DATE
May 28, 2023 – June 9, 2023 (program dates subject to change)
ELIGIBILITY
All full time faculty at any level or in any discipline may apply.
Applicants must have a current passport which expires no earlier than December 9, 2023.
COVERAGE
Air, room, & most meals
APPLICATION DEADLINE
February 20, 2023
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SAMPLE ITINERARY
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)
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