Shefa- January 2024

Activities:

• Gather for the beginning of the trip

• Tel Aviv sites/project/people

• Dana Azrieli

• Dinner at Ewa Safi - Ewa Safi features Moroccan Soul Food

• Crowne Plaza Tel Aviv Beach

Activities:

• Breakfast at the hotel

• Beer Sheva/South Partnerships

• Crowne Plaza Tel Aviv Beach

Activities:

• Breakfast at the hotel

• ANU Museum of the Jewish People - You’re invited to join a fascinating journey that portrays the story of the Jewish people through the generations and up to the present time. In June 2021, after ten years of planning and construction, this museum, the largest Jewish museum in the world, opened its doors. It represents all parts of the Jewish people and highlights the creative works and cultural riches of a variety of communities throughout different periods of history. This story is about all of us and each and every one of us is part of it.

• TLV sites/projects

• Crowne Plaza Tel Aviv Beach

Activities:

• Breakfast at the hotel

• Depart Tel Aviv and drive north

• Havat Rom - A visit to a magical organic farm, located on a mountain with a beautiful view of Meron Mountain. This is an agricultural organic farm, where they use ancient knowledge along with modern tools. Trying to find the balance between humans and nature. Enjoy a light meal from the fresh produce and excellent cheese.

• Ayala Nature Resort

Activities:

• Breakfast at the hotel

• Galilee/Golan/North Partnerships

• Elias House - Home Hospitality - Dinner at the beautiful home of Chef Gadi Elias, a holistic culinary and cultural experience of Galilee cooking.

• Ayala Nature Resort

Activities:

• Breakfast at the hotel - Check out of the hotel.

• Drive to Jerusalem

• Feel Beit - Feel Beit is a cultural home for creating art, expanding perspectives, and imagining new ways forward for Jerusalem. "We are a group of Israelis and Palestinians who create art and music to bridge divides in Jerusalem. Everything we present is rooted in love for the diverse people of this place. We are driven by the conviction that when all else breaks down, art and music must break through." Mekudeshet is an award-winning, cultural organization that creates original art and music to reimagine Jerusalem from being a center of conflict into a laboratory for connections between people of all kinds.

• Shabbat Dinner

• Theatron Hotel - The brand new Theatron Hotel offers its guests a meaningful and memorable experience with an authentic Israeli theme, inspired by nature and infused with genuine Jerusalemite hospitality.

Activities:

• Breakfast at the hotel

• Yoga Synagogue ah - Yoga Synagogue Ah followers find themselves all over Jerusalem practicing yoga in inspirational settings. Join the group's founder, Laura Gilinski, for a session to guide you into Shabbat.

• Old City - Tour Jerusalem’s Old City and meet the people and places that make this place so unique. In the Jewish Quarter, uncover the layers of Jewish history from the time of the First Temple until the present day. In the Christian Quarter, visit the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, and, if conditions permit, visit one of the holiest Muslim sites, the Temple Mount. Throughout the tour explore the complexity of a city that is holy to the three major religions - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

• Theatron Hotel

Activities:

• Breakfast at the hotel

• Holy Fashion - Holy Fashion- Jerusalem fashion: Does it Exist? Fashion tour of unique, iconic Jerusalem designers which tells the story of Israeli fashion. Informative, interactive, and a most “in style” tour. In this tour we will explore the connection between Israeli fashion and Jerusalem, we will learn about the role the city plays in the creative process of Israeli designers and the various ways they ‘use’ Jerusalem’s symbols to convey different messages through the years. We will also talk about the connection between spirituality and fashion. The tour includes meeting both established and young promising designers who are worth watching.

• Gallery near Beit Hansen

• Metzilot Hamazon - Metzilot Mazon, the Jerusalem Food Rescuers, aims to create a more Just and sustainable urban food system with less waste. Working with the wholesale market, they divert surplus produce that would have otherwise gone to waste and support communities that don’t have equitable access to food, engage in food literacy focused activities such as lectures and workshops with kids and adults, and run a sustainable catering business.

• Kol HaOt - Now is your opportunity to reflect on the time you’ve spent in Israel and to share the experiences, sites, and people you’ll want to remember most after you’ve returned home. With the "Kol HaOt" team, we will explore the personal meaning of Israel using colors and symbols to give ourselves and our fellow participants a visual picture of what this journey meant to us

• Final Dinner