THE CHALLENGE OF ISRAEL EDUCATION

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 08, 2015 FROM ALTNEULAND TO TEL AVIV: THE CHALLENGE OF ISRAEL EDUCATION 2:00 pm Early check-in Jerusalem Crowne Plaza Hotel 2:30 Bus departs Crowne Plaza Hotel for Mt.

1 WEDNESDAY, JULY 08, 2015 FROM ALTNEULAND TO TEL AVIV: THE CHALLENGE OF ISRAEL EDUCATION 2:00 pm Early check-in Jerusalem Crowne Plaza Hotel 2:30 Bus departs Crowne Plaza Hotel for Mt. Herzl 3:00 Introductions at the Herzl Educational Center Greetings: Avraham Duvdevani, Chairman, World Zionist Organization 3:40 Visit to the Herzl Museum / Interactive activity at the Herzl Educational Center 5:00 The Challenge of Teaching Israel: Teaching the Challenge of Israel Dr. David Breakstone 6:00 If you would but will it Interactive theatrical experience in the cemetery of the Great Leaders of the Nation 7:30 Challenges I face in educating about Israel - and what I want to take home Introductions and round table discussions over dinner followed by dessert and sharing 9:30 Return to the hotel Jerusalem Crowne Plaza Hotel

2 THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015 JERUSALEM UNITED / JERUSALEM DIVIDED 7:45 10:00 12:00 pm Breakfast in the hotel (Packed breakfast available; request from Atara or Davidi) Leave for Kotel Tfilot and reflections on the significance of the Wall today in Israel and the Jewish world Jerusalem from Wall to Wall: Arabs and Jews in the Holy City Bus tour of the complexities of Jerusalem s demographic and security concerns A stroll through Yemin Moshe with Yehuda Amichai On-site reflection on the meaning of Jerusalem stimulated by works of the city s poet laureate 1:00 Travel to the Schechter Institute Avraham Granot St 4, Jerusalem 1:30 Lunch 2:30 Which Jerusalem am I teaching - and why? Panel Discussion with Prof. Ken Stein and Prof. Lisa Grant 3:15 Workshops: Unpacking the Israel Experience in the Classroom Details to follow 4:30 5:45 Not a Show-and-Tell A tasters menu of Israel Education materials and initiatives Global WZO educational ventures for the Jewish school Introduction to the Teacher Emissaries שליחים) )מורים program and International Bible Contest 6:45 Thursday Night Live in Mahane Yehuda Optional guided walk through Nahlaot followed by free time and dinner on your own Jerusalem Crowne Plaza Hotel

3 FRIDAY, JULY 10, 2015 (WHAT) AM YISRAEL (IS DOING WITH) TORAT YISRAEL (IN) ERETZ YISRAEL Breakfast in the hotel 7:45 am Depart for Neot Kedumim 8:30 Moshe,the First Israel Educator Experiential session on educational leadership at Neot Kedumim with Dr. Simcha Leibovitch 11:00 Leave Neot Kedumim for Bet Shemesh 11:30 Where Worlds Collide Beit Shemesh as a microcosm of conflicts in Israeli society with former MK Rabbi Dov Lipmann 13:30 Travel to Tel Aviv / Packed lunch on the bus 2:30 pm Check-in at the Dan Panorama, Tel Aviv Free time and preparation for Shabbat 5:30 Optional: Bust departs hotel for Kabbalat Shabbat with Beit Tfila Yisraeli at the Tel Aviv Port Optional return to the hotel by bus at 7:00pm 7:28 Candle Lighting Various Kabbalat Shabbat options in Neve Tzedek Details of Orthodox and Egalitarian options will be provided 8:45 Dinner as a group at the hotel Tel Aviv Dan Panorama Hotel

4 SATURDAY, JULY 11, 2015 SHABBAT IN THE FIRST HEBREW CITY Morning Various options for Shabbat services Details of Orthodox and Egalitarian options will be provided 12:30pm Optional text study Details to be provided 1:30-3:00 Buffet lunch at the hotel followed by free time 4:30 From Alt-Neu to Neu-Alt: Gentrification of the First Hebrew City Guided exploration of Neve Tzedek 6:00 Creating innovative and accessible Shabbat experiences in Tel Aviv A panel discussion with spiritual pioneers: Rabbi Roberto Arbiv, Ruth Nudelman, Uri Levine Beit Hamidot. 23 Lilenblum St. 7:30 Seudah Shlishit and reflections at Beit Hamidot 8:31 Havdalah Tel Aviv Dan Panorama Hotel

