Join our 2023 Mission to Israel

• Overnight flight to Tel Aviv!

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Israel @ 2023: Special VIP visit to the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation, including a visit to late President Shimon Peres’ office and a conversation with his son Hemi Peres, chair of the center and one of Israel’s leading venture capitalists.
• Drive to the Tel Hashomer Hospital for a visit to the Israel Center for Medical Simulation, a world leading medical training facility, based on Israeli air force pilot training simulator methodology.
• Return to Tel Aviv, lunch on own.
  
• Afternoon Options:
  • Visit the Nachalat Binyamin Crafts Fair with over 100 artists and street musicians.
  • Special curated visit to the Tel Aviv Art Museum.
  • Graffiti tour of the hip Florentine neighborhood.
  • Tasting tour of the Carmel Market and/or the Levinsky Market.
• Return to the hotel for free time for relaxation and personal exploration.
• Dinner with Chef Yossi Elad, one of the founders of Machneyuda Group of restaurants.

Overnight: Kempinski Hotel, Tel Aviv

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Jerusalem: Where do we Stand, with journalist and author Mati Friedman.
• JDC Site Visit: Visit Susan’s House, a special workshop where youth at risk find both professional training as well as a warm and supportive atmosphere.
• Visit the Machane Yehudah Open Air Market for free time to experience the multi-sensory environment with the multitude of tastes, scents and colors, with lunch on your own.
• Special guided visit (in small groups) in the Old City, exploring some of the hidden alleyways and courtyards with tastings in the markets and conversations with Jewish, Christian and Muslim Jerusalemites.
• Free time in the Old City.
• Return to the hotel.
• Conversation at the hotel with Tom Nides, the United States Ambassador to Israel.
• Group dinner at the Eucalyptus restaurant with chef Moseh Bason who focuses on bringing the culinary traditions of the land of Israel to life.

Overnight: Orient Hotel, Jerusalem

• Breakfast at hotel.
• Morning at leisure, Optional Shabbat services.
• Lunch on own.

Shabbat Touring Options: Two of the following options will be chosen for the group.

• • Agnon in Jerusalem – Walk through the streets of Central Jerusalem, using the writings of Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israel’s first Nobel Laureate as a guide
  • The Poet and the Windmill – Guided walk-through Yemin Moshe with the poetry of Yehudah Amichai.
  • A Historic Weave of Jerusalem – Walk through the Valley of Hinnom, using the Bible as guide to the top of Mount Zion and continuing to the Jewish Quarter
  • The New Israel Museum on own
  • The German Colony of Jerusalem – Walk through the German Colony, built by the German Templars in the late 1800s’s, with their unique buildings and stories that have become part of Jerusalem’s lore
  • Jerusalem: A City of Many Traditions – Visit the Old City, beginning with a guided walk-through Mount Zion, and continue with a 0walk along the Ramparts and free time in the Old City Market – The Shuk
  • Christian Jerusalem – Guided visit through the Christian Quarter, including part of the Via Dolorosa and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
• Free time for rest and relaxation.
• Havdallah overlooking the Old City.
• Check out of the hotel.
• Wrap up conversation followed by a Festive Farewell Dinner.
• Transfer to Ben Gurion Airport.

Overnight: Flight