Sunday, March 20
Departure

Depart San Francisco

Monday, March 21
Arrival in Poland

Arrive Warsaw
Yael and Miriam meet the group at airport
Time allowing, visit sites in Warsaw:
JEWISH CEMETERY
Check-in, dinner and Orientation

Tuesday, March 22
Warsaw Sites and the surrounding area

(Order may change)
Jewish ghetto,
Martyrs Memorial, Noszyc Synagogue,
Jewish Historical Inst.
Mila 18,
Umschlagplatz,
Korczak's Orphanage
Meet with Polish Jewish youth (pending)

Travel to Lublin

Wednesday, March 23
Lublin/Majdanek

Yeshivat Hochmei Lublin
Majdanek Camp,

Travel toward Krakow Stop in one of the small shtetls (e.g. Lezansk)

Thursday, March 24
Fast of Esther - Krakow Sites

Rema synagogue and cemetery
Outing to shtetl of Tarnow and Gura Zelitobska
Repair a cemetery with Polish youth (pending)
Celebrate Purim with the Krakow Jewish Community
Prepare for visit to Auschwitz

Friday, March 25
Purim

Early morning departure
Megilla Reading in Oswiecim synagogue (pending permission)
Extensive visit to
Auschwitz/Birkenau camps
Return to Krakow
5:40pm Candle lighting
Kabbalat Shabbat services in the Temple Shul (pending)
Group Shabbat dinner and Oneg

Saturday, March 26
Shabbat in Krakow

Parashat Tzav
Optional Shaharit services;
Walking tour of Kazimierz (Jewish Krakow);
Shabbat activities,

Summary of Poland portion; Havdalla
Anticipating the transition to Israel

Sunday, Mach 27
Departing Poland

Sites in Krakow:
Jewish ghetto,
Pankayevitz Pharmacy ("Righteous Gentiles")
Schindler's factory
Pleszow Camp
Transfer to Krakow airport

Monday, March 28
Arrival in Israel

Arrive Ben Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv
Transfer to Kibbutz Lavi
Breakfast and Rest
Lunch at Lavi
Laundry pick-up
Kinneret Courtyard and Cemetery: birthplace of Labor Zionism
Golan Heights
Mitzpe Hashalom
Light hike on the Golan
Meitzar Pre-Army Training (pending)
Hamat Gader - hot pools and dinner

Tuesday, March 29
Ancient and Modern Galilee

Zfat: tour the synagogues, courtyards, and shops of this mystical city
Mifgash (encounter) with youth from P2K:
Ne'ot Mordechai
Jeep tour
Musical drumming circle

Boat-ride on the Sea of Kinneret
Dinner at Pagoda restaurant, Tiberias

Wednesday, March 30
A Free Nation
in Our Land

Atlit Detention Camp

Givat Haviva:
Arab-Jewish dialogue
(Meet with Arab-Israeli and Jewish settler plus field trip)
Travel to Tel Aviv; free time for shopping
Ascend to Jerusalem
Check-in to hostel
Free-time for dinner (location TBA)

Visitation evening
7:30-11pm

Thursday, March 31
Jerusalem in Her Glory

Ancient Jerusalem: Robinson's Arch, Davidson Virtual Museum,
Kotel (Western Wall) and Kotel Tunnel
Jewish Quarter: special meeting with brother of heroine from War of Independence.

Mifgash (meeting) with Israeli youth from the Reut school. (Compare experiences in Poland)

Political Update with Neil Lazarus.

Friday, April 1
A Nation Remembers

Yad Vashem (with new museum): How does the State of Israel remember it's people's darkest period?
Mt. Herzl and the Military Cemetery

Before Shabbat - transfer to Kol Haneshama (or other synagogue) for Kabbalat Shabbat; wlak back to Agron
Shabbat Dinner and Oneg

Saturday, March 2
Shabbat in Jerusalem

Parashat Shmini (Para)
Optional services at a variety of synagogues
Group lunch
Walking tours of the City summary activities,
Seuda Shlisheet
Havdala and evaluation

Transfer to Tel Aviv for rock concert with Arkady Duchin
Pre-flight "nasch"