ITINERARY The Cohen Camps’

Women’s Trip to Israel Led by Adina Cohen April 10-22, 2018

Tuesday April 10 DEPARTURE  Departure from Boston (own arrangements)

Wednesday April 11 BRUCHIM HABA’AIM-WELCOME TO ISRAEL! . Rendezvous at Ben Gurion airport at 14:10 (or at hotel in Tel Aviv) . Opening Program at the Port of Jaffa, where pilgrims and olim entered the Holy Land for centuries. . Welcome Dinner at Café Yafo . Check-in at hotel Overnight: Carlton, Tel Aviv

Thursday April 12 A LIGHT UNTO THE NATIONS . Torah Yoga Session . Visit Save a Child’s Heart-a project of Wolfston Hospital, in which Israeli pediatric surgeons provide pro-bono cardiac surery for children from all over Africa and the Middle East. . “Shuk Bites” lunch in the Old Jaffa Flea Market . Visit “The Women’s Courtyard” – a designer outlet empowering Arab and Jewish local women . Israeli Folk Dancing interactive program- Follow the beat of Israeli women throughout history and culture and experience Israel’s transformation through dance. . Enjoy dinner at the “Liliot” Restaurant, which employs youth at risk. Overnight: Carlton, Tel Aviv

Friday April 13 COSMOPOLITAN TEL AVIV . Interactive movement & drum circle workshop with Batya . “Shuk & Cook” program with lunch at the Carmel Market . Stroll through the Nahalat Binyamin weekly arts & crafts fair . Time at leisure to prepare for Shabbat . Candle lighting

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. Join Israelis for a unique, musical “Kabbalat Shabbat” with Bet Tefilah Hayisraeli, a liberal, independent, and egalitarian community in Tel Aviv, which is committed to Jewish spirit, culture, and social action. . Festive Shabbat Dinner at the hotel Overnight: Carlton, Tel Aviv

Shabbat April 14 TEL AVIV SHABBAT . Morning and afternoon at leisure to enjoy the city’s museums and café culture. . (The Tel Aviv Museum of Art is open 10-4, The Eretz Israel Museum is open 10-2, Bet Bialik is open 10-2, Rubin Museum 11-2, Nahum Gutman Museum of Art 10-3). . Late afternoon: Study session with one of Israel’s finest teachers, Dr. Rachel Korazim. “Women’s Narrative in Light of Israel’s 70th” . Group Havdalah. . Dinner and evening at leisure. Overnight: Carlton, Tel Aviv

Sunday April 15 THE PERIPHERY . Set off for the Negev. . Bedouin women’s empowerment at Bat Hamidbar (Desert Daughter natural healing remedies and cosmetics) in Tel Sheva. Meet founder Mariam Abu-Rugayeg. . Enjoy a home hospitality lunch with “Culinary Queens of Yerucham” who prepare amazing North African dishes. Hear their personal stories of Aliyah in the 1950s and what life was like growing up in a “Development Town”. . Continue to the town of Mitzpeh Ramon, perched on the edge of Maktesh Ramon (Crater). . Check-into the luxurious Beresheet Hotel. . Dinner at hotel. Overnight: Isrotel Breesheet, Mitzpeh Ramon

Monday April 16 DESERT INSPIRATION . Morning options: o At leisure to enjoy the hotel spa, pool, and other facilities o Easy hike in the Maktesh to the “Carpentry”. o Optional Jeep Ride in the Maktesh (for additional fee) o Visit the Ramon Visitor’s Center, dedicated to Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon and about the geology of the Maktesh. . 12:00 Check-out and depart. . Lunch stop (on own) in Mitzpeh Ramon. . Continue north to the Carmel Area. . Enjoy an authentic home hospitality Druze dinner in Usafiyya. . Check-in at hotel. Overnight: Dan Carmel, Haifa

