Next SUMMER in Jerusalem!
Find out more about the Cohen Camps’
2015 Dor L’Dor ADULT Israel Trip
Each year, the Cohen Camps’ Dor L’Dor Israel Programs partner with Keshet, the Center for
Educational Tourism in Israel, to introduce our Dor L’Dor Leadership Program teens to Israel.
But why should the kids get all the fun?
Next summer, it’s YOUR turn! We’re packaging all that expertise into an inspiring trip JUST FOR ADULTS.
Find out more about the Cohen Camps 2015 Adult Israel Trip, designed for our entire, extended Cohen
Camps community: alumni, parents, grandparents, and friends. Experience Israel with depth, passion, and all
the continued warmth of our Cohen Camps spirit. We had a great time last year, and we hope you’ll join in.
Plan now for 10 fantastic days next July… and even be home in time for Visiting Day at camp!
What’s included? We’ve created a tour that will enhance your connection to Israel, bridging the biblical and
the modern, on a trip suitable for both first-time and returning visitors. You’ll encounter inspiring adventures
every day. Instead of all the hiking and roughing-it of the Dor L’Dor program, we’ve got a wonderful array of
speakers, tours and accommodations. For those with teens going on Dor L’Dor, we’ll meet up for a meal along
the way. You’ll get to share in the Cohen Camps ruach (spirit) every day—just like your kids! Keshet will gladly
work with you to create personalized pre- or post-tour extensions for additional touring and learning.
View the planned itinerary on the following pages.
Information Session on Wednesday, November 5, 7-8:30pm at Temple Reyim in Newton, MA.
Come for an evening to see and hear more about the trip.
Interested? Please RSVP to Patty at the Cohen Camps: [email protected] or (781) 489-2070.
See you there… and in Israel!
Cohen Camps Adult Israel Exploration
Led by Jonathan Cohen
Planned Itinerary for July 9-19, 2015
(rev 2 Oct 14)
Powered by Keshet: The Center for Educational Tourism in Israel
PO Box 8540 Jerusalem 91084
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: (972) 2 671-3518
Fax: (972) 2 671-3624 www.keshetisrael.co.il
DATE
PROGRAM
 Program will be staffed by senior tour educator.
 All breakfasts plus underlined meals are included in the package price.
 Listed activities and speakers’ participation subject to confirmation.
Thursday July 9
Bruchim Haba’aim – Welcome to Israel!
 Arrival at Ben Gurion airport (you make your own air arrangements)
 Rendezvous in the hotel lobby at 6:30pm for Opening Program on the beach
 Welcome dinner in Tel Aviv’s Yemenite Quarter
Overnight: Renaissance Hotel, Tel Aviv (on the beach promenade). Check-in starts at 2pm.
Friday July 10
Exile and Return
 Begin the day with a moving reenactment of the declaration of the State of Israel
by David Ben Gurion at Independence Hall
 Explore Old Jaffa, the entry point to the Holy Land for pilgrims and immigrants for
centuries. Walk through the alleyways dotted with artist galleries and studios.
 Stroll through the weekly arts & crafts fair in the Nahalat Binyamin neighborhood.
 Lunch (on own) and shopping time.
 Prepare for shabbat.
 Join thousands of Israelis for a unique, musical Kabbalat Shabbat on the Namal
(port) boardwalk led by Bet Tefilah Hayisraeli, a liberal, independent & egalitarian
community in Tel Aviv committed to Jewish spirit, culture, and social action.
 Enjoy a traditional Shabbat dinner at hotel
Overnight: Renaissance Hotel, Tel Aviv
Shabbat July 11
Tel Aviv Shabbat
 Leisurely breakfast.
 Morning speaker: “Palestinian Political Culture” with Arab-Israeli journalist Khaled
Abu Toameh.
 Day at leisure to enjoy Tel Aviv’s museums, cafes, and the beach. (Tel Aviv Museum of
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Art: open 10-4; Eretz Israel Museum and Bet Bialik: open 10-2; Rubin Museum: open 11-2; Nahum
Gutman Museum of Art: open 10-3; Namal (port) and Tachana (shopping/dining): open.)
Group Havdalah followed by special evening performance of the Kol Demama
Daka dance troupe (deaf dancers) or other cultural event.
 Enjoy a Mayumana percussion/dance performance (or other cultural event).
Overnight: Renaissance Hotel, Tel Aviv
This itinerary is subject to change, is proprietary to Keshet, and is intended to inform only those considering joining this
Keshet trip. It is not to be transmitted to any other party without prior authorization from Keshet.
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Cohen Camps Adult Israel Exploration
Planned Itinerary for July 9-19, 2015
Sunday July 12
Innovation Nation
 Lecture on “The Israeli Economy, a Hi-Tech Dynamo” by Assaf Luxembourg
 Hi-tech visit to Stratsys 3D or the Weizmann Institute of Science multi-media
visitor center.
