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Sunday, June 16 • Depart from Denver

Monday, June 17 • Arrive to Munich & depart for Krakow • Arrive to Krakow - meet our Polish staff and Israeli guides at the airport o Introduction to historic Jewish life in Poland at Kazimierz, the center of Jewish Krakow • Evening: Check-in and group welcome dinner and preparation for Auschwitz • Overnight: Wilga Hotel, Krakow

Tuesday, June 18 • Spend the day bearing witness on the grounds of Auschwitz and Birkenau • Trace the early history of the Holocaust at Krakow Ghetto and view the Oscar Schindler Factory • Evening: Debrief of Auschwitz and preparation for Majdanek • Overnight: Wilga Hotel, Krakow

Wednesday, June 19 • Depart Krakow and travel northwards through Galician countryside • Explore the grounds of the Majdanek Extermination Camp • Arrive to Lublin, a historic center of Jewish life and learning in Poland • Check-in to accommodations with dinner at the hotel • Evening: Debrief of Majdanek and preparation for • Overnight – Hampton Inn, Lublin

Thursday, June 20 • Continue traveling north to Warsaw • Visit to the Jewish Cemetery of Warsaw and the Nozyk Synagogue • Resistance! – Warsaw Ghetto Wall, Umschlagplatz, Mila 18, and Rappaport Memorial • Free time to explore Warsaw Square and closing dinner at Chabad House • Depart from Warsaw on overnight flight to Israel

Friday, June 21 • Arrive to Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport at 3:35am (Group #2) or 3:45am (Group #1)

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• Meet the Israeli staff team and head for • Breakfast and introduction at Haas Promenade overlook • King David’s Jerusalem – The City of David & Hezekiah's Water Tunnel • Lunch and shopping time in the Jewish Quarter • Personal reflection time at the Kotel • Check-in to our accommodations in the Jerusalem foothills – Relax and prepare for Shabbat • Kabbalat Shabbat service and dinner on the kibbutz grounds • Overnight: Tzuba Guest House, Jerusalem Hills

Saturday, June 22 • Shabbat programming and group lunch • Relaxed afternoon – free time, sports, and pool • Evening: Havdalah service followed by group night out at Ben Yehuda Street • Overnight: Tzuba Guest House, Jerusalem Hills

Sunday, June 23 • Walking tour of the Jewish Quarter starting with Rampart Walls from Gate to Zion Gate • Reflections at the Kotel (Western Wall) and explore layers of history on the Kotel Tunnels Tour • Explore the Southern Wall excavations and the Davidson Center • Return to our accommodations for dinner followed by a political briefing with a local expert • Overnight: Tzuba Guest House, Jerusalem Hills

Monday, June 24 • Short hike in the Jerusalem foothills • Neot Kedumim – Tree planting ceremony and lunch • Visit Latrun – Israel’s Armored Corps Memorial and the site of a key battle to rescue Jerusalem in the 1948 War for Independence • Return to Jerusalem in the afternoon for a guided tour of the Knesset – Israel’s Parliament • Dinner at our accommodations and meet with Hadaya jewelry makers • Overnight: Tzuba Guest House, Jerusalem Hills

Tuesday, June 25 • Dig-for-a-Day – Archeological Seminar at Beit Guvrin and explore the Bell Caves • Travel southwards to the Desert

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• Late afternoon: Begin BaMidbar – The desert wilderness experience • Overnight: Camping in the Negev Desert

Wednesday, June 26 • BaMidbar – Hiking and thriving in the wilderness • Overnight: Camping in the Negev Desert

Thursday, June 27 • Conclude our BaMidbar experience at Sde Boker – Learn about David Ben Gurion desert vision • Swimming, relaxation time and lunch at Midreshet Ben Gurion • Continue southwards down the Arava Valley • Stop for ice cream at the Yotvata dairy farm restaurant • Evening: BBQ and pool party at Kibbutz Keturah (drop-off laundry) • Overnight: Kibbutz Keturah Guest House, Arava Valley

Friday, June 28 • Alternating activities at the o Snorkeling activity at the Coral Beach in o Banana boating and water sports on the Red Sea • Kabbalat Shabbat and dinner with the kibbutz community • Evening: Oneg Shabbat Activity • Overnight: Kibbutz Keturah Guest House, Arava Valley

Saturday, June 29 • Shabbat programming on kibbutz • Seminar – Kibbutz values in practice • Lunch, pool, sports time and downtime • Dinner and Havdallah on kibbutz – start of a new week • Evening: Group night out in Yotvata for dessert • Overnight: Kibbutz Keturah Guest House, Arava Valley

Sunday, June 30 • Tour the desert date fields of Keturah • Check-out of Keturah and travel up the Arava Valley

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• Floating time and lunch at the Dead Sea’s Ein Bokek beach • Travel northwards to the Judean Desert via the Arava Valley • Camel riding and Bedouin tent hafla dinner feast • Overnight: Kfar Hanokdim Bedouin Tent, Judean Desert

Monday, July 1 • Ascent to Masada via the Roman Ramp • Tour of Masada – The mountain top desert fortress and the site of an ancient Jewish resistance • Descend Masada via the Snake Path – breakfast at the Masada Guest House • Travel north to the Galilee via the Jordan Valley, and stop for swimming in the Sachne, Israel’s natural spring-filled “Garden of Eden” • Continue north to the Upper Galilee, and check-in to our accommodations on the Jordan River banks • Overnight: The Village Jordan Riverside TravelHotel, Galilee

