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Countries Visited	Date	Cost from New York including flights	Cost from New York in Israel Awards Points *	Tour Code
Israel	June 25 - July 9, 2006	Land Cost per person sharing a double room: 2,480$ + 350$ registration fee total 2,830$ USD Bar/Bat Mitzvah Child is invited for free (Land only) when sharing the room with 2 full paying participants		T011-250606

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Sunday, June 25, 2006
Depart the US en route Israel

Monday, June 26, 2006
Shalom and welcome to Israel
Arrive at Ben Gurion Airport and meet your Tour Educator
Ascend to Jerusalem to say Shehehianu at a vantage point overlooking the Old City
Festive welcome to Israel dinner
Opening sessions
Overnight Jerusalem

Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Start the day with a visit to the David Citadel museum. View the Old city from top of Fazael Tower. Continue to visit the model of Jerusalem as it was in the Second Temple Period and the 19th Century model (It is very important to visit the site before entering the city for it provides a better understanding once inside the city)
Walk the Old City Wall Promenade from Jaffa Gate to Zion Gate. Then head to Mt Zion, view the Old City and visit King David's tomb founder of the city. Enter the Jewish Quarter through the Zion Gate as generations of Jewish Warriors have.
Explore the Jewish Quarter taking in highlights such as the Cardo, the Broad Wall (First Temple period) and the Hurva Synagogue
Enjoy a spiritual visit to the Western Wall
Then explore the mysterious Western Wall Tunnels that stretch under the Old City.
Evening at leisure
Overnight: Jerusalem

Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Depart Jerusalem and head north
Visit the ancient city of Caesarea - it was here, in this vast Roman Metropolis that the system of Bronze, Silver and Gold awards for sports was invented.
Then travels to Atlit and learn about the Aliyah Bet (illegal immigration in the pre-statehood days).
Continue to a Druze village for lunch in a private home
Continue to Zfat - city of Mystical Judaism. Explore the narrow alleyways lined with ancient synagogues and artists galleries.
Overnight: Upper Galilee

Thursday, June 29, 2006
Ascend the Golan Heights and form Mt. Bental view the Golan Heights and deep into Syria and the ghost town of Kuneitra.
Then head to the Talmudic Synagogue in Katzrin. Bar Mitzvah boys (and those girls who chose) will lay Tefilin in the synagogue and the Bat Mitzvah. Girls will recite a special prayer here.
View the Hula Valley from Mitzpe Gadot and hear about Israel's top spy, Eli Cohen.
Then a kayaking adventure on the Jordan River
Return to the Kibbutz for dinner and a Kumzits Party
Overnight Upper Galilee

Friday, June 30, 2006
Head to the shores of the Sea of Galilee
Enjoy a chance for a swim
Then ascend Mt Gilboa for a view of the region and see how the local topography plays a part in famous Biblical tales
Head to Tel Aviv
Tour Old Jaffa
Prepare for Shabbat
Kabbalat Shabbat by the sea
Festive Shabbat Dinner
Overnight: Tel Aviv

Saturday, July 1, 2006
Optional Shabbat Services
Shabbat programs
Beach games for the young and the young at heart
Havdallah
Evening at leisure in Tel Aviv
Overnight: Tel Aviv

Sunday, July 2, 2006
Head for a "hands on" experience with the past as you participate in an Archeological Dig at Tel Maresha
Pause at Tel Azeka - where David fought Goliath
Then visit the Israeli Air Force Museum in Hatzerim
Head south into the desert for a camel trek, to be followed by a Bedouin Hafla (feast).
Parents can depart for a hotel in Arad while the kids (and adults who chose) spend the night in a Bedouin Tent in the desert

Monday, July 3, 2006
Ascend Massada via the Roman Ramp
Special Talit dedication and prayers in the synagogue atop Massada
Descend via the Cable Car
Enjoy a chance to swim (float) in the Dead Sea and a BBQ lunch
Ascend to Jerusalem
Evening at leisure in Jerusalem
Overnight Jerusalem

Tuesday, July 4, 2006
Start the day with a Community Service Activity at Yad Lakashish
Visit the Absalom Caves to see the stalactite and stalagmite formations
Then to Latrun and the Armored Corps Memorial
Enjoy some time to explore the Harel Mall, home of Kosher McDonalds, KFC and Pizza Hut!
Evening session on the Holocaust
Overnight: Jerusalem

Wednesday, July 5, 2006
Start the day with a visit to view the famous Chagall stained glass windows at the Hadassah Hospital.
Plant a tree to commemorate your trip to Israel.
Then view the Knesset, Israel's Parliament and the Menorah.
Take a ride on the Time Elevator - a high tech ride into the past
Evening at leisure in Jerusalem
Overnight: Jerusalem

Thursday, July 6, 2006
Preparation for the Bar and Bat Mitzvah ceremonies with our in-house Rabbi
Festive tour of the Southern Wall Excavations
Unique Bar and Bat Mitzvah Ceremony on the steps that lead up to the Temple.
Celebratory luncheon
Spend the afternoon at the Israel Museum
Evening at leisure
Overnight Jerusalem

Friday, July 7, 2006
Visit Yad Vashem, the memorial to the Six Million Jews murdered in the Second World War
Continue to Mt. Herzl to the gravesites of Herzl, Golda Meir and Yitzhak Rabin
See Jerusalem prepare for Shabbat
Kabbalat Shabbat at the Wall
Shabbat Dinner
Overnight: Jerusalem

Saturday, July 8, 2006
Optional Shabbat Services
Walking tour of Tel Aviv
Beach time
Havdallah
Festive farewell dinner
Drive to Ben Gurion Airport

Sunday, July 9, 2006
Early morning departure for Home
Shalom U'lehitraot!

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