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August 24 – 28, 2014
Chairs : Sheryl Buccholtz, Ron Werner
JNF Professionals : Matthew Leebove, Rami Hazan
Guide : Neil Eisenstadt
DRAFT 2 AS OF AUGUST 8
ITINERARY IS SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION AND NOTE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Various Individual arrivals and transfers to the hotel (potentially Fri/Sat arrivals)
Meet and greet at Hospitality Room, Carlton Tel Aviv Hotel
Bus departs Carlton Tel Aviv Hotel to Independence Hall
Visit to Independence Hall
Welcome BBQ dinner at Alexander Muss High School in Israel and welcome new semester students
Guest speaker: Former Israeli Ambassador, Gideon Meir
Proceed to Jerusalem
Arrive Jerusalem – check in to Dan Panorama
Overnight, Dan Panorama, Jerusalem or Carlton Hotel, Tel Aviv

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Buffet breakfast at hotel
08:30am Bus departs hotel
Meet with Knesset Minister/s or government/IDF spokesperson (Details TBC)
Visit to Western Wall
Kotel Tunnel Meeting Room – Guest Speaker TBA
Lunch in a Pita – Jewish Quarter
Tour through Jewish Quarter
Joined by Bini Freedman (TBC)
Note: Bini was a survivor of the Sbarro terrorist attack in Jerusalem and is an expert on the Jewish Quarter
Depart Old City to Ammunition Hill
Tour at Ammunition Hill
Dinner at Ammunition Hill
Guest speaker: Yaki Hetz (TBC) – veteran of Ammunition Hill and integrally involved with Raphael Military industries and Iron Dome
Return to hotel
Overnight, Dan Panorama Jerusalem

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Breakfast at hotel – proceed to private room
08:00am Private room at Dan Panorama Hotel
Guest Speakers: Akiva Tor, Head, Bureau for World Jewish Affairs and World Religions,
Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Michal Marmary, Media Consultant (TBC)
Check out and depart
Visit to JCS studios or Jerusalem Press Club, Jerusalem
Depart to Beer Sheva or Ashkelon
Shop and lunch on own to support local economy in Beer Sheva or Ashkelon or Northern
Negev area
Participants take part in ‘buying’ ‘ThankYou’ products for soldiers
Visit to JNF Sderot Indoor Recreation Center
Meet with Mayor Alon Davidi
Participants to actively take part in ‘summer camp’ activity with kids
Pizza and salad dinner
Depart to Beer Sheva
Visit to Beer Sheva River Park and Amphitheatre
Meet with Mayor of Beer Sheva
Overnight, Leonardo Beer Sheva Hotel, Beer Sheva

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Breakfast at hotel
08:00am Depart hotel
Visit to Abraham ’s Well
Soroka Medical Center – overview of the medical center and its role (in auditorium) visit injured soldiers and pre natal units (as permitted)
Depart Beer Sheva
Visit to Aleh Negev-Nahalat Eran -
Arrive Halutza communities
Light lunch
Paint the local day care center or similar activity
Prepare Thank You packages with Halutza kids and hand to soldiers
Tour Eshkol region – meet firefighters and see damage from rockets and meet residents
(security situation permitting)
Depart Halutza – return to Beer Sheva
Rest and freshen up at hotel
Depart hotel to Ofakim
Dinner at ‘Ossi’s’ house - with firefighters for dinner and Mayor of Ofakim
Return to Beer Sheva
Night visit Pipes Bridge
Overnight, Leonardo Beer Sheva Hotel, Beer Sheva

Breakfast at hotel and check out
08:00am
05:00pm
07:45pm
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Bus departs Beer Sheva
Arrive Palmachim Air Force Base or IDF Home Command
Depart base
Visit to Iron Dome location. Hand soldiers ‘Thank You’ packages
Depart to Tel Aviv
Visit to I-24 News in Jaffa Port – Israel’s internet news outlet – Meet with Frank Mellouk,
CEO and tour the news desk [TBC]
Lunch in Tel Aviv, Goshen – private room – conclusion - sharing
Meeting with Minister of the Negev and Galil, MK Silvan Shalom (TBC)
Free time in Tel Aviv – Port of Tel Aviv or Dizengoff
Bus transfer from the Carlton Tel Aviv Hotel to the airport for return flights to the USA
Overnight, En Route