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Sample Itinerary Day 1 - Depart from Kennedy or Newark International Airport in the afternoon
Day 2 - Arrive in Tel Aviv, Israel's thriving cultural hub
- Visit Azrieli observation point
- Lunch in a restaurant at the Azrieli Mall
- Check in to Renaissance Hotel in Tel Aviv
- Peulah: Welcome and Expectations
- Dinner and free time in Tel Aviv port, a popular center for Tel Aviv nightlife
- Overnight in Tel Aviv
Day 3 - Breakfast at hotel
- Cultural tour of Jaffa, including meetings with artists and residents
- Free time to explore artists' fair and eat lunch in Nachalat Binyamin
- Lunch on own in Nachalat Binyamin
- Time to swim in pool or Mediterranean Sea, rest, and prepare for Shabbat
- Peulah: Shabbat and Pluralism
- Kabbalat Shabbat (evening services facilitated by group members)
- Shabbat dinner at hotel
- Oneg Shabbat
- Peulah: Jewish Games (facilitated by group members)
- Overnight in Tel Aviv
Day 4 - Breakfast and optional tfillot
- Free time
- Study session with Rabbi Ayala Miron from Kehillat Bavat Ayin, a Reform congregation in Rosh Ha'ayin
- Lunch at hotel
- Free time
- Walking tour of Neve Tzedek, Tel Aviv's first neighborhood
- Picnic Seudah Shlishit
- Peulah: Jewish Identity and Leadership
- Havdalah (facilitated by group members)
- Dinner on own
- Mayumana dance performance
- Overnight in Tel Aviv
Day 5 - Breakfast at hotel
- Travel to Herzliya
- Mini-seminar on Arab-Israeli conflict led by Yaniv Ofek, a policy analyst at the Lauder School of Government Interdisciplinary Center (IDC)
- Drive to security fence near Kfar Saba to learn about its efficacy and impact on the communities on both sides of it
- Box lunch
- Summarize seminar
- Drive to offices of Veritas Venture Partners; meet with Yadin Kaufmann, a venture capitalist and a founder of Tmura, an Israeli public-service venture fund
- Limud at Bina-Ramat Efal
- Dinner on own
- Free time in Tel Aviv
- Overnight in Tel Aviv
Day 6 - Breakfast; check out of hotel
- Visit Google's Israel office
- Drive to Zichron Yaakov, visit the First Aliyah Museum
- Lunch in Zichron Yaakov
- Drive to Tefen Industrial Park, tour site, and meet with founder Stef Wertheimer to learn about his vision and its implementation
- Check in to tzimmerim, or bed and breakfast, in local community
- Meeting with Arab-Israeli Theater group at Kibbutz Sasa
- Dinner and bonfire outside with peers
- Overnight in tzimmerim
Day 7 - Breakfast
- Drive along northern border with Lebanon to learn about security issues faced by residents and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
- Boxed lunch and kayaking on the Jordan River
- Visit Mt. Bental, which overlooks Syria from the Golan Heights
- This day is guided by an IDF representative
- Visit Moshav Yonathan, meet Lea Goldman
- Dinner at Tiberias, meet Menashe Cohen
- Drive back to overnight in tzimmerim
Day 8 - Breakfast, check out of tzimmerim
- Drive to Jerusalem
- Lunch
- Visit Yad Vashem and Mt Herzl
- Drive to meet and have dinner with mentors
- Overnight in Jerusalem
Day 9 - Breakfast
- Day-long program with mentors: Get to know the mentors and learn about their professional fields in Israel
- Dinner at local restaurant
- Peulah: Brief de-briefing of mentor day (at the restaurant)
- Free night in Jerusalem
- Overnight in Jerusalem
Day 10 - Breakfast
- Participate in "Jerusalem as Powder Keg," a tour focusing on the city's importance to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and resulting tensions
- Continue to Nachlaot for a walking tour of this fascinating Jerusalem neighborhood
- Lunch on own in Machane Yehudah market
- Free time to swim in pool, rest, and prepare for Shabbat
- Kabbalat Shabbat at the Western Wall or a local synagogue
- Shabbat dinner at hotel
- Peulah: Religion and State in Israel
- Overnight in Jerusalem
Day 11 - Breakfast
- Free time
- Lunch at hotel
- Peulah: Walking Tour
- Picnic Seudah Shlishit and study session
- Havdalah (facilitated by group members)
- Free time in Jerusalem
- Overnight in Jerusalem
Day 12 - Breakfast
- Visit City of David, meet local residents, both Palestinian and Israeli
- VIP tour of Knesset including meeting with member of Knesset
- Meet Mr. Bielski, chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel and the World Zionist Organization
- Dinner in Jerusalem restaurant
- Overnight in Jerusalem
Day 13 - Breakfast; check out of hotel
- Travel south
- Visit Sderot
- Drive to Yeruham
- Lunch
- Tour of Yeruham
- Volunteer project at Yeruham
- Meet with Mayor Avram Mitzna
- Arrive at Bedouin camp for hafla dinner
- Begin desert leadership program
- Overnight at Bedouin camp
Day 14 - Day-long desert leadership program
- Overnight outside in desert
Day 15 - Breakfast
- Summarize outdoor leadership program
- Drive to Tel Aviv
- Lunch on own en route
- Check in to hotel
- Free time
- Peulah: Summarizing Trip
- Festive final dinner at Hertzelia Marina
- Overnight in Tel Aviv
Day 16 - Breakfast
- Depart to airport
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