviv Optional Evening Activities: Taste great food and wine as you and wine – to music and horse- for those staying on. stroll around the Model of Enjoy the drawn carriages. Walk to the Kotel (Western Jerusalem in the Second Temple Return to the guesthouse Wall) with Mega Mission tour spectacular Sound Period . Visit the Shrine of the Enjoy a magical and musical for those on the charter flight guides and spend some time in and Light Show evening at the Amphitheater or early morning commercial private reflection. Book , which houses the Dead Sea Scrolls , and other rare manuscripts. at the Tower of with the illustrious Broadway flights on May 1 for an David (Two shows) and stage entertainer Dudu overnight before departing Shuly Nathan Fisher , who will perform to the airport. Optional Late Evening traditional and contemporary Activity: songs just for Mega Mission Stay on for a Post-Mission participants in the 2,000-year- package or for individually National Evening of old Roman amphitheater. arranged tours. Song at the Knesset in memory of fallen soldiers. Tour the Western Wall After a moving ceremony , enjoy a Einat Sarouf Enjoy a festive Shabbat dinner with Tunnels beneath the Old City special performance by legendary students from Miami who are participating in for a different perspective on Israeli singer Shuly Nathan . different Federation-supported programs in Jerusalem’s history. Israel (MASA, Nativ and March of the Living), Watch the magnificent fireworks as well as Lone Soldiers and IDF cantors. display on Mt. Herzl by the City of An Oneg Shabbat and learning experience Tour the Western Jerusalem from your vantage point at complete the evening. Wall Tunnels the Israel Museum as Yom Ha’atzmaut beneath the Old City for a begins. Itinerary is different perspective on Jerusalem’s history. subject to Dudu Fisher change. OVERNIGHT Deluxe hotel in Jerusalem Deluxe hotel in Jerusalem Deluxe hotel in Jerusalem Deluxe hotel in Jerusalem Deluxe hotel in Jerusalem Deluxe hotel in Jerusalem Guesthouse in Northern Israel Greater Miami Jewish Federation MIAMI MEGA MISSI N We’ve packed IS RA EL 2012 April 22 – May 1, 2 012 so much in... All participants will be asked to make a meaningful contribution to the Annual Greater Miami Jewish Federation/UJA Campaign. Donations in excess of the fair market value cost of the Mission are deductible as a charitable contribution. Please consult your tax advisor. Greater Miami Jewish Federation | Stanley C. Myers Building | 4200 Biscayne Boulevard | Miami, FL 3 31 37 Miami Mega Mission Saby Behar , Chair MIAMI Vice Chairs Ariel Bentata, Steven J. Brodie, Rebeca Delaster, Sidney M. Pertnoy, Steven Scheck, Ray Ellen Yarkin Norman Braman , Honorary Chair MEGA Advisory Committee George Feldenkreis, Donald E. Lefton, Aaron S. Podhurst, Kenneth J. Schwartz, Maxine E. Schwartz, Isaac Zelcer MISSI N Greater Miami Jewish Federation Barbara Black Goldfarb, Chair of the Board Jacob Solomon, President and Chief Executive Officer Brian L. Bilzin, General Campaign Chair Jeffrey Y. Levin, Chief