Sunday:
Meet at Boston Logan airport
Fly overnight to Israel
Monday:
Arrive at Ben Gurion airport
Travel to Jerusalem, opening ceremony, and hotel check in
Post-flight rest and recuperation
Opening programs
Tuesday:
Tour of Jerusalem’s Old City
Yad VaShem Holocaust Museum
Geopolitical Update speaker
Wednesday:
Drive to the south
Camel riding
Hike Mt Masada
Relax by the Dead Sea
Drive to Jerusalem
Free evening in Jerusalem
Thursday:
Tour Mt Herzl (Israel’s national cemetery)
Drive to Tel Aviv
Graffiti tour of Florentin neighborhood
Hotel check in
Free evening in Tel Aviv
Friday:
Tel Aviv self-exploration (free time with guide app)
Restaurant lunch
Drive to the north
Kibbutz guest house check in
Welcome Shabbat!
Saturday:
Sleep in!
Staff-led programs
Free time
Havdallah (ritual conclusion of Shabbat)
Program led by Israeli peers
Sunday:
Off-road jeep ride
Mt Bental (lookout point)
Tour of Safed/Tzfat
Birthright closing dinner
Drive to Tel Aviv
Beyond program opening
Monday:
Panel: Israel’s security
Restaurant lunch
Visit the separation wall
Speaker: Racheli Fraenkel (personal story)
Free evening in Tel Aviv
Tuesday:
ANU (museum of Jewish peoplehood)
Panel: ethnic diversity
Panel: Arab citizens of Israel
Drive to Jerusalem
Hotel check in
Wednesday:
Tour Jerusalem’s Old City (part two)
Speaker: Gilad Kariv (religion and state)
Panel: Jewish pluralism in Israel
Free evening in Jerusalem
Thursday:
Visit Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem
Speaker: Ahmad Muna (East Jerusalem residents)
Drive to Bethlehem
Tour of Bethlehem
Speaker: Vera Baboun (Palestinian politics)
Drive to Jerusalem
Friday:
Speaker: Oded Revivi (the settlements)
Tour of Gush Etzion region
Tour of Tekoa settlement
Panel: coexistence
Drive to Jerusalem
Welcome Shabbat!
Home hospitality dinner
Saturday:
Sleep in!
Staff-led programs
Free time
Concluding program
Havdallah (ritual conclusion of Shabbat)
Restaurant dinner
Sunday:
Drive to Ben Gurion airport