 Lunch at Café Mada with Dor L’ Dor campers
 Visit the Ayalon Institute, a secret underground bullet factory (Mandate Period).
 Meet the inspirational Rabbi Sharon Shalom, an Ethiopian Rabbi whose community
is make up of Holocaust survivors and immigrants from the FSU.
 Continue to the Dead Sea Region, lowest point on earth
 Check-in and dinner at the hotel.
Overnight: Isrotel Dead Sea
Monday July 13
What Price Freedom?
 Leisurely breakfast and time to enjoy the hotel spa or float in the Dead Sea.
 Depart hotel for Masada, Herod’s mountain fortress.
 Ascend by cable car to explore why the Jewish rebels chose to live here after the
Romans destroyed Jerusalem.
 Descend by cable car. Lunch (on own) at the visitor’s center.
 Travel north along the Jordan River Valley to Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu, a leader in the
“Green Revolution” in Israel.
 “Bio-Tour” of organic farm and their “Bio-Bee” bug factory.
 Continue to Tiberias for check-in and dinner at the hotel.
Overnight: Galei Kinneret, Tiberias
Tuesday July 14
Mystics and Mountains
 Meet young IDF soldiers defending Israel’s northern border.
 Visit the Druze village of Peki’in.
 Enjoy a traditional Druze lunch while learning about Druze culture and religion.
 Stroll the mystical city of Zefat, exploring its alleyways and ancient synagogues.
 Art & Kabbalah program with local artist.
 Return to Tiberias for dinner (on own).
 Evening: Boat ride on the Kinneret.
Overnight: Galei Kinneret, Tiberias
Wednesday July 15
Pioneering Spirit
 Travel to the city of Haifa.
 Outlook over the port of Haifa and Bahai gardens.
 Picnic Lunch.
 Visit the Atlit Clandestine Immigration Camp, where Jewish immigrants, many
Holocuast survivors, where interred by the British Mandate Forces.
 In the charming pioneering town of Zichron Yaakov, tour the Carmel Winery,
complete with wine-tasting.
 Continue to Jerusalem.
 Check-in at hotel.
 Dinner and evening at leisure.
Overnight: Mt. Zion Hotel, Jerusalem
This itinerary is subject to change, is proprietary to Keshet, and is intended to inform only those considering joining this
Keshet trip. It is not to be transmitted to any other party without prior authorization from Keshet.
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Cohen Camps Adult Israel Exploration
Planned Itinerary for July 9-19, 2015
Thursday July 16
Jerusalem of Gold
 Visit Yad L’Kashish-Lifeline of the Elderly, where shopping is a true mitzvah! Visit
the workshops and gift shop.
 Outlook over Jerusalem from the Haas Promenade.
 Discussion on the Binding of Isaac and whether Abraham “passed the test”.
 Visit the beautiful Chagall Windows at Hadassah Hospital
 Lunch break (on own)
 Learn and remember at the Yad Vashem Memorial Complex: visit the historical
museum, Childrens’ Memorial and Sculpture Garden (open late on Thursdays).
 Dinner and evening at leisure.
Overnight: Mt. Zion Hotel, Jerusalem
Friday July 17
Biblical Jerusalem
 Begin the day at the City of David, the original Jerusalem from Biblical times.
 Discuss Jewish Political Morality in light of the story of David and Bathsheeba.
 Grab a flashlight to wade through Hezekiah’s water tunnel, built 2700 years ago to
protect Jerusalem’s water supply from invading armies.
 Ascend to the Jewish Quarter for lunch break (on own) and Cardo shopping time.
 Explore the Machaneh Yehuda market as the city prepares for Shabbat.
 Free time to prepare for Shabbat.
 Kabbalat Shabbat at the Ezrat Yisrael “egalitarian” Kotel and visit the Kotel Plaza;
join Jews and visitors from around the world to welcome the Sabbath.
 Festive Shabbat dinner at hotel
Overnight: Mt. Zion Hotel, Jerusalem
Shabbat July 18
Shabbat in Jerusalem
 Options: From the Four Corners of the Earth: “Shul hop” to a variety of
synagogues representing different ethnic and liturgical tradition OR Join optional
services at local synagogue OR Enjoy late breakfast.
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Day at leisure to explore Jerusalem on own or enjoy the hotel pool. (Israel Museum:
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open 10-5; Tower of David Museum: open 10-2; Bible Lands Museum: open 10-4).
Optional walking tour to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and Christian Quarter.
Late afternoon walking tour of the historical Jewish neighborhoods of Mishkenot
Shaananim and Yemin Moshe, the first to be built outside the walls of the Old City.
Poetry by Israeli Poet Laureate Yehuda Amichai will help us explore Jerusalem's
multi-faceted character as a historical, political, emotional and spiritual center.
