Tentative Itinerary

The 2018 commUNITY Mission to Israel is a custom built itinerary anchored by six mega events.  Below is a tentative itinerary.   The Personal Track options for Wednesday, October 17 are now available by clicking here. 

 Monday - October 15 - Welcome to Israel - Tel Aviv
Arrive in Israel (pick up from Ben Gurion airport for designated flights with transfers to the Tel Aviv hotels; meet and greet at luggage carousel)
Optional activities for early arrivals
     Museum Tours:  The Museum of the Jewish People/Beit
     Hatfeusot, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Design Museum Holon
     Biking tour:  Pre-registration required
5:45 Meet in hotel lobby and depart for opening event
Opening reception and Mega Event at the Tel Aviv Port with L'chaim for Israel's 70th Anniversary

Tuesday - October 16 - Bus Travel Day - Tel Aviv
Early bird options: yoga, jogging, minyan
Breakfast and speaker (TBD)
Customized track by bus group – Tel Aviv and North
Salute to the IDF Party with soldiers at an IDF base

Wednesday - October 17 - Personal Track Day - Jerusalem
Early bird options: yoga, jogging, minyan
Breakfast 
Personal Track of Interest (see choices here):
Travel to Jerusalem
Visit Ammunition Hill with Shehecheyanu ceremony
Free evening and dinner on your own

Thursday- October 18 - Partnership Day - Jerusalem
Early bird options: yoga, jogging, minyan
Breakfast and speaker
Travel by train from Jerusalem to Ofakim, a Greater MetroWest partner community. 
Welcome by Mayor of Ofakim
Partnership/JDC/JAFI visits in the Negev with hands on service projects
Open air cave party with dinner near Beit Guvrin and artists' shuk/market
Late return to Jerusalem

Friday- October 19 - Jerusalem
Early bird options: yoga, jogging, minyan
Breakfast speaker
Visit Yad Vashem: The Jewish People's Living Memorial to the Holocaust with several tour options available for first-timers and returning visitors 
Free time in Machane Yehuda (the Market of Jerusalem) or the city center
Kabbalat Shabbat in the Old City
Festive Shabbat Dinner with friends and guests

Saturday - October 20 - Shabbat - Jerusalem
Breakfast at leisure
Optional Shabbat Services around Jerusalem
Morning and afternoon walking tours in Jerusalem: see sights that you haven't seen in the Old City and New City of Jerusalem
Optional full day activity:  Visit to the Dead Sea and Masada with lunch(additional cost)
Pre-Havdalah speaker
Havdalah Ceremony, separating Shabbat from the rest of the week
Free evening and dinner in Jerusalem
Late Evening Optional Activities, including Sound & Light Show at the Tower of DAvid, Western Wall Tunnel tour, and Jerusalem Scavenger Hunt

Sunday - October 21 - Final Day in Israel - Jerusalem
Tour Jerusalem including City of David
Seamline tour along the security barrier
​Lunch
Reception at Beit Hanasi (at home of President Reuven Rivlin)
Reflections session
Farewell Dinner at a winery outside of Jerusalem
​Transfer to Airport