DAY 1 / Tuesday, July 6 / Departure
- Depart from JFK on Air France at 4:30pm

DAY 2 / Wednesday, July 7 / Arrival
- Arrive to Paris at 6:00am
- Transfer flights and depart Paris at 9:35am
- Arrive to Budapest at 11:45am
- Tour of the Duhany Synagogue & Jewish Museum – Europe’s largest synagogue
- Visit to the Raoul Wallenberg Memorial – Rescuer of Budapest Jewry during WWII
- Overnight: Budapest Hotel

DAY 3 / Thursday, July 8 / Budapest
- Walk through the streets of old Budapest to the southern tip of Castle Hill
- Tour of the medieval-era Buda Castle – Historic home to Hungarian kings
- Explore the Castle Caves labyrinth by candlelight underneath the city
- Stroll through the gardens of Margaret Island on the Danube
- Overnight: Budapest Hotel
- Evening: Cruise down the Danube River

DAY 4 / Friday, July 9 / Vienna
- Travel to Vienna in the morning
- Tour Schönbrunn Palace – Home of the Habsburg Empire
- Explore Vienna’s Belvedere Gardens
- Visit to Holocaust Memorial in Judenplatz, center of Jewish life in Vienna
- Continue travel to Prague
- Kabbalat Shabbat service at local shul
- Overnight: Prague Hotel

DAY 5 / Saturday, July 10 / Shabbat in Prague
- Shabbat in the Jewish Quarter
- Kabbalat Shabbat service at local shul
- Shabbat walking tour of old Prague
- Overnight: Prague Hotel

DAY 6 / Sunday, July 11 / Prague
- Experience the glory of Jewish life in Prague at the Jewish Quarter Museum
- Visit to the towering gothic-style Old New Synagogue of 1270
- Walk through the Old Jewish Cemetery of Prague
- Prague’s Old Town Square and famous Astronomical Clock
- Overnight: Prague Hotel

DAY 7 / Monday, July 12 / Terezin Concentration Camp
- Travel to Theresienstadt concentration camp (Terzin)
- Recount the devastation of Terzein – Site of Nazi atrocities against Czech Jews
- Read from children’s poetry collection, “I Never Saw Another Butterfly”, written at Terzein
- Return to Prague in afternoon
- Tour of the Prague Castle and final shopping
- Overnight: Prague Hotel

DAY 8 / Tuesday, July 13 / Welcome to Israel
- Board EL AL flight from Prague at 10:40am
- Arrive to Ben Gurion International Airport at 3:30pm
- Meet Israeli guide and begin travel northwards
- Donkey riding, pita baking & traditional dinner at Kfar Kedem
- Overnight: Carmel/Western Galilee Accommodations

DAY 9 / Wednesday, July 14 / Carmel Mountains
- Tour of Tzippori – Former seat of the Sanhedrin
- Hike the Little Switzerland Trail in the Carmel Mountains
- Explore the artist colony at Ein Hod Village
- Af Al Pi Chen Memorial to the “Exodus Boat”
- Overnight: Carmel/Western Galilee Accommodations

DAY 10 / Thursday, July 15 / Western Galilee
- Explore the ocean caves at Rosh Hanikrah
- Rappelling into Keshet Cave
- Lohamei HaGetaot Children’s Holocaust Museum
- Walking tour of old Acco seaport and visit to the Irgun Prison
- Evening: Bonfire BBQ party on the beach
- Overnight: Carmel/Western Galilee Accommodations

DAY 11 / Friday, July 16
- Travel to Jerusalem
- Shecheyanu ceremony at the Haas Promenade
- Tour of the “City of David” complex and walk the Hezekiah water tunnels
- Pre-Shabbat shopping at Mahane Yehuda marketplace
- Kabbalat Shabbat davening at the Kotel
- Overnight: Jerusalem Area

DAY 12 / Saturday, July 17
- Davening at local Jerusalem shul
- Walk the Rampart Walls of the Old City
- Explore Yemine Mosha and Mishkenot Sheananim
- Evening: Group night out at Malha Mall
- Overnight: Jerusalem Area

DAY 13 / Sunday, July 18
- Davidson Center & Southern Wall excavations – The Second Temple
- Time for reflection at the Kotel – The Western Wall
- Walking tour of the Old City’s alleys, rooftops & tunnels
- Take part in an active archeological dig at Tzurim Valley
- Overnight: Jerusalem Area

DAY 14 / Monday, July 19
- Service project at Hazon Yeshaya soup kitchen
- Nature walk to the Sataf springs & ancient cisterns
- Preparations for Tisha B’Av
- Overnight: Jerusalem Area

DAY 15 / Tuesday, July 20
- Tisha B’Av program in Jerusalem
- Afternoon: Israel Museum -and/or- Ateret Kohanim tour -and/or- Burn House/Seidenberg House
- Evening: Bowling night in Jerusalem
- Overnight: Jerusalem Area

DAY 16 / Wednesday, July 21
- Travel northwards to the Galilee
- Hike down Mt. Arbel overlooking the Kinneret
- Walking tour of old Tsfat
- Visit to a local absorption center for Ethiopian immigrants
- Overnight: Golan Accommodations

DAY 17 / Thursday, July 22
- Hike down to Nimrod’s Castle in the shadow of the Golan
- Zip-lining down Manara Cliffs
- Relaxed rafting down the Jordan River
- Overnight: Golan Accommodations

DAY 18 / Friday, July 23
- Tour of the ancient synagogue at Katzrin
- Water hike down Nahal Jilaboun
- View of the region from Mt. Ben-Tal
- Emek Ha-Bakha – Story of the Yom Kippur War
- Return to hotel to prepare for Shabbat in Tsfat
- Overnight: Tsfat Accommodations

DAY 19 / Saturday, July 24
- Shabbat in Tsfat
- Evening: Cruise on the Kinneret with Israeli dancing
- Overnight: Tsfat Accommodations

DAY 20 / Sunday, July 25
- Visit to the kvarim of the Rambam and Rabbi Akiva
- Raft-building activity on the Kinneret & swimming in the Kinneret
- Travel southwards along the Jordan Valley to the Judean Desert
- Off-road jeep tour in the Judean Desert
- Nature walk to Ein Gedi desert waterfalls
- Overnight: Masada Guest House, Judean Desert

DAY 21 / Monday, July 26
- Sunrise ascent to Masada via the Snake Path
- Tour of the Masada Complex
- Floating time at the Dead Sea!
- Begin travel southwards along the Arava Valley to Eilat
- Tour of a high-tech desert greenhouse installation en route
- Overnight: Eilat Accommodations

DAY 22 / Tuesday, July 27
- Explore Timna Nature Reserve & Solomon’s Mines
- Tour of Eilat’s Underwater Oceanarium
- Relaxed beach time along the Red Sea + water sports activities
- Overnight: Eilat Accommodations

DAY 23 / Wednesday, July 28
- Sunrise hike to Mt. Zephachot overlooking the Red Sea
- Begin travel northwards through the Negev Desert
- Roll in the Kassui Sand Dunes
- Look out across the Ramon Crater
- Camel riding & Bedouin hafla dinner feast
- Evening: Bonfire party in the desert
- Overnight: Chan HaShayarot Bedouin Tent

DAY 24 / Thursday, July 29
- Desert hike to Nachal Chavarim
- Explore the Bar Kochba caves at Beit Guvrin
- Get soaked at Chafetz Chaim water park
- Overnight: Kibbutz Chafetz Chaim Guest House

DAY 25 / Friday, July 30
- Table-to-Table: Harvesting fruits & vegetables for the hungry
- Machon Ayalon – Story of the Haganah
- Beach afternoon along the Mediterranean Coast
- Return to hotel to prepare for Shabbat on kibbutz
- Overnight: Kibbutz Chafetz Chaim Guest House

DAY 26 / Saturday, July 31
- Shabbat program on kibbutz
- Walking tour of the kibbutz
- Sports activities & relaxation time
- Evening: Na LaGa’at Theater in Jaffa
- Overnight: Kibbutz Chafetz Chaim Guest House

DAY 27 / Sunday, August 1
- Tour of the Weitzman Institute – Israel’s leading science academy
- Travel to Tel Aviv – Israel’s commercial capital
- Recount the founding of modern Israel at Independence Hall
- Walking tour of old Jaffa seaport and visit to the flea market
- Evening: Dialogue in the Dark experience
- Overnight: Kibbutz Chafetz Chaim Guest House

DAY 28 / Monday, August 2
- Budokan – Israeli martial arts class on the beach
- Tour of Latrun – Story of the struggle to save Jerusalem in 1948
- Visit and train with Hatzalah (R. Lashak organizes)
- Overnight: Kibbutz Chafetz Chaim Guest House
- Return to Jerusalem in the early evening
- Evening: Ben Yehuda Street Pedestrian Mall
- Overnight: Jerusalem Area Accommodations

DAY 29 / Tuesday, August 3
- Travel to Hevron (armored bus)
- Guided tour of the Maarat Hamachpela
- Gush Etzion Museum
- Visit to Kever Rachel
- Return to Jerusalem in the late afternoon
- Overnight: Jerusalem Area Accommodations

DAY 30 / Wednesday, August 4
- Visit to Yad VaShem Holocaust Memorial
- Mt. Herzl National Memorial
- Tree planting ceremony at the Jerusalem Bird Observatory
- Walking tour of Israel’s Knesset building
- Overnight: Jerusalem Area Accommodations

DAY 31 / Thursday, August 5
- Final service project at Yad Sarah in Jerusalem
- Visit to Hava Va’Adam Ecological Farm in Modi’in
- Bike riding in the Jerusalem hills
- Overnight: Jerusalem Area Accommodations

DAY 32 / Friday, August 6
- Jerusalem scavenger hunt activity along Ben Yehuda Street
- Pre-Shabbat shopping in Meah Shearim
- Closing ceremony at Jerusalem’s Ammunition Hill
- Return to the Old City via Shaar Tzion to prepare for a final Shabbat in the Old City
- Kabbalat Shabbat services at the Kotel
- Overnight: Sephardic Center, Old City of Jerusalem

DAY 33 / Saturday, August 7
- Davening in the Old City
- Walking tour of the Old Yishiv in the Jewish Quarter
- Evening: Late night bonfire party in Ben Shemen Forest with music (no hotel)

DAY 34 / Sunday, August 8
- Board early morning return flight to New York
- Arrive back to JFK in afternoon