 Reconvene for a seudah shlishit snack and summary and conclusion session.
 Group Havdalah followed by farewell dinner.
Overnight: Mt. Zion Hotel, Jerusalem
Sunday July 19
Bashanah Haba’ah – Farewell…for Now!
 Check out from hotel by 11am.
 Transfer to airport for departing flights home (you make your air arrangements)
This itinerary is subject to change, is proprietary to Keshet, and is intended to inform only those considering joining this
Keshet trip. It is not to be transmitted to any other party without prior authorization from Keshet.
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Tour Rates & Details for July 9-19, 2015
Land Package Price per Person: $3,341
In double occupancy hotel accommodations, based on a minimum of 25 paying participants.
If fewer than 25 paying people participate, the price per person will increase.
Additional Fees Billed and Paid Separately (not included in package price):
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Tips & Gratuities: $120 per person, for guide, bus driver, hotel bell staff and waiters for included meals.
Option for Single Occupancy hotel accommodations: Add $925 (limited availability)
Refund Schedule For cancellation or
February 13, 2015
Deposit & Payment Schedule
Deposit of $500 per participant
non-participation for any reason after these dates
Full refund less $300 per person
(applied to total payment)
April 1, 2015
May 15, 2015
June 25, 2015
50% payment due
Payment due in full (including tips)
Full refund less $1000
Full refund less $1250
No Refund
Arrival in/Departure from Israel
Each traveler arranges his/her own flights. Keshet assumes no responsibility for flight arrangements, delays or
cancellations. When booking flights, please note the following:
The program begins Thursday, July 9 at the Tel Aviv Renaissance Hotel at 6:30pm. Keshet will provide ONE group
bus airport transfer from Ben Gurion Airport to the hotel timed to match the July 9 arrival of the majority of the
group. If your flight arrives at a different time or date, you will be responsible for the cost of your own airport
transportation. Keshet can help you arrange and pre pay for airport taxi services, if you wish, and help you with
any additional accommodations or touring services that you might need to arrange prior to or after the trip.
The program conclude on Sunday morning, July 19. Keshet will provide ONE group bus drop off at Ben Gurion
Airport timed to meet the flight departure of the majority of the group. If your flight departs at times other than
the provided group airport transportation, you will be responsible for the cost of your own airport transportation.
Land Package Price includes:
• Arrival: One “Meet & Greet” service at Ben Gurion International Airport and group transfer from the airport,
timed to match the flight that most of the group will be arriving on in Israel on July 9.
 Departure: One group transfer to Ben Gurion International Airport, timed to match the flight that most of
the group will be leaving on from Israel on July 19.
 All hotel accommodations (double occupancy) as per the itinerary
 All site admissions and programs as per the itinerary
 Israeli breakfast every morning plus 10 additional included meals
 Keshet Israel Tour Educator
 Customized Sourcebook
 Keshet hat, t-shirt and insulated water bottle holder
 Keshet luggage tags and map of Israel
This itinerary is subject to change, is proprietary to Keshet, and is intended to inform only those considering joining this
Keshet trip. It is not to be transmitted to any other party without prior authorization from Keshet.
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Tour Rates & Details, continued
Not Included in Package Price:
 Airfare
 Meals on your own
 Personal charges at hotels and restaurants
 Laundry service
 Medical & Trip insurance
Trip Insurance
Keshet urges you to purchase cancellation insurance and supplemental medical coverage (which covers
preexisting conditions). We recommend the "Cancel For Any Reason" policies which offer the broadest
coverage. Please note that most insurance policies require purchase within 14 days of your date of registration
for the trip. While you are free to purchase insurance from any company of your choice, Keshet has made
arrangements with SMS-Travel Insurance Center of Omaha, Nebraska. SMS has over 25 years of experience as
worldwide insurance brokers and can help you choose the policy that best meets your needs.
Your SMS contact persons are Yonah Engel & Dani Eisenstock:
E-mail: [email protected]
USA phone: 1-888-747-3773
Mention promo code: KESHET
Please note: We cannot accept responsibility for any losses or expenses which you or any member of your party
may incur as a result of failure to secure adequate insurance coverage.
Keshet is very happy to help participants with pre-or post-trip extensions
and to answer any questions you may have.
Please contact Kayla Ship, Keshet’s Director of Programming: [email protected]
Information Session on Wednesday, November 5, 2014, 7-8:30pm
at Temple Reyim in Newton, MA.
Plan to join us for an evening to see and hear more about the trip.
RSVP: Patty at the Cohen Camps offices at [email protected] or (781) 489-2070.
This itinerary is subject to change, is proprietary to Keshet, and is intended to inform only those considering joining this
See you there… and in Israel!
Keshet trip. It is not to be transmitted to any other party without prior authorization from Keshet.
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