Tuesday April 17 ESHET CHAYIL-WOMAN OF VALOR-YOM HAZIKARON EVE . Kabbalistic Tai Chi Session . Boston-Haifa Connection-Project focusing on women in Haifa and community service. . Visit Sdot Yam, home to Hannah Senesh. Visit the museum dedicated to story of this young woman’s inspiring life. . Lunch stop (en route) . Continue to Jerusalem. . Check-in at hotel. . Dinner at hotel

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. 19:55 Join Israelis in a community ceremony for Yom Hazikaron and share the stirring moment when sirens are sounded throughout the entire nation. Overnight: Herbert Samuel, Jerusalem

Wednesday April 18 YOM HAZIKARON-MEMORIAL DAY . Begin the day with a “Torah Yoga” Session. . Outlook over the Old City from the Haas Promenade. . 11:00am-hear the siren sounded throughout the country as we stand in memorial for those who have fallen defending the State of Israel. . Program with women’s co-existence group. . Lunch break (on own) . Join Israelis for a transition ceremony as we move from Memorial Day to Independence Day . Dinner at Eucalyptus or at the Lazarus’ . (Free Israeli folk dancing from 11pm on at Safra Square, Tower of David event (admission fee), fireworks at various spots in the city). Overnight: Herbert Samuel, Jerusalem

Thursday April 19 HAPPY 70TH ISRAEL! . Day at leisure to visit family/friends or explore on your own. . Suggestions to spend the day: o Visit the Israel Museum, including the Second Temple Period Model and the Shrine of the Book exhibit. Open 10-5, free admission. o Visit Ammunition Hill. Open 9-5, free admission. o Tower of David Museum. Open 9-5, free admission. o L.A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art. Open 10-7, free admission. o The Begin Center. Open 9-7. Free admission and tours (in Hebrew). o Lunch, Dinner and evening at leisure . Optional Excursion to Masada and the Dead Sea (for additional fee) o Depart for the Dead Sea Region, lowest point on earth o Ascend Herod’s mountain fortress of Jerusalem by cable car. Explore why the Jewish rebels chose to livve here after the destructio of Jerusalem by the Romans. Descend by cable car. o Enjoy floating in the therapeutric waters of the Dead Sea at the Ein Gedi Private beach. Lunch in the cafeteria. o Return to Jerusalem Overnight: Herbert Samuel, Jerusalem

Friday April 20 THIS YEAR IN JERUSALEM  See where Jerusalem first began 3000 years ago, at the City of David. Text study on the story of David and Batsheva (from a women’s perspective).  Enjoy a home hospitality lunch with residents of the City of David, who choose to live among 3000 years of Jewish history despite the controversy.  Shopping time in the Jewish Quarter and Cardo.  Enjoy the sights & sounds of the Machaneh Yehuda fruit & vegetable market as Jerusalemites prepare for shabbat.  Return to hotel to prepare for shabbat.  Candle lighting  Kabbalat Shabbat at the Ezrat Yisrael (egalitarian) Kotel followed by visit to the Kotel Plaza or at Shira Hadasha, a liberal Orthodox community  Festive shabbat dinner at the hotel. Dinner Guest: Representative of Women of the Wall. Overnight: Herbert Samuel, Jerusalem

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Shabbat April 21 JERUSALEM SHABBAT . Shabbat morning services at local synagogue. . Day at leisure to explore Jerusalem or enjoy the hotel’s spa facilities and swimming pool. . (The Biblical Zoo is open 10-5, The Israel Museum is open 10-5, The Tower of David Museum is open 10-2, The Bible Lands Museum is open 10-3, The Botanical Gardens are open 9-5). . We reconvene in the late afternoon for a meeting with Rabbi Tamar Eldad-Applebaum, founder of the Masorti Kehillat Tzion or with Rabbi Naama Kelman, the first female rabbi to be ordained in Israel at HUC. . Summary and conclusion session. . Farewell Seudah Shlishit Dinner at hotel . Group Havdalah and check-out. . Transfer to airport for departing flights (own arrangements)

Sunday April 22 BASHANA HABA’AH . Arrival in Boston

 Listed activities and speakers are subject to confirmation.  Program will be staffed by a Keshet Israel Tour Educator and security escort for touring days in the Old

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