5 SUNDAY, JULY 12, 2015 THE CHALLENGE OF INDEPENDENCE Breakfast at the hotel 8:30am Depart hotel 9:00 Megillat Ha atzmaut: Promises Unfulfilled An educational moment at Independence Hall: Israel today against the backdrop of the vision of its founders Independence Hall: 9 Rothschild Blvd. Tel Aviv 9:30 On Israel as the Nation State of the Jewish People: Zionism as a Democratic Point of View Presentation by Dr. Gadi Taub 11:00 Workshops- Unpacking the Israel Experience in the Classroom 12:30pm Lunch on your own Sderot Rothschild and vicinity 1:45 Israel s Illegal Migrants Interactive experience with social activists working with Sudanese 3:15 Another Side of the Other Tel Aviv Conversation with a resident and social activist in south Tel Aviv 4:00 Depart for Rishon L'Tzion 4:30 Pride and Prejudice Visit with the local Ethiopian community, including dinner with youth in the Atzmaut Program 2 Abba Hillel Silver St. Rishon Lezion 7:30 Return to Tel Aviv 8:00 Israel and the Frontier of Art Engagement with Adi Ness, world renowned Israeli photographer Dan Panorama Hotel Tel Aviv Dan Panorama Hotel

6 MONDAY, JULY 13, 2015 NARRATIVES IN ISRAEL EDUCATION Breakfast in the hotel 8:00am Check-out and loading the bus 8:30 The Green Prince Meet with Gonen Ben-Itzchak, Shin Bet handler of Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of Hamas leader 10:00 Depart. for the north En route: Kfar Vitkin: A case study in the use of primary sources with Prof. Ken Stein 11:30 Dreams, Sacrifice and Unrequited Love The legacy of the the First Aliyah in Zichron Yaakov 12:30 pm Lunch on your own in Zichron Yaakov 2:00 Tziporri Then and Now: Competing Narratives in Israel Education Dr. Roberta Bell-Kligler, Director, International School at Oranim Academic College of Education 4:30 Workshops- Unpacking the Israel Experience in the Classroom 6:00 Depart for Acco 6:45 Check-in and dinner at the Knights Hostel and Guest House, Acco 8:30 Reflections Knights Hostel and Guest House, Acco

7 TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015 CHALLENGE IN BEING BOTH JEWISH AND DEMOCRATIC Breakfast at the hostel 8:15am Depart hostel 9:00 Welcome to the Technion Mr. Danny Shapiro, Director of Technion Public Affairs and Resource Development Division Technion 9:20 Start-up Nation Prof. Emeritus Shlomo Meital 10:00 Visit cutting edge hi-tech labs 11:00 Depart for the University of Haifa 11:30 Criticism in the Teaching of Israel Prof. Hanan Alexander; Presentation and break-out groups, The Center for Jewish Education University of Haifa 1:00pm 2:00 Meeting with Ruach Hacarmel students over lunch Living together on a diverse campus Session with Prof. Rasem Hamisi, renowned authority in the field of mixed cities, and students 3:00 The Challenge of Co-Existence Tour of Acco with Prof. Rasem Hamisi & Mr. Yisrael Ne'eman, professors at Haifa University 6:00 Return to hostel and dinner 8:30 Free Time in the port of Acco or Nahariya Knights Hostel and Guest House, Acco

8 WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2015 PIONEERING AND RENEWAL Breakfast at the hostel 8:15 am Check-out and load bus 9:30 Jewish Renewal in the Galilee Interactive encounters with innovative educators at Eschcar Village and Kibbutz Hannaton 12:30pm Are We One? The Territorial Dimension of Jewish Identity Encounter with kibbutz children and discussion on growing up Jewish in Israel and the States 1:30 Lunch 2:15 Workshops- Unpacking the Israel Experience in the Classroom 4:00 Closing Session 6:00 Closing Dinner Tandukah Resturant, Yokneam 7:30 Depart for Ben Gurion Airport and Jerusalem drop-offs

Itinerary for June 10-21 / JACS [Group# OU-28-324] (This itinerary is subject to change)

Itinerary for June 10-21 / JACS [Group# OU-28-324] (This itinerary is subject to change) Monday, June 10th, 2013: Departure Day Depart from Newark International Airport at 1:30 pm ET Arrive at airport four hours early Tuesday, June 11th, 2013: Genesis 6:45 am Arrival on flight # LY028 Shalom