2014: An Israel Odyssey Itinerary*
2014 Summer Family Mission - June 8-18
*Subject to change
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Leave from Miami International Airport to Israel
Monday, June 9, 2014
Arrive Ben Gurion International Airport
Festive mission opening - Armored Corps Memorial "Yad LaShiryon"
Plant trees in "The Miami Forest"
Check in hotel, Tel Aviv
Pool party and dinner
Overnight: Carlton Hotel, Tel Aviv
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Optional Morning Minyan
Check-out
(Luggage will be sent to Pastoral Kfar Blum Kibbutz Hotel in the morning)
Israeli breakfast at the Hotel, Tel Aviv
Spilt group - The youth will visit the Palmach museum & adults will tour the Rabin museum
Independence Hall, Tel Aviv
Nachlat Binyamin art fair and lunch
Drive to Northern Israel
Visit Miami partnership community of Pardes-Channa (Ethiopian) Miami youth participating in activities with local Ethiopian youth
Rosh Hanikra-visit the caves formed by the sea and natural grottos
Dinner party at Rosh Hanikra with the soldiers
Check in at Kfar Blum Guest House, Northern Israel
Overnight: Pastoral Kfar Blum Kibbutz Hotel
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Optional Morning Minyan
Israeli breakfast at Kibbutz Guest Houses
Rotation of the following four activities by bus with a picnic lunch at a beautiful and cool location:
Manara Cliffs - Rappelling or Zip Line
Kayaking on the Jordan River
ATV ride by the Syrian border and Mt. Bental
Dinner at the Kibbutz pool with kids activities and games with the local residents
Overnight: Pastoral Kfar Blum Kibbutz Hotel
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Optional Morning Minyan
Israeli breakfast at Kibbutz Guest Houses
Youth & Adults split the morning program:
Youth - The Elite chocolate factory
Adults – Wine tasting at a local winery
Lunch at Bat Yaar Ranch
Safed -synagogues, an art experience, candle making workshop.
Visit to IDF base
Dinner at Kfar Blum at your leisure
Guest educator on Golan Heights and it history
Overnight: Pastoral Kfar Blum Kibbutz Hotel
Friday, June 13, 2014
Optional Morning Minyan
Checkout-(luggage will be sent directly to the David Citadel)
Israeli breakfast at Kibbutz
Proceed to Jerusalem
Participate in volunteer "Table to Table" Israel food rescue program
Visit the Herb & Spice Farm with youth activities such as pizza making, creating your own Havdallah bags for Shabbat and zatar making.
Lunch on own at the Mahane Yehuda Market
Check into David Citadel Hotel, Jerusalem
Take the bus to the Old City for Kabbalat Shabbat on a rooftop overlooking the Kotel (Western Wall)
Festive Shabbat Dinner with family and friends at the Blaustein Hall
Overnight: David Citadel Hotel, Jerusalem
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Breakfast at David Citadel Hotel
Shabbat - a Day of Rest and Reflection
Experience services at any of Jerusalem’s many Synagogues or
Walking Tour of the Old City or
Visit the Israel Museum or
Visit the Tower of David Museum
Tour the city by Segway or electric bike
Practice Session for the Bar/Bat Mitzvah children
Havdallah in beautiful Jerusalem
A free evening to Shop and Dine in Jerusalem
Optional-Sound & Light Show at the Tower of David or Western Wall Tunnel Tours
Overnight: David Citadel Hotel, Jerusalem
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Optional Morning Minyan
Breakfast at David Citadel Hotel
Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial with Dr. Rachel Korazim, Holocaust Educator
Different tracks - First timers, Repeaters & B'nai Mitzvah/Twinning program
Young children's separate program with youth counselors to Biblical Zoo
Mount Herzl
Lunch in the Old City
Walk the Ramparts of the Old City or
Tour the Cardo in the Jewish Quarter or
Visit Ir David and Hezekiah’s water tunnels
Dinner on your own
Optional- Western Wall Tunnel Tours
Optional- Night bakery tour
Overnight: David Citadel Hotel, Jerusalem
Monday, June 16, 2014
Israeli breakfast at David Citadel Hotel
Special Bar/Bat Mitzvah Service
Festive Brunch at the Haas Promenade (bring a change of clothes for the rest of the day)
Float in the therapeutic waters of the Dead Sea & experience Dead Sea Mud Bath
Visit Masada and ascend by cable car to this ancient archeological fortress
Descend Masada via the Roman Path or cable car
Bedouin Tent party including camel rides and festive dinner with the Yerucham robotics team
Late return to Jerusalem
Overnight: David Citadel Hotel, Jerusalem
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Optional Morning Minyan
Israeli Breakfast
Special tour of the Knesset (bring your passports)
Lunch on own
Dinner Party and Final Mission Celebration at the new Train compound
Depart for Ben Gurion International Airport
