Help us build a better future for the world
by joining this year’s Legacy Mission – apply early to secure your place.
For more information and to book please contact:
Gill Benson – 020 8349 5757
or email [email protected]
An Amazing Legacy Tour of Israel,
Jerusalem and the Hebrew University
25 October - 1 November 2017
www.bfhu.org
Legacy Mission excludes travel insurance.
Programme and dates subject to change.
Terms and conditions apply.
Reg Charity No 209691. Reg Company No 06350828.
British Friends of the Hebrew University of JerusalemSupreme House, 300 Regents Park Road, London N3 2JX
Fully paid for by
our sponsor
Follow in the
footsteps of
giants
Professor Albert Einstein, along with luminaries such
as Sigmund Freud, Martin Buber and Chaim
Weizmann, were dedicated to creating the Hebrew
University as a centre of excellence, in an atmosphere
free of discrimination and prejudice.
Today, ranked in the top ½% of universities worldwide and with 7 Nobel Prizes to its name, the
Hebrew University is open to and benefitting all
citizens of Israel, collaborating and sharing
know-how across the world.
Join us in Jerusalem
25 October - 1 November 2017
Thanks to the generosity of our sponsor, the British Friends of the Hebrew University is privileged
to offer an unmissable and exciting FREE 8 Day Living Legacy visit to Israel, Jerusalem and
the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Explore this iconic and captivating city with its unique
history and culture. Visit some of Israel’s most interesting and
historic places. Be inspired when you visit all four campuses
of the Hebrew University, where you will meet some of
the world's finest academics and brightest students.
See for yourself research and innovation not usually accessible
to tourists. Whether you travel as a couple, with friends or on
your own, you are sure to meet like-minded people, make
new friends and thoroughly enjoy the experience.
• Scheduled daytime flights from and to Londonity of a
Once again, thanks to our generous sponsor, you
can enjoy an exclusive in depth behind-the-scenes
experience being inspired by the brightest of
students, researchers and professors.
Become part of our ongoing and proud story
ensuring that generations to come will benefit from
world-class research and discovery. For close to 20
years we have been welcoming legacy groups to
Jerusalem to join our professionally run, friendly and
inspiring legacy missions with like-minded people
which take place in the loveliest of Israel’s weather.
Please do join us on our 2017 mission. I can assure
you a trip of a lifetime.
• Scheduled daytime flights from and to London
• Top class 5-star hotel
• Expert guided tours of Israel, Jerusalem and its environs
in air-conditioned coaches with English speaking guides
• Delicious kosher cuisine at top restaurants
• Discover and be inspired by one of the world’s top 100
universities, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Exclusive access to the Hebrew University’s eminent
teaching staff, researchers and enthusiastic students
• Relax in a safe, secure and welcoming environment
I look forward to meeting you.
Nigel Salomon
Chief Executive
British Friends of the
Hebrew University
• Return travel date can be changed in advance for an
extended holiday
To qualify You must be over 60, agree to participate in the full
programme, and willing to commit to a legacy to the University
of a minimum of £20,000 per person (£35,000 per couple).
• Depart London by scheduled El Al flight to Ben Gurion Airport.
Day1
• VIP clearance through immigration on arrival.
• Buffet breakfast in the hotel.
Day4
• Meet English speaking guide and travel by air-conditioned coach to Jerusalem.
• Rest day
• Shabbat service in the hotel synagogue
Optional.
• Check in at a luxurious 5 star Hotel and enjoy a light welcoming
buffet and refreshments in your room.
• Walking tour of Jerusalem
Optional.
• Lunch at the Inbal Hotel.
• Buffet breakfast in the hotel.
Day2
• Dinner for whole group at a top Jerusalem
restaurant.
• Depart for Mount Scopus Campus.
Meet the President of the Hebrew University.
• Enjoy a historical campus tour of Israel’s first and
premier university. Learn about its founding
luminaries and its contribution to the development
of Jerusalem, the State of Israel and the Jewish people.
• Buffet breakfast in the hotel.
Day5
• Visit the Steven Spielberg Film Archives, the world's
largest collection of documentary films and videos relating to the Jewish/Israel
experience in the 20th Century.
• Tour of Western Wall tunnels. Old City
walking tour and visit Hurva Synagogue.
• Depart for Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram.
• Lunch at Belgium House Faculty Club.
• Lunch with the Directors of the Clinical Legal Education Centre of the
Faculty of Law and the Minerva Centre for Human Rights.
• Visit Albert Einstein Archives with
Prof. Hanoch Gutfreund, world authority on Einstein.
• Free time at the Mamilla shopping precinct.
• Visit Lily and Edmond Safra Centre for Brain Sciences.
• Dinner followed by a Light and Sound show at the Tower of David
Museum, Old City.
• Visit Kreuger Centre for Nano Science and Engineering.
• Dinner at top Jerusalem restaurant.
• Buffet breakfast in the hotel.
Day3
• Guided tour of Israel Museum, to include
the current exhibition.
• Lunch and free time at the new central
train station heritage and recreation complex.
• Buffet breakfast in the hotel.
Day6
• Field trip to visit Hebrew University
Research station in Negev and surrounding area.
• Return to Mount Scopus campus
• Festive Shabbat dinner.
• Dinner at top restaurant.
• Buffet breakfast in the hotel.
Day7
• Depart hotel for Ein Kerem medical campus, visit the Faculty of Medicine
and meet the Dean.
• Visit Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine.
Meet students from developing countries with the Director of the Programme
for International Masters of Public Health.
• Visit the Chagall Windows at the Ein Kerem campus synagogue.
• Depart for the Mount Scopus Campus and participate in the Legacy
ceremony and celebratory lunch.
• Plaque unveiling at the British Legacy
Wall of Honour.
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