PAS Adult Learning Israel Trip 2011 - Park Avenue Synagogue
PAS Adult Learning Israel Trip 2011 - Park Avenue Synagogue
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<strong>PAS</strong> ADULT LEARNING ISRAEL TRIP<br />
with educational content provided by the<br />
Florence Melton <strong>Israel</strong> Seminars<br />
May 28 – June 6, <strong>2011</strong><br />
TRACK I: YISRAEL: WRESTLING WITH THE ANGELS<br />
Tentative itinerary overview, subject to change.<br />
Sunday, May 29: Introductions<br />
Campus or Sanctuary: Between Ideals & Reality (early arrivals option) Hebrew University, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem<br />
Opening Dinner with full <strong>PAS</strong> group Hebrew University, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem<br />
Monday, May 30: Fateful Decisions in the First and Second Temple Periods<br />
Why Jerusalem? City of David and Jewish Quarter<br />
Light lunch Old City<br />
Jerusalem in her Glory and her Destruction Herodian Mansions/Southern Temple Mount<br />
Group dinner Jerusalem<br />
Tuesday, May 31: Jewish responses to Apocalyptic Times<br />
Rejecting the Center in the Struggle for Light Qumran<br />
Packed lunch Beachfront or Massada<br />
Massada: Fighting for the Future of the Jewish People? Massada<br />
Options: Swimming; or Study Session: Bar Kochba: True or False Messiah Kalya Beachfront, Dead Sea<br />
Yom Yerushalayim program with full <strong>PAS</strong> group Haas Promenade, Jerusalem<br />
Group dinner Emek Refaim, Jerusalem<br />
Wednesday, June 1 (Jerusalem Day): On Land and Compromise<br />
Jerusalem as Capital: Guest speaker over breakfast with full <strong>PAS</strong> group Inbal Hotel<br />
Study session: Is Jerusalem an “Eternal, Undivided Capital”? Mount Scopus<br />
Tour of northern Jerusalem, accompanied by students Northern Jerusalem<br />
Lunch on your own Jerusalem city center<br />
Land and Compromise: Addressing One of <strong>Israel</strong>’s Greatest Challenges Preparation at Inbal Hotel<br />
Visit Etzion Bloc; home hospitality and encounter with different viewpoints Gush Etzion, including Efrat<br />
Thursday, June 2: The First Hebrew City: Jewish Culture Redefined in a Changed Reality<br />
A City Rises From the Dunes Neveh Tzedek and surroundings<br />
“We Hereby Declare the Establishment…” Independence Hall, Tel Aviv<br />
Lunch Central Tel Aviv<br />
Bialik in Tel Aviv, Then and Now Beit Bialik, Tel Aviv<br />
“The Day the Music Died” Rabin Square, Tel Aviv<br />
Dinner Yemenite Quarter, Tel Aviv<br />
Friday, June 3: Fateful Decisions: The Citizens’ Perspectives<br />
Symbols and Signs: Mapping Jerusalem’s Jewish Population; then field trip Inbal Hotel; various Jerusalem neighborhoods<br />
Lunch & free time on your own Jerusalem<br />
Shabbat evening program with full <strong>PAS</strong> group Various synagogues and Inbal Hotel<br />
The Late Late Show: Study sessions or The Rebbe’s Tisch (optional walk) Me’ah She’arim, Jerusalem<br />
Saturday, June 4: VaYinafash – a Time to Rest….<br />
Morning services at synagogue(s) of choice Jerusalem<br />
Study session and Lunch with full <strong>PAS</strong> group Inbal Hotel<br />
Walking Tour: The Jerusalem Poetry of Yehuda Amichai Yemin Moshe, near hotel<br />
Study sessions & discussions in small groups; Havdallah with full <strong>PAS</strong> group Inbal Hotel<br />
Dinner on your own Jerusalem<br />
Sunday, June 5: Into That Darkness… and Under This Blazing Light<br />
<strong>Israel</strong> and the Shoah: What is Unique to <strong>Israel</strong>i Collective Memory? Yad Vashem campus (not museum itself)<br />
Difficult Freedom: The Challenges of Sovereignty Mount Herzl, Jerusalem (packed lunch)<br />
Options: <strong>Israel</strong> Museum’s archaeological collection, Yad Vashem, or free time Various locations in Jerusalem<br />
Closing pre-Shavuot program & festive dinner with full <strong>PAS</strong> group Jerusalem
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