Join in celebrating our Interfaith Israel Experience with Rabbi Tamar Grimm and Father Michael Schaab July 6 – 15, 2014

Arise, Travel Throughout the Land (Gen. 13:17) A Few Tour Highlights: Round Trip flights - Moline IL area - Tel Aviv, Israel Hotels: Grand Beach Tel Aviv, Kibbutz Ginnosar Sea of Galilee, Prima Kings Jerusalem, All Breakfasts, 5 Dinners as per itinerary Touring with one of Israel's Top Tour Guide Educators in Deluxe Motor Coach Our tour begins in Old Jaffa, Independence Hall, Visit our sister city Sderot, Sapir College, Ancient port city of Caesaria, Nazareth, Cana site of Jesus’ first miracle, Boat trip on the Sea of Galilee, Tabgha, Mount of Beatitudes, Sermon on the Mount, Capernaum, Mystical city of Tzefat, Birthplace of the Kabbalah, Tzefat kabbalistic artist, Tel Dan, Golan Heights, Golan Winery, Yardenit, Mount Scopus, Western Wall, Kotel Tunnels, Israel Museum, Old City of Jerusalem, Southern Wall Excavations, Mount of Olives, Garden of Gethsemane, Gordon’s Cavalry, Garden Tomb, Masorti Kotel, Shabbat services, Tower of David Museum, Via Dolorosa, Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Arab Market, Armenian Quarter, Jewish Quarter, Masada, Amazing Dead Sea, Kumran, Dead Sea Scrolls, Parents’ Circle, Jerusalem soup kitchen, Yad Vashem, Bethlehem, Rachel’s Tomb, Manger Square, Church of the Nativity, A fantastic tour filled with meaningful experiences and fun! (Check payment) Land Only $2345, Air* and Land Package $4295 Single Supplement: $620 Reduction of third person in a room: subtract $95 - added to the price are Tips $145 Petra - Eilat Extension $1225. For information and applications please call Rabbi Grimm 309 788 3426 - Father Schaab 309 793 7373 or e-mail Rabbi at [email protected] - Father at [email protected] Download itinerary and application at: www.israeltour.com/rgrimm.php Tour arranged by ITC Tours, LLC. 800.247.7235 www.israeltour.com Sunday, 6 July – Israel Pilgrims Depart on overnight flight to Israel (Western Wall) site, to which thousands stream to worship every Friday night. Share a delicious Shabbat dinner at the hotel. Monday, 7 July – When You Come Into the Land (Deut. 26:1) Presentation by Anat Hoffman about IRAC after dinner Overnight: Welcome to the Holy Land! Arrive at Ben Gurion International Airport Prima Kings, Jerusalem to be met and assisted by your ITC representative. Our tour begins in Old Jaffa, once the gateway to the Land of Israel; discuss the bibli- Saturday, 12 July – Shabbat in the Holy City of Jerusalem cal story of Jonah the Prophet, from both Jewish and Christian per- After breakfast, participate in (optional) Shabbat services at a choice spectives, and that of Peter’s vision and his resurrection of Tabitha; of neighborhood synagogues. Take a walking tour in the Old City of explore the role of Jaffa in the modern-day settlement of the Land Jerusalem to the Tower of David Museum for a wonderful presentation At Independence Hall, encounter the history of Tel Aviv and relive of the history of the city. Continue the walk through the colorful Ben Gurion’s moving declaration of the State. Hotel check-in and wel- quarters of Jerusalem’s Old City, including the Via Dolorosa, Church come dinner. Overnight and dinner: Grand Beach Hotel, Tel Aviv of the Holy Sepulcher, Arab Market, Armenian Quarter, Jewish Quarter. Free evening “out on the town” in Jerusalem. Attend Tuesday, 8 July – Layers of History Saturday evening mass at Jerusalem church, O/N: Prima Kings,JLM After an early breakfast, head south to our sister city of Sderot and visit Sapir College. Travel to Israel’s north. Tour the excavated Sunday, 13 July – The Dead Sea Region - After breakfast , we ancient port city of Caesaria. In this site, where Gentiles were first depart to drive through the Judean Desert down to the Dead Sea baptized as Christians and where Rabbi Akiva taught; excavations Ascend Masada by cable car. Tour this impressive excavation and dis- include an amphitheatre, aqueduct, and hippodrome. Stop in Nazareth, cuss the terrible dilemma faced by its Jewish population during Roman the boyhood home of Jesus, and visit the Church of the Annunciation times. Stop for a swim in the amazing Dead Sea. Visit the excavation Drive through Cana, site of Jesus’ first miracle; discuss the role of of Kumran, home of the mysterious ancient sect that authored the wine in both Jewish and Christian faiths. Proceed to Tiberias for a Dead Sea Scrolls. Return to Jerusalem with time for rest, dinner on breathtaking overview of the Sea of Galilee/Lake Kinneret. Check in at one’s own. Evening: Meet with the Parents’ Circle, a grassroots group the hotel. Overnight and dinner: Kibbutz Nof Ginnosar Hotel, Tiberias of Palestinians and Israelis bereaved by the conflict Overnight: Prima