Tuesday, July 2 • Walking tour of Tsfat – the historic center of mystical Judaism • Meet with local Kabbalistic artists - Sheva Chaya and Avraham Lowenthal • Free time to explore the artists’ colony of Tsfat • Evening: Prep for teens taking part in the Gadna and volunteering elective • Overnight: The Village Jordan Riverside TravelHotel, Galilee

Wednesday, July 3 • Ascend the and hike down the water filled canyon • Relaxed rafting down the upper Jordan River followed by a fresh cooked pizza lunch • View of Israel’s neighbors from the summit of Mt. Ben Tal • Visit the Druze Village of Ein Kinya for a traditional dinner and cross-cultural meeting • Overnight: The Village Jordan Riverside TravelHotel, Galilee

Thursday, July 4 Laundry pick-up • Biking in the , a major migratory bird reserve connecting Europe and Africa • Enjoy the beauty of the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) at the Aqua Kef waterpark • Late afternoon cruise across the Kinneret • Celebrate July 4th with a BBQ dinner party at The Village

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• Overnight: The Village Jordan Riverside TravelHotel, Galilee

Friday, July 5 • Hike down Mt. Arbel overlooking the Kinneret • Co-existence workshop with the Galilee Foundation • Travel to Acco on the Mediterranean Coast and check-in to our accommodations • Kabbalat Shabbat and dinner experience in Acco • Overnight: IYHA Acco Guest House

Saturday, July 6 • Shabbat programming and group lunch • Beach time on the Mediterranean and relaxed afternoon • Dinner at our accommodations • Evening: Havdallah service followed by a group night out in Acco • Overnight: IYHA Acco Guest House

Sunday, July 7 – Tuesday, July 9 • Tour of Acco’s Crusader-era history and Tunisian Synagogue (Gadna + Volunteering) • Start of Electives Week! o Gadna – IDF Basic Training (Tzalmon Base) o Sea-to-Sea Hike o Volunteering with HaShomer HaChadash • Overnight: Elective Week

Wednesday, July 10 • Wrap up the electives and reunite as a group at our accommodations in Haifa • Overnight: IYHA Haifa Guest House

Thursday, July 11 • Tour of Haifa’s Bahai Gardens and Temple • Meet with Ze’ev Kedem, Holocaust Survivor on Schindler’s List • Drop-off for Home Hospitality Weekend: o Haifa at Lev Hamifrats Mall o ’s Arlozorov Train Station

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o Jerusalem’s Mt. Herzl Parking Lot o Kibbutz Revivim, Negev Desert • Overnight: Home Hospitality weekend

Friday, July 12 – Saturday, July 13 Home Hospitality Weekend

Sunday, July 14 • Pick-up from Home Hospitality Weekend o Kibbutz Revivim, Negev Desert o Jerusalem’s Mt. Herzl Parking Lot o Tel Aviv’s Arlozorov Train Station o Haifa at Lev Hamifrats Railway Station • Budakan – Israeli martial arts class at the Olympic Stadium at Wingate • Travel to Tel Aviv, Israel’s cultural and technological hub • Visit to the Shimon Peres Center for Peace and Innovation • Evening: Attend a showing of “Not by Bread Alone” at the renowned Nalagaat Theater comprised of deaf and blind actors • Overnight: Metropolitan Hotel, Tel Aviv

Monday, July 15 Laundry pick-up • Save a Child’s Heart – Meet children who have come from around the world to receive care in Israel • Visit the Machon Ayalon, the hidden munitions factory of the Hagannah • Beach time and surfing lesson in the Tel Aviv area • Evening: Learn about follow-on Israel program opportunities with Masa • Overnight: Metropolitan Hotel, Tel Aviv

Tuesday, July 16 • Discover the richness of Jewish life at the Museum of the Jewish People at • Celebrate the spirit of Tel Aviv at Nahalat Binyamin street festival and craft market and continue on the explore the ancient seaport of Jaffa • Discover the story of Israel’s founding as a modern Jewish state along Independence Trail

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• Evening: Israeli dance activity at the hotel • Overnight: Metropolitan Hotel, Tel Aviv

Wednesday, July 17 • Reflections at the Yitzhak Rabin Memorial • Travel to Kiriyat Gat for an Ethiopian cultural experience and lunch at Atachlit • Return to Jerusalem and check-in to our central accommodations • Afternoon visit the Israel Museum to view the Temple Model and Dead Sea Scrolls exhibits • Evening: Travel to Mahane Yehuda market after dark to discover its graffiti art • Overnight: Montefiore Hotel, Jerusalem

Thursday, July 18 • Roots Tent - Engage in a constructive dialogue of perspectives with a Jewish Settler and a Palestinian Arab who both call the land home • Picnic lunch at Gan HaAtzmaut – Independence Park • Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center • Return to the hotel for a viewing of the film, “Hero in Heaven” • Evening: Group night out shopping at Ben Yehuda Street • Overnight: Montefiore Hotel, Jerusalem

Friday, July 19 • Visit Mt. Herzl – Israel’s National Cemetery • Pre-Shabbat shopping at Machane Yehuda marketplace • Kabbalat Shabbat experience at the Kotel followed by dinner at the hotel • Overnight: Montefiore Hotel, Jerusalem

Saturday, July 20 • Shabbat morning – Option to attend services at local synagogues in central Jerusalem • Shabbat lunch, free time and wrap-up discussions & IST Talent Show • Evening: Havdallah, final group night out on Ben Yehuda Street and closing program at hotel • Overnight: Montefiore Hotel, Jerusalem

Sunday, July 21 • Return to Ben Gurion Airport in the early morning flight for return flights to Denver

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