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CONNECTIONS: A Program for Israel Alumni
Sample Itinerary
Departure from O'Hare at 6:30 p.m.
Arrival in Israel Israeli participants welcome you. Together you begin your trip on this incredible Community Service/Volunteer Adventure!
Shehechiyanu Ceremony at the Jerusalem Overview at Armon Hanatziv (Haas Promenade)
Orientation Program You and your Israeli peers meet each other and review the goals and highlights of the program.
Overnight: Jerusalem
Revisit Important Sites in Jerusalem including the Old City and Western Wall
Bikur Holim Visit the sick in one of Jerusalem's hospitals
Kabbalat Shabbat Experience the uniqueness of Shabbat in Jerusalem as together we gather to light Sabbath candles.
Shabbat Dinner
Overnight: Jerusalem
Worship Options
Havdalah Mark the end of Shabbat and the beginning of the week with a creative and meaningful ceremony.
Evening Cultural Event
Overnight: Jerusalem
Begin Community service Project in Kiryat Gat - Lachish - Shafir - Chicago's Partnership 2000 Region
Volunteer Options:
- Working in an absorption center - learn about the needs of new Russian and Ethiopian immigrants to Israel who have come to Kiryat Gat
- Help ease the burden on working families by volunteering in a local day care
- Spend time with elderly residents of a senior citizen facility
Workshops & Cultural Programs
- Challenges Facing Israel Today
- Israel and the International Media
Overnight: Jerusalem
Home Hospitality Enjoy an Israeli Shabbat at the home of Israeli friends.
Travel to the North
Start a community service project in the North of Israel - an area devastated in last summer's conflict.
Volunteer Options:
- Help to clear forests that burned, allowing room for new growth
- Assist in the rebuilding of homes and beautification of shelters
- Cleaning areas that have been neglected because of the strain on local services
Tiyulim Hike and explore the "hidden" Golan and Galil - in areas off the beaten track.
Evening Workshops & Cultural Programs
- Learning to Make a Difference Here & at Home
- Israel's Security and the Path to Peace
Overnight: North
Shabbat Hospitality in the North
Tel Aviv Day Relax on the beach after week of volunteering and travel. See some of the sites of Israel's modern city that you didn't get to on your first trip!
Overnight: Jerusalem
Jerusalem Day Return to Jerusalem - Judaism's spiritual center for one last day before your departure
Overnight: Jerusalem
Final Activities
- Workshop on Community Values & Service
- Wrap-Up Discussion
- Final Party and Farewell to Israeli Participants!
Deaprture from TLV at 12:30 a.m., return to ORD at 8:40 a.m.
This is a draft itinerary and is subject to change
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