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YOUR journey
J² crafts journeys of inspiration, education, and Jewish connections to Israel and worldwide. We are guided by a simple but powerful concept: No two trips are the same; each experience should be personal, meaningful, and backed by superb service. Travel is not just about the places you visit, but the connections you make along the way.
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Program Itinerary
DAY 1
DEPARTURE
Wed. May 15, 2024
- Depart the USA.
Overnight: Flight
DAY 2
LET THE JOURNEY BEGIN
Thu. May 16, 2024
- Arrive at Ben-Gurion International Airport.
- Check into the hotel.
- Israel 101 – learn about the basics of Israel, its people, history, and geography, followed by an orientation to your trip with your tour educator.
- Dinner at a local restaurant.
Overnight: Tel Aviv
Meals: Dinner
DAY 3
THE NEW HEBREW CITY
Fri. May 17, 2024
- Explore the Old City of Jaffa, including the flea market – Shuk Hapishpishim.
- Visit the Peres Peace Center, created by the late Shimon Peres, former Prime Minister and President of Israel.
- Explore Nachalat Binyamin, Tel Aviv’s arts and crafts market before we move on to the Carmel Market.
- Group Shabbat Service at the beach.
- Festive Shabbat Dinner at the hotel.
Overnight: Tel Aviv
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
DAY 4
SHABBAT IN TEL AVIV
Sat. May 18, 2024
- J² Salon Talk: Tel Aviv - The New Jewish Normal. You might have heard Tel Aviv described as a Mediterranean mini-Manhattan or the party capital of the Middle East. But we are going to explore and uncover – through music, art, texts, and sites – an alternative version of Tel Aviv that embodies a new expression of Jewish and Israeli identity.
- Visit the Ayalon Institute near Rehovot and its secret ammunition factory.
- Visit ANU - Museum of the Jewish People, which is dedicated to telling the ongoing story of the Jewish people.
- Visit the Sarona Market, which was once a colony of Templars, German Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land, but is now a center of Tel Aviv cuisine.
- Mark the end of Shabbat with a communal Havdalah ceremony.
Overnight: Tel Aviv
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 5
A TALE OF TWO CITEIS
Sun. May 19, 2024
- Check out of the hotel.
- Visit Caesarea, one of the Land of Israel’s most important cities during the Roman Period.
- Spend time in Tsfat, where you will:
- Meet with David Friedman, a Tsfat artist inspired by Kabbalah.
- See the Caro Synagogue, built originally, like the Ari Synagogue, in the 16th century.
- Walk through the Artists’ Colony.
- Drive to the hotel and check in.
- Dinner at the hotel.
- Meet with Lt. Colonel (Ret.) Eyal Dror, former commander of the "Good Neighbor Campaign” – the IDF’s Humanitarian Aid Unit for the Syrian population that was affected by the civil war.
Overnight: Upper Galilee
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
DAY 6
NATURE AND SECUIRTY
Mon. May 20, 2024
- Go for a jeep tour of the Golan Heights.
- Stop at Tel Faher, an abandoned Syrian outpost where Israeli soldiers fought during the Six Day War.
- Enjoy a guided tour of Ancient Katzrin.
- Visit the Golan Heights Winery in Katzrin.
- Retrun to the hotel for Dinner.
Overnight: Upper Galilee
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
DAY 7
SPIRIