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NCSY’s Jewish Overseas Leadership Training (JOLT) program provides an experience like no other. JOLT is an intense leadership program designed for truly exceptional high school teens. Past participants have described the JOLT experience as having a truly transformational impact on their identity as Jews and leaders of the Jewish people.

Past: Poland

JOLT will lead off their incredible journey with a life altering trip to Poland. There, you will learn about the rich Jewish past on European soil, reflect on the enormity of the Holocaust and celebrate in a community reborn. JOLTers will have the opportunity to walk in the footsteps of our past and visit “kivrei tzaddikim”all while learning about our past and learning about what it means to be a Jewish leader.

Present: Denmark

JOLT will partner with the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation to create a camp for non-affiliated Jewish European children, and instill in the campers what it means to be a Jew. Here, JOLTers will hone in on their leadership skills and create and implement creative programming to instill the beauty of Torah into the lives of the campers; a once in a lifetime experience!

Future: Israel

While touring our breathtaking country, JOLTers will have the ability to relax and reflect on their experiences in Poland and Denmark. JOLTers will have ability to discuss with their peers and staff members about what it means to be a Jewish leader in today’s world, and how they can utilize their JOLT experience to make a difference in the Jewish world at large.

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Trip Summary

Eligibility:

Current 10th, 11th, 12th, Program is Coed

Price:

$7,999 USD

Location:

Poland, Denmark & Israel,

Duration:

5 Weeks

Dates:

July 05 2013 - August 08 2013

Contact Information:

p: 212-613-8145
f: 212-613-0739
jolt@ncsy.org

Downloadable Forms:

Medical Form Recommendation Form JOLT Essays

Payment Schedule

$250 due at time of application, $100 is non-refundable
$750 due at time of acceptance
$3500 due for JOLT on March 1st
Balance due on May 1st

All summer programs fees must be paid in full to NCSY by May 1. Any pending scholarship requests WILL NOT be applied towards the balance. In the event that a person has a pending scholarship either with NCSY or with another organization, that person’s balance must be paid in full by May 1 INCLUDING the amount pending in scholarships. If after May 1 additional scholarship monies are received by NCSY, NCSY will immediately credit the account for the amount received. Scholarships will be applied towards the cost of the program ONLY when NCSY has received an official letter of intent from the funding source.

Medical Form Recommendation Form JOLT Essays

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JOLT Sample Schedule

Poland Schedule

DATE	DAY	TIME	Activity
Jul 11, 2011	Monday	9:30 PM	Arrive Warsaw
		10:30 AM	Depart Warsaw Airport
		11:15 AM	Visit Warsaw Cemetary
		12:30 PM	Lunch at Restaurant
		1:30 PM	Visit Nozyk Shul
		2:30 PM	Tour Warsaw Ghetto Area
		4:30 PM	Mincha at Nozyk
		5:00 PM	Dinner at Restaurant
		6:00 PM	Check in to Novotel
		9:00 PM	Maariv
			Overnight at Novotel Warsaw Centrum

Jul 12, 2011	Tuesday	7:00 AM	Wakeup
		7:30 AM	Schacharis
		8:15 AM	Breakfast
		8:30 AM	Depart for Tykotchin
		11:30 AM	Tour Tykotchin Shul
		12:30 PM	Lunch at Tykotchin shul
		1:15 PM	Tour Tykotchin Mass Grave
		2:30 PM	Depart for Treblinka
		4:00 PM	Tour Treblinka/Mincha at Treblinka
		6:00 PM	Depart for Warsaw
		8:30 PM	Dinner at Restaurant
			Overnight at Novotel Warsaw Centrum

Jul 13, 2011	Wednesday	6:00 AM	Wakeup
		6:30 AM	Depart for Gur
		7:30 AM	Shacharis and Breakfast at Gur Beis Midrash
		9:00 AM	Tour Gur Cemetary
		10:00 AM	Depart for Lublin/Lunch on bus
		12:30 PM	Tour Madjanek
		4:00 PM	Tour Lublin Yeshiva & Old Cemetary
		6:00 PM	Check in to Lublianka Hotel
		7:00 PM	Dinner at Hotel
		8:00 PM	Walking tour of old Lublin
			Overnight at Lublianka

Jul 14, 2011	Thursday	7:00 AM	Wakeup
		7:30 AM	Shacharis at Yeshiva (With Torah Reading)
		8:30 AM	Breakfast at Yeshiva
		9:00 AM	Depart for Krakow
			Possible stop in Lizensk or Lancut
		4:00 PM	Arrive Krakow
			Walking tour of Old Krakow/Plaszov
		6:30 PM	Dinner at Restaurant
		8:00 PM	Check in to Qubus
			Overnight at Qubus Hotel Krakow

Jul 15, 2011	Friday	6:00 AM	Wakeup
		6:30 AM	Schacharis/Breakfast at Qubus
		7:45 AM	Depart for Auschwitz
		9:00 AM	Visit Auschwitz Jewish Center
		10:30 AM	Tour Auschwitz 1
		12:30 PM	Lunch
		1:00 PM	Tour Birkenau
		4:30 PM	Depart for Krakow
		7:30 PM	Friday night minyan at Temple
		8:30 PM	Dinner at Restaurant
			Overnight at Qubus Hotel Krakow

Jul 16, 2011	Shabbos	7:00 AM	Wakeup
		8:00 AM	Schacharis at Ramah or Temple
		11:30 AM	Lunch at Restaurant
		1:00 PM	Optional walking tour of old Krakow
		4:00 PM	Visit Galitzia Museum/Righteous Gentile
		6:00 PM	Mincha at Ramah
		6:30 PM	Shalosh Seudos at restaurant
		8:30 PM	Maariv/Havdallah in Atleshul square
			Overnight at Qubus Hotel Krakow

Jul 17, 2011	Sunday	5:30 AM	Wakeup
		6:00 AM	Shacharis and Breakfast at Hotel
		7:00 AM	Depart for Train to Warsaw
		11:00 AM	Arrive Warsw - Depart for Airport
		1:25 PM	Flight Departs Warsaw

Austria- Am Echad Machane

Austrian Alps- July 17- August 1

Hotel Austria
Stuben 293
A-6542 Pfunds
Austria

Israel Schedule

Monday, August 1^st 2011

א' אב התשע"א

Arrival

3:30 am Arrival

6:00am Tefila & Breakfast on beach

Drive to North

12:00pm Check into Hotel Kibbutz Lavi

Lunch at Hotel

Rest and Sleep

T'veria -

6:30pm Boat ride & Darbukot -Teveria

7:45pm Supper at Sherry Restaurant

Free time Teveria

Overnight – Lavi

Tuesday, August 2^nd 2011

ב' אב התשע"א

8:30am Tfila

9:00am Breakfast

9:45am Shiur

10:10am Raft building on the Kinneret

1:00pm Kfar Kedem

4:00pm Kivrei Tzadikim

5:00pm Shopping for Soldiers

7:00pm Supper at Hotel

8:00pm Prepare Packages for Soldiers

Overnight – Lavi

Wednesday, August 3^rd 2011

ג' אב התשע"א

8:00am Tfila

8:30am Breakfast

9:15am Shiur

11:30am Paintball

1:00pm Lunch at Pizza Pazaz Katzrin

2:00pm Benaya Observation

3:00pm Visit Army Base and deliver packages

Drive to Jerusalem

Check into King Solomon Hotel

7:30pm Dinner at Hotel

9:00pm Kotel

Overnight – King Solomon Jerusalem

Thursday, August 4^th 2011

ד' אב התשע"א

7:15am Tfila

8:30am Breakfast

9:15am Shiur

10:30am Or Meir Urvacha Chessed – Packing food for Terror Victim Families

13:00 Lunch

2:30pm Bicycle Ride

4:00pm Tiyul

6:30pm Supper at Koros Center 1

8:00pm Ben Yehuda

Overnight – King Solomon Jerusalem

Friday, August 5^th 2011

יום שישי ה' אב התשע"א

8:00am Tfila

8:30am Breakfast

9:00am Shiur

10:00am Old age home

12:00pm Machane Yehuda

Lunch

2:00pm Drive to Tzfat

5:00pm Check into Rimonim Hotel Tzfat

Preparation for Shabbat

7:05pm Candle Light & Kabalat Shabbat

8:30pm Seudat Shabbat

10:00pm Oneg Shabbat

Overnight – Rimonim Hotel, Tzfat

Shabbat, August 6^th 2011

שבת פרשת "דברים", ו' אב התשע"א

9:00am Tfila

11:00am Kiddush

11:30am Shiur

1:00pm Seudat Shabbat

2:30pm Rest + Tour of Tzfat

6:30pm Mincha

7:00pm Seudah Shlishit

8:15pm Havdala

9:00pm Group time & Pizza in Midrechov Tzfat

Overnight – Rimonim Hotel, Tzfat

Sunday, August 7^th 2011

יום ראשון, ז' אב התשע"א

7:30am Tfila

8:00am Breakfast

8:30am Shiur

10:30am Rosh Hanikra

12:30pm Lunch at Rosh Hanikra

2:00pm ODT

4:00pm Drive south

7:00pm Camel Ride

8:30pm Kumzitz

Overnight– Kfar Hanokdim

Monday, August 8^th 2011

יום שני, ח' אב התשע"א

7:15am Tfila

8:00am Breakfast

12:00pm Children's Museum Dialogue in The Dark

2:00pm Drive to Jerusalem

3:00pm Check into Hotel King Solomon

6:00pm Seudah Mafseket

8:00pm Eicha & Kinot

Overnight– King Solomon Jerusalem

Tuesday, August 9^th 2011

Tish'a Be'AvFast

יום שלישי, ט' באב התשע"א

8:00am Tefila & Special 9^th Av Program at hotel

Rest

4:00pm Mt. Herzl

6:00pm Mincha at the Kotel

Tour Jewish Quarter

8:30pm Break fast at restaurant– Yotvatah Malcha Mall

Overnight– King Solomon Jerusalem

Wednesday, August 10^th 2011

יום רביעי, י' אב התשע"א

8:00am Tfila

8:30am Breakfast

9:15am Shiur

11:00am Kever Rachel-The burial place of the Matriarch Rachel, who died during childbirth on the way from Bet El to Efrat. Ya’acov and his sons buried Rachel on the road where she died and erected a monument in her memory.

12:00pm Kfar Etzion-A kibbutz located in the Gush Etzion region, south of Jerusalem, at the site of the ancient “Path of the Patriarchs” midway between Hevron and Jerusalem. The kibbutz, established in 1934, was destroyed during Arab riots but later rebuilt. After heavy fighting, the Kibbutz, along with the rest of the Etzion Bloc, fell during the War of Independence and after the Six Day War in 1967, was once again rebuilt.

1:00pm BBQ in Kfar Etzion

3:00pm Chevron-A city in the Judean hills, 36 km, south of Jerusalem, Hebron is one of the most ancient cities in the land of Israel. Biblical names for the city include Kiryat Arba and Mamreh, and the city is the site of The Cave of the Patriarchs, (Ma'arat Hamachpela), where, according to tradition, the patriarchs and the matriarchs (excluding Rachel) were buried. Legend has it that Adam and Eve were also buried there.

7:30pm Dinner at Tzion Hagadol

9:30 Farewell Party and Closing Session

Overnight – King Solomon Jerusalem

Thursday, August 11^th 2011

יום חמישי, י"א אב התשע"א

Departure

לשנה הבאה בירושלים הבנויה…

Next Year in Jerusalem

If your specific questions were not answered in the FAQs above, please feel free to call 1-888-TOUR-4-YOU, or email your inquiry to.

Reflections from JOLT participant Rebecca Ruben

July 29th, 2012 | JOLT | Comments |

NCSY JOLT Rebecca Ruben: Age 17 Portsmouth, New Hampshire Jewish inspiration is not something I have easy access to where I live. However, I can honestly say there has been constant inspiration on this trip everyday. There are no words to truly describe walking arm and arm out of the forest of Tykotcin alive. There are no words to truly express the feeling of relief once we were “done with death,” the feeling of ebbing-saying goodbye to Shabbas in the Krakow Square where so many people before us celebrated their Judaism. Most poignantly…

July 29th, 2012 | JOLT | Comments |

Avi Colonomos Atlanta, Georgia Three weeks into JOLT, our group is like a flame, constantly giving off light and eternally yearning to grow. This flame is strong and bright, and in the faces of all who try to destroy it, it stays alive. Even though this flame is fueled by pride and passion, it was born out of fear, confusion, and sadness. Just a few weeks ago, JOLT 2012 was divided. We arrived from as far away as southern California and as close as Queens. We all had our own level of knowledge about…

July 20th, 2012 | JOLT | Comments |

Dear Parents and friends, We wanted to wish you a wonderful shabbat from Camp Am Echad. The JOLTER's are doing so well and are thriving in Camp Am Echad. The Am Echad staff are blown away by the motivation and creativity of the JOLTer's. We have connected with the campers from Germany and are learning from one another. It is very inspiring. The JOLTer's have created incredible programming for Camp Am Echad. Last night, we participated in Bar and Bat Mitzvah programs for those campers in Am Echad who never had a…

Video of Havdalah in the Krakow Square

July 15th, 2012 | JOLT | Comments |

We had a meaningful havdalah in the Krakow Square where the Jews of Warsaw used to end their Shabbat before the Holocaust. We had a crowd because it was truly a sight to see.

Shabbat Shalom

July 13th, 2012 | JOLT | Comments |

Dear Jolt families and friends, We decided to finish our mourning today. In a week that has brought us from cemetery to ghetto, to mass grave, to concentration camp we experienced Auschwitz today and it was awful. Once again tears flowed with despair and fists clenched with anger as the appalling reality of a place that claimed over 2,000,000 of us was simply overwhelming. That is until we decided that we can choose to no longer be victims of this terrible place. Though our emotions this past week have certainly been casualties of the Holocaust…

July 11th- “The Worst Place on Earth”

July 11th, 2012 | JOLT | Comments |

While today was probably the toughest day of the whole, the day started out very nicely. We visited the town of Gur, former home to a strong branch of Chassidus. The group soaked in the messages of Chassidus, their goal to bring Judaism to the common man and not just the intellectual elite. Everyone split up into chaburot (groups) to learn with advisors about different topics, with some even learning new songs to sing! After that, the day took a very serious and painful turn, as we visited Majdanek. Majdanek was a work camp right outside the city…

July 10th- The Forest and the Trees

July 11th, 2012 | JOLT | Comments |

After going to bed at about 9pm on Monday night, everyone woke up fresh and ready for a jam-packed day. We hopped on the bus on our way to Tykocin, a small village north of Warsaw and the former home of a vibrant Jewish community. The Jewish cemetery of the town, a wide expanse just outside the village, now lays barren and overgrown, with no tombstones to even mark the graves. We proceeded to the village shul, a large chapel with many frescoed paintings still decorating the walls. Right in the shul, we proceeded to learn Torah, echoing the…

July 11th, 2012 | JOLT | Comments |

NCSY JOLT started out in Staten Island on Friday, July 6th for an exciting shabbaton to introduce the exciting NCSY JOLT program. It was a wonderful weekend and it really broke the ice amongst the whole group, giving individuals the opportunity to forge real bonds and true unity. Shabbat was filled with lots of energy, divrei torah, great food, and a lot of singing. After Shabbat, we hopped on a bus and headed to Brooklyn for a real New York experience and good food. On Sunday morning, we arrived at the synagogue in Staten Island bright and early to…