KMS Poland Trip - Summer 2018 - Pricing, Itinerary & Other Information Tuesday, July 3 - Monday, July 9, 2017 Heritage Seminars are unique educational experiences which study Jewish history and Jewish ancestral roots in Eastern Europe. Heritage Seminars is accredited by the Rothberg International School at Hebrew University. Through extensive visits to the destroyed centers of Jewish culture and scholarship and a course of creative academic study that takes place throughout the seminar, participants in Heritage programs strengthen their Jewish identity, awareness, and commitment to the Jewish people and the State of Israel. All programs include orientation and advance preparation. Heritage excels at meticulous planning in the areas of educational curriculum, logistics, staffing, kosher food services, medical personnel, and security. To date, we have served the educational needs of over 14,000 participants since our inception in 1990. In addition to 35 One Year Programs in Israel, Heritage has served the needs of a growing list of adult and family programs. Participants visit primary sites in Warsaw, Krakow, Lublin, Galicia as well as Treblinka, Majdanek, Belzec, Plaszow, Auschwitz and Birkenau. Programs originating from the USA are encouraged to add Israel to their seminar. Heritage is accredited by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. - TRIP HISTORIAN - - TRIP DIRECTOR - David Bernstein Michael Berl is the Dean of Pardes. holds a BA in Political He holds a B.A. and Science from Yeshiva M.A. in History and a University and an MA Ph.D. in Religious in Theater Arts from Education from New Brooklyn College. For York University. He 13 years he was also attended Yeshivat HaMivtar. Director of Student Activities and Music Director at the Ramaz School before David has been the Dean of Pardes since making Aliyah in 1985. For many years, he 1998. Previously, he was the director served as Music and Program Director at of Midreshet Lindenbaum, popularly Camp Massad, a resident staff member of known as Brovender’s, for 12 years. David Yeshiva University Leadership Seminars, was a Jerusalem Fellow at the Mandel and Director of Fine Arts at Camp Morasha School for Jewish Education in Jerusalem for over a decade. Upon Aliyah he was from 1996-1998. appointed Associate Director of the Israel Council of Young Israel, and Music/Drama Before making Aliyah in 1984, David was Instructor at the American International the director of informal education at School in Kfar Shmaryahu. In 1986 he the Ramaz Upper School in New York City, became Director of the Beit Hillel Theater where he created and taught a 2-year Workshop at Hebrew University, a position curriculum integrating world and Jewish he holds until today. From 1987-1990, he history. was the programmer for the March of the Living in their main offices in Tel Aviv. He has served as the Director of Heritage Seminars since its inception in 1991. Heritage Seminars - In Cooperation with Following by Tour Plus Heritage Seminars Kemp Mill Synagogue to Poland TENTATIVE Draft #1– As of November 14 Date Time Itinerary Tuesday, July 3 9:9:30 Group Assembles at Chopin International Airport 11:30-1:30 The Story Begins – Warsaw Jewish Ceme- tery 1:30-2:30 Lunch 2:45-3:45 Warsaw Ghetto Wall 4:00-5:30 Heroism Street 5:45- 6:45 Nozyk Synagogue – Meeting with Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich (* if available) Mincha 7:00 Dinner / Maariv 8:45 Check In Hotel Date Time Itinerary Wednesday- July 4 7:00 Tefillat Shacharit 7:30 Breakfast 8:30 Departure 9:00-12:00 New MUSEUM (POLIN) 3:00-5:00 Tikocyn, Mincha, and Lupachowa Forest 6:30-8:00 Treblinka Bus Film: Escape from Sobibor 9:45 Dinner Processing Session #1- First Impressions OV- Warsaw Date Time Itinerary Thursday- July 5 6:00 Tefillat Shacharit 6:30 Breakfast 7:30 Departure 10:30-1:30 Majdanek and