## **Journey to Israel 2017 with Makom NY:  
A Trip of a Lifetime!  
**

**Wednesday, August 16:** Depart USA. El Al Flight 007 at 7:00 PM from JFK  
  
**Thursday, August 17:_Welcome to Israel!_**  
Arrival at Ben Gurion International airport. Land 12:40 PM  
Transfer to Tel Aviv. Tour of Jaffa old port and artist’s colony.  
Visit the Palmach Museum,  
displaying Israel’s battles for Independence.  
Dinner: Maganda Restaurant (or other beach area restaurant)  
Overnight: Dan Panorama Hotel, Tel Aviv  
  
**Friday, February 18:** Breakfast at Hotel.  
Early days of Tel Aviv; walking tour of Neve Tzedek, Rothschild Boulevard and Nachalat Binyamin art and craft market. Drive to Tel Maresha, for a most fascinating experience;  
digging our roots at Beit Guvrin with the guidance of the Archeological Seminars Experts.  
We will visit the Bell caves, learn about past civilizations, and visit a Roman Columbarium.  
Kabbalat Shabbat and services at Beit Tfilah Israeli, joining young Israeli families  
welcoming the Shabbat. Shabbat dinner at hotel. _Shabbat Shalom_  
Overnight: Dan Panorama hotel, Tel Aviv  
  
**Saturday, August 19:** Breakfast at hotel.  
Drive to Giv'at Hakibutzim; visit the Ayalon Institute to reveal a pre- state secret.  
Continue to Yad Lashiryon in Latrun to visit the armored corps’ memorial site and tank museum.  
Visit Sarona renewed Templar colony,Tel Aviv new "in" place.  
Overnight: Dan Panorama hotel, Tel Aviv  
**Sunday, August 20:** Breakfast at hotel.  
Depart Tel Aviv via the coastal highway to Haifa for a panoramic view of Haifa Bay  
and the beautiful Bahai gardens. Drive via the Carmel Mountains to Ussfya Druze village; meet this unique ethnic group that tied its fate with the fate of Israel.  
​Home hospitality and lunch. Visit Zichron.  
Continue to the newly revived city of Afula,  
​where we will meet young artists.  
Dinner and Overnight: Nof Ginosar hotel, Kibbutz Ginosar  
  
**Monday, August 21:** Breakfast at Hotel.  
Board your jeeps for a tour of the Golan Heights. View from Har Bental overlooking Syria. Follow the natural trail to hike Banias Nature reserve to the waterfalls.  
End the day rafting/tubing down the Jordan River. Dinner on way back.  
Overnight: Nof Ginosar hotel, Kibbutz Ginosar  
  
**Tuesday, August 22:** Breakfast at hotel.  
Drive to Beit Shean National Park; Visit the impressive Roman city excavations. Relax and swim at Gan HaShlosha National Park, known as Sachne. Via the Jordan Valley to Mount Scopus  
for Shehechyanu ceremony overlooking the “Golden City”.  
Overnight: Inbal hotel, Jerusalem  
  
**Wednesday, August 23:** Breakfast at hotel.  
View the Knesset, Israeli parliament, Israel Museum and the Supreme Court.  
Guided tour of Yad Vashem the Holocaust memorial, participate in a very special  
B’nai Mitzvah Twinning Project and visit the Children’s Pavilion.  
Culinary tour of the famous Machaneh Yehuda market.  
Overnight: Inbal hotel, Jerusalem  
  
**Thursday, August 24:****_Mazal Tov B’nai Mitzah and families!_**  
Breakfast at hotel.  
_Overlooking the Western Wall, at Ezrat Israel, Rabbi Bravo will lead B’nai Mitzvah services and ceremonies - A lasting memory you will always treasure._  
Audio-visual visit to Beit Hamikdash at Davidson Center, Southern Wall excavations, Western Wall, guided tour of the Kotel Tunnels, Jewish Quarter. Visit Burnt House and shop in the Cardo.  
Overnight: Inbal hotel, Jerusalem ​**Friday, August 25:** Breakfast at hotel.  
Depart Jerusalem via the Judean Desert, driving along the Dead Sea shores to Massada.  
View Qumran caves where the Dead Sea scrolls lay hidden.  
Ascend by cable car to King Herod’s fortress and the Jewish Zealots last stronghold. Hike Ein Gedi nature reserve to the waterfalls. Freshen up at the Dead Sea. Return to Jerusalem.  
Kabbalat Shabbat at Western Wall. Shabbat dinner and overnight: Inbal hotel, Jerusalem  
  
**Saturday, August 26:** Breakfast at hotel.  
Free Day in Jerusalem. Optional programs include:  
Shabbat morning services at HUC-JIR; Shabbat services at Egalitarian Orthodox Service;  
Visit the Israel Museum; Walk through the Old City and feel the peace of Shabbat.  
Regroup for Havdalah at Yemin Moshe. Overnight: Inbal hotel, Jerusalem  
  
**Sunday, August 27:** Breakfast at hotel.  
Visit Yad L’kashish in Jerusalem, a beautiful workshop where elderly are employed and taken care of, while making magnificent items for sale. Plenty of time to shop in the gift shop.  
Possible afternoon in Beersheva. Farewell dinner. Shalom Ulehitraot.  
Transfer to Ben Gurion airport for your departure home. ElAl Flight 001.  
  
**Monday, August 28** : Arrival USA  
Arrive JFK Airport Early Monday Morning.  
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