Kings, Jerusalem Wednesday, 9 July – Galilee: Jesus’ Ministry and Tzefat Mysticism After breakfast, begin today in a boat trip on the Sea of Galilee in a Monday, 14 July – Those Who Sacrificed - Spend some time helping wooden “replica” boat. Visit Tabgha, the traditional site of the mira- those less fortunate as you volunteer helping to prepare lunch at a cle of fish and loaves, and the Church of Multiplication with its 4th Jerusalem soup kitchen. Visit the Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Century mosaic floor. At the Mount of Beatitudes, stand at the site Children’s Memorial at Yad Vashem. We then head to the city of of the Sermon on the Mount. Proceed to Capernaum, on the northern Bethlehem, stopping first at Rachel’s Tomb; visit Manger Square, the lakeshore, the focal point of Jesus’ Galilee ministry; site of both an Church of the Nativity, and Shepherd’s Field. Farewell dinner at Olive ancient synagogue and an ancient and contemporary church. Tour the and Fish. Depart for the airport (those leaving Israel tonigh) synagogues, courtyards, and art galleries of the mystical city of Overnight: Prima Kings, Jerusalem Tzefat, birthplace of the Kabbalah. Meet with a Tzefat kabbalistic (those remaining for Eilat-Petra extension) artist in his gallery to explore Jewish mysticism through the prism of Tuesday, 15 July – A Temporary Departure - Return to the USA his creations. O/N and dinner: Kibbutz Nof Ginnosar Hotel, Tiberias Begin planning your next Israel trip with Rabbi Grimm, Father Schaab, Thursday, 10 July – The Galilee and Ascent to Jerusalem and ITC Tours! After breakfast, Drive to Tel Dan, the gate through with Abraham is Eilat/Petra Tour Extension - 15 – 18 July 2014 - Tuesday, 15 July – believed to have entered the Promised Land and where Jesus was rec- The Delights of Eilat. Morning airport transfer for domestic flight to ognized as the Messiah by His Disciples. Continue to the Golan Eilat. Visit Kibbutz Yahel or Lotan and meet with members of these Heights, where we will stop to gaze down over the Galilee as the pioneering Reform communities. Spend the remainder of the day at Syrians once did. Take a tour and taste the fruits of the region in leisure sampling the delights of Eilat, including beautiful beaches, your the form of award-winning wines at the Golan Winery. We continue to hotel’s pool and spa facilities, water-skiing, paddle boats, wind-surf- Yardenit, the well-known baptismal site; discuss the relationship ing, banana boats, snorkeling, a swim with the dolphins, or scuba- and between baptism in Christianity and mikveh in Judaism (we will see “snuba”-diving get up close and personal with Red Sea coral and fish mikvehs next week in Jerusalem) Travel south for the ascent to (extra charges apply for some of these activities) Overnight: Eilat Jerusalem. Enter the Holy City and take in a breath-taking overview of the Old City from Mount Scopus. Proceed to our hotel for check-in Wednesday, 16 July – The Wonders of Petra- Early departure for followed by a free evening in Jerusalem (dining suggestions to be pro- Petra to explore the amazing decorated red rock formations of the vided) Walk alongside the Western Wall’s massive foundation stones in ancient Nabateans. Enter Jordan at the Arava crossing and travel to the Kotel Tunnels. Overnight: Prima Kings, Jerusalem the Red Rose City by bus (approx. 2.5 hours). Tour its treasury, the Roman theatre, and the impressive caves and rock formations of this Friday, 11 July – Jerusalem of Old Nabatean City; buffet lunch included Overnight: Eilat Visit the Israel Museum, including the Shrine of the Book and the Second Temple Model of Jerusalem. Enter the Old City of Jerusalem Thursday, 17 July – The Red Sea - Board a luxury touring yacht at We enter the Old City of Jerusalem through the Dung Gate and visit the Eilat marina for a leisurely cruise and lunch on the Red Sea. the Southern Wall Excavations to tour this area and stand at the site Snorkeling equipment is available for those who would like to get “up of the double and triple gates through which throngs once entered the close and personal” with the most exquisite coral reefs and tropical Temple Mount. Beginning at the peak of the Mount of Olives, we gaze fish to be found in the world. Late check-out from the hotel down over the Temple Mount. Walk then down Palm Sunday Road to Late afternoon/early evening departure for domestic flight to Tel Aviv visit the Garden of Gethsemane. Visit Gordon’s Cavalry and the Garden Board trans-Atlantic flight to USA from Ben Gurion Airport Tomb Take part in (optional) Shabbat evening services at Robinson’s Friday, 18 July – Homeward Bound USA arrival Arch (the “Masorti Kotel”) and then walk over to the traditional Kotel Itinerary Subject to Change