Commemorative Ceremony 2:00-3:30 Yeshiva of Chachmei Lublin / Shiur/ Min- cha 5:30—7:oo Lezajsk The Mystique of the Rebbe Elimelech at 8:00 Check In - Rzsesow Dinner, Maariv, and Processing Session #2 OV - Rzeszow Date Time Itinerary Friday-July 6 6:00 Tefillat Shacharit 6:40 Breakfast 7:30 Departure 8:00-9:30 Markowa Bus Film: Schindler’s List – Part I 11:00-12:45 Tarnow & Lunch 1:15-2:15 Zbilatowska Gora = In Tribute to the Chil- dren 4:00 Preparation for Shabbat 6:45 Candle Lighting-6:45 (Candle lighting technically 8:33) 7:00 Departure for Isaac Synagogue 7:30 Kabbalat Shabbat with Krakow Communi- ty 9:00 Seudat Shabbat Oneg Shabbat Date Time Itinerary Shabbat – July 7 From 7:30 Coffee/ Tea/ Cake 8:45 Departure for Isaac Synagogue 9:00 Tefillot Shabbat 11:15 Kiddush 12:00 -2:00 Krakow Synagogue Tour JCC, Alta, Kup- pah, Temple, Kovea Itim 2:00 -2:30 Mincha – Remah Synagogue 2:45 Seudat Shabbat 4:00- 6:00 Menuchat Shabbat 6:00- 8:00 City Tour of Krakow 8:00-8:45 Special Session: Paulina the Righteous 8:45 Gentile* * If Available 9:50 Seudah Shlishit and Processing Session #3 Maariv and Havdalah (9:58 PM) 10:15 Galicia Museum Date Time Itinerary Sunday – July 8 7:00 Tefillat Shacharit 730 Breakfast 8:30 Departure 9:00-10:00 Remah Cemetery 10:15-11:15 Ghetto area and Apothecary 11:30-12:15 Schindler Factory 12:30-2:00 Plazsow 4:00-5:00 Kielce 7:00- 7:45 Beit Yaakov – Jewish Education for Women 8:00 Dinner 9:15 Old Town Walk Date Time Itinerary Monday – July 9 6:30 Tefillat Shacharit 7:00 Breakfast 8:00 Departure 9:30-9:45 Silent March to Birkenau 10:00- 1:15 Birkenau 2:00-4:30 Auschwitz I with Auschwitz Specialist Dinner and Closing Remarks Departure From Krakow * * SUBJECT TO FLIGHT TIMES KMS Poland Trip - Summer 2018 - About Heritage Seminars Heritage Seminars in cooperation with Be’ikvot – Following by Tour Plus, invites the Kemp Mill Synagogue community for this singular and unforgettable experience in Poland together with Historian, Dr. David Bernstein. Heritage was conceived with special emphasis on exploring the richness of Jewish life before WW II and analyzing the demise of that lifestyle during the Holocaust. Heritage excels at meticulous planning in the areas of educational curriculum, logistics, staffing, kosher requirements, medical personnel, and security. To date, we have served the educational needs of over 14,000 participants since our inception in 1990. Heritage Trip Includes: • 6 Nights/7 Days in Poland – 4* Hotels during the week/5* Hotel over the weekend • Resident Historian – Dr. David Bernstein • Halls for Processing Sessions – 3 times over the duration of the mission. • Full Board – Kosher Mehadrin • Bottled mineral water, and refreshments throughout the duration of the mission • Deluxe Tourist Bus with Wi-Fi, Video and WC • Local Polish security + additional security on Shabbat. • Doctor • Entries to sites as per itinerary, according to regular opening hours, tips, and other services • Sweatshirt and map KMS Poland Trip - Summer 2018 - Trip Costs & Deposits Trip Fees* • Per Person Cost: $2600 Single Supplement: $500 if rooming alone • Deposit: $500 per person ($300 non-refundable) Payable to Heritage Seminars by February 15, 2018 (credit card or wire transfer) • Balance after deposit: Payable to Heritage Seminars by April 15, 2018 (credit card or wire transfer) Additional Fees • Registration Fee: $100 per person (non-refundable) Payable to KMS by January 15, 2018 • Non-KMS-Member Fee: To be determined Cancellation & Refund Policy: • 60 Days before departure: 50% of final balance refundable • 30 Days before departure: 25% of final balance refundable • 14 days before departure: No refunds *Trip Fees do not include cost of flights or medical/travel insurance ARRIVE Warsaw Tikocyn Treblinka Warsaw Lublin/Majdanek Lezajsk Rzeszow Markowa Tarnow Krakow Kielce Krakow Auschwitz-Birkenau DEPART .