Day 1 — NEW YORK

Departure from New York to Israel


Day 2 — WELCOME TO ISRAEL

Late afternoon Arrival

• Welcome Dinner – Herzliya Marina
• Travel to Haifa along the Mediterranean Coast
• Arrival Haifa in the North and check in to hotel

Overnight: Haifa


Day 3 — Haifa

• View of Haifa and Baha'i Gardens and Shrine
• Academic visit to the Technion
• Guest speaker: Professor Mark Talesnik, Engineers Without Borders
• Guest speaker: Nisreen Shachada, Doctoral Student – Technion Massive Online Open Course (MOOC)
• Academic visit to Haifa University
• Visit to Daliat El Carmel – meet leader of the Druze community
• Lunch and Druze cooking at Nura's Kitchen
• Depart Daliat El Carmel to Fureidis
• Meeting with Professor Esther Hertzog, Beit Berl College, and Ibitsam Mahameed
• Proceed to Nazareth
• Visit to Church of the Annunciation
• Proceed to Tiberias. On arrival check in to hotel
• Free evening — dinner on own

Overnight: Tiberias


Day 4 — Golan Heights

• Travel to and tour the Golan Heights
• Individual meetings at Tel Hai College and ORT Braude
• Visit to Capernaum and the Sea of Galilee
• Travel to Jerusalem. Check in and freshen up
• Evening cultural program – Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance (JAMD) at Jerusalem Theater

Overnight: Jerusalem


Day 5

• Guest speaker
• Tour Yad Vashem, International Institute for Holocaust Research
• Meet with a survivor
• Academic visit to Hebrew University (HUJI) and tour facility
• Individual meetings of fellows, paired with Israeli counterparts
• Academic visit to Hebew University Agricultural School, Rehovot, with individual meetings
• Academic visit to Weizman Institute, with individual meetings
• Academic visit to Jerusalem College of Technology, with individual meetings
• Academic visit to Maale School of Film, with individual meetings
• Academic visit to Sam Spiegel Film School, with individual meetings
• Visit to Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Meetings with Ministry officials
• View of Knesset (Israel’s parliament) and Supreme Court
• Dinner in Jerusalem
• Guest speakers: Members of Knesset

Overnight: Jerusalem


Day 6 — BEER SHEVA

• Guest speaker: Journalist
• Visit to Mount of Olives
• Academic visit to Achva College, with individual meetings
• Guest speaker: Professor Alean Al-Krenawi
• Academic visit to Ben Gurion University, with individual meetings
• Academic visit to Sammy Shamoon College, with individual meetings
• Dinner in Jerusalem and night walking tour, Jerusalem Festival of Lights

Overnight: Jerusalem


Day 7 — JERUSALEM

• Breakfast at hotel
• Tour of City of David and Hezekiah's water tunnel
• Tour of the Western Wall and Tunnels
• Lunch in a pita — a traditional Israeli lunch in the Old City's Jewish Quarter
• Tour of the Old City
• Sabbat Dinner at hotel with guest speaker

Overnight: Dan Jerusalem Hotel


Day 8 — MASADA AND DEAD SEA

• Visit ot Jordan River — Qasr al Yahud
• Visit to Masada
• Dead Sea — swim and relax

Overnight: Crowne Plaza, Dead Sea



Day 9 — ARAVA

• Visit to Ofaim Farm — sustainable agriculture, Moshav Idan
• Visit to Vidor Center/Research and Development Station
• Academic visit to R&D Station
  • Individual meetings with R&D Faculty
• Academic visit to Arava International Center for Agricultural Training (AICAT)
  • Meet Msc Plant Biology students from Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam
• Continue to Kibbutz Ketura
• Tour of kibbutz and explanation on history and ideology
• Academic visit to Arava Institute of Environmental Studies (AIES)
• Guest Speaker: David Lehrer Individual meeting with AIES Faculty
• Visit to Solar village and field Guest Speaker: Seth Kessler
• BBQ dinner by the pool on arrival at Kibbutz Ketura

Overnight: Kolot Guest House, Kibbutz Ketura


Day 10

• Depart Ketura
• View of Machtesh at Mitzpe Ramon
• Academic visit to Sapir College
  • Sandwich lunch and roundtable discussion
  • Welcome greetings by Professor Ruth Eitan
  • Individual meeting with Sapir Faculty
• Kibbutz Nir Am observation lookout
  • Guest Speaker: IDF Spokesperson
  • Yedidya Harush and Michal Uziyahu
• Visit to JNF Sderot Indoor Recreation Center
  • Guest Speakers: Yedidya Harush and Michal Uziyahu
• Depart for Tel Aviv
• On arrival, check in to Dan Panorama hotel
• Guest Speaker: Israel Labor Party — Shimon Battat
• Free evening

Overnight: Tel Aviv


Day 11 — TEL AVIV

Guest Speaker: IDC Professor

Academic visit to Tel Aviv University individual meetings

Ruppin Academic Center – individual Professor meeting

Boutique Studios — individual Professor meeting

Academic visit to Bar Ilan University individual meetings

Visit to Yitzhak Rabin Center, The Israeli Museum

Academic visit to Volcani Institute — individual Professor meeting

Academic visit to Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya —individual meetings

Arts and Craft fair at Nachlat Binyamin and Carmel Market — free time

Tour of Old Jaffa — walking tour

Farewell event and dinner — ORT Dan Gourmet Cooking School, Jaffa

Transfer to Ben Gurion Airport (as applicable)

Overnight: en route


Day 12 — DEPARTURE

12:30am — Depart on EL AL Israel Airlines flight 27 to Newark
12:45am — Depart on EL AL Israel Airlines flight 1 to New York JFK


(Please note this itinerary is subject to change)