Day 1 Monday May 2, Arrival in Tel Aviv

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1 Day 1 Monday May 2, 2016 Arrival in Arrive in : Smile assistance at the airport up on arrival. Bus transfer from airport to hotel. Include snack items of water and fruit. Check into hotel. Freshen up. Time to settle in. Free time until dinner. Lunch at students expense and on their own. Group dinner at hotel. Day 2 Tuesday May 3, 2016 Full day bus to Caesarea Guided visit to Caesarea Meggido Return to hotel Dinner at hotel Day 3 Wednesday May 4, 2016 /Old Jaffa 7:30 8:30 Breakfast at hotel 8:30 9:30 am Mini Lecture over breakfast: Deidre Butler - Goals of course, themes. 9:45 bus departure for Diaspora Museum. 1:00 p.m. Lunch at students expense and on their own. 2:30 p.m. Visit to Old Jaffa: Andromeda s rock, Kedumim square, Summit Park. Bus back to hotel University Lecture Day 4 Thursday May 5, 2016 /Archaeological Dig 7:30 8:30 Breakfast hotel Mini lecture at hotel 8:45 bus departure archaeological dig at Tel Maresha. Dig for a day Entrance to Beit Guvrim, Avshalom Cave, and Tel Lachish included Return to hotel by bus. Group dinner at hotel. Day 5 Friday May 6, :30-8:30 Breakfast at hotel Mini lecture at hotel with profs 8:45 Bus departure to Palmach Museum. Students on their own for lunch and at their own expense at Nachalat Benjamin/Carmel market. Shabbat services provided by the professors at the hotel. Group Shabbat dinner at hotel

2 Day 6 Saturday May 7, 2016 Free day No guide No bus Day 7 Sunday May 8, 2016 / 7:30-8:30 Breakfast at hotel Lecture given by profs on Islam at Prima City Hotel, Neve Shalom Mount of Olives, Shehecheyanu. Lunch at student expense, possibility at Abu Gosh. Bus to Caesar Hotel in. Or Kotel. (TBA) Meeting time in hotel for one hour prior to dinner. Day 8 May 9, :30 8:15 Breakfast & lecture: presentations on today's sites 8:45 Transfer to Old City City of David 09:00-12:00 City of David, Hezekiah's tunnel, archeology, include Herodian street/drainage system, visit Davidson centre Lunch in the old city at student expense Jewish quarter. Cardo and Burnt house Students on their own for dinner. Tower of David Night Spectacular (after Dinner) Day 9 Tuesday May 10, :30-8:30 a.m. Breakfast at hotel Lecture Temple Sifting Project with talk (Emek Tzurim) with Gabriel Barkay, Kotel Tunnel (60 minutes) Via Dolorosa, Bethesda Pool, church of holy Sepulcher Free time on students lunch on their own. Return by bus to the hotel. Lecture room at hotel for lecture by Benny Porat on Israeli constitution

3 Day 10 Wednesday Memorial Day May 11, :30-8:30 a.m. Breakfast at hotel 8:30 9:30 lecture at hotel, Professor Butler on Holocaust thought. 9:30 but leaves for Yad Vashem. Outdoor orientation with Tikva. 11:00-1:00 Yad Vashem with audio guide only. Lunch at Ein Kerem at student expense. Visit to Ein Karem Tikva speak about Independence day Bus returns to hotel. Lecture at hotel Group Dinner straight to Holiday Festivities. Day 11 Thursday May 12, 2016 Independence Day 7:30-8:30 a.m. Breakfast at hotel. Jo Alon Musuem including local guide Lakia visit and local guide Beduin Lunch Return to hotel in. Day 12 Friday May 13, :30-8:30 a.m. Breakfast at hotel. 8:30-9:30 Lecture at the hotel. Israel Museum, Dead Sea scrolls, Model of the second Temple, Jewish art and life. Lunch at leisure and at students expense. Shabbat of a lifetime. Home hospitality. Night Tour Day 13 Saturday May 14, 2016 Free day Breakfast to be arranged by students and not covered in the costs. Havdalla Service provided by profs. Time to be announced.

4 Day 14 Sunday May 15, 2016 /Masada Check out of hotel before breakfast and load luggage onto busses. 7:30-8:15 a.m. Breakfast at hotel. 8:30 a.m. bus leaves hotel. 9:00 10:00 a.m. Good Samaritan. 10:30 12:30 Eretz Bereshit - Genesis Land: Hebrew Hospitality and Abraham s feast Short camel ride from entrance to tent. 13:00-15:30 Swim at mineral beach. Ein Gedi if time permits Meeting room at Youth Hostel Overnight: Masada Youth Hostel Day 15 Monday May 16, 2016 Masada/Qumran Box breakfast will be provided Cable car to museum and site. QUMRAN/Essene community; Quaser El Yahud Baptism Site Beit Shean, Beit Alpha Lunch on their own at Beit Shean. Overnight: Dagania B Kibbutz Day 16 Tuesday May 17, 2016 Druz Village Breakfast at kibbutz Lecture Mount Bental. Lunch at Druz village at students expense. Capenaum Tel Dan Lecture about kibbutz life. Group dinner at Kibbutz Overnight: Dagania B Kibbutz Day 17 Wednesday May Sefad Breakfast at, and checkout from Kibbutz Leave for Sefad 2.5 hours for tour, self-touring, shopping. Guided tour of Josef Caro s synagogue and selected other sites Rosh Hanikra Lunch at students expense on their own. Overnight: Akko Youth Hostel

5 Day 18 Thursday May 19, 2016 Crusader Fort/Bahai Gardens in Akko/Caesarea/ Breakfast at hostel Crusader fort, Arab market, old Akko Bahai Gardens Lunch at students expense. Transfer to. Free time before dinner. Bus transfer to dinner. Farewell dinner in at local restaurant TBA. Day 19 Friday May 20, :30 8:30 a.m. Check out and breakfast 8:30 10:00 a.m. Morning lecture wrap up session