Wednesday, December 20

Depart USA

Thursday, December 21 – Going up into the Land

• Arrive in Israel to be met and assisted by your ITC representative (today’s program depends on arrival time).
• Guided tour of the Ayalon Institute – An underground bullet factory in Rehovot used by Jewish forces before the founding of the State of Israel.
• Travel to Tel Aviv.
• Tour the alleys of Old Jaffa, the ancient

  port city once known as the Gate of Zion. Shekhiyanu-Welcome ceremony on top of Tel Jaffa overlooking modern Tel Aviv.

• Check-in to the Dan Panorama Hotel on Tel Aviv’s Mediterranean Coast.
• Welcome dinner at Maganda Restaurant in Tel Aviv’s old Yemenite Quarter.
• Overnight: Dan Panorama Hotel, Tel Aviv

Friday, December 22 – Tel Aviv: The First Hebrew City in 2,000 Years

Tour Package Includes:

• Hotels: Dan Panorama, Tel Aviv; Ruth–Rimonim Hotel, Tzfat; and Dan Panorama, Jerusalem

• All Breakfasts, 2 Friday night “Shabbat” Dinners and Shabbat Lunches, 3 Weekday dinners and lunches as per itinerary

• Touring with Rabbi Lubliner and one of Israel’s Top Tour Guide educators in a WiFi enabled deluxe touring Motor Coach

  A Few Tour Highlights:

• Guided tour of the Ayalon Institute – An underground bullet factory in Rehovot.

• Tour the alleys of Old Jaffa, the ancient port city once known as the Gate of Zion.

• Guided tour of The New Anu – Museum of the Jewish People on the campus of Tel Aviv University.

• Hear about the establishment of Tel Aviv standing at the Founders’ Monument on Rothschild Boulevard.

• Welcoming Shabbat Friday Evenng Service – Shabbat morning services.

• Discover the quaint Neve Tzedek neighborhood that gave birth to the “first Hebrew city in 2,000 years”.

• Tour the ruins of Caesarea, including its Roman Theater, Promontory Palace, Hippodrome and Amphitheater.

• Guided tour of the ornate Bahai Gardens in Haifa from the top of Mt. Carmel to the Bahai Shrine.

• Tour mystical Tzfat’s old synagogues and picturesque alleyways. Tzfat was the cradle of Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism).

• Walk in the lush Tel Dan Nature Reserve, one of the sources of the Jordan River.

• Jeep tour of the Golan Heights for a special perspective on Israel’s complex geopolitics.

• Chocolate making workshop at the De Karina Chocolate Factory on nearby Kibbutz Ein Zivan.

• Shehekhiyanu-Welcome Ceremony on Mt. Scopus overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem and Temple Mount.

• Optional B’nai Mitzvah Ceremony at the Egalitarian Kotel (near Robinson’s Arch) to connect a Jewish past with a Jewish future.

• Travel to Kiryat Gat to visit the Neve Hannah Youth Village to hear about the amazing work they do.

• Ascend Masada by cable car to tour the ruins of King Herod’s palace and the last outpost of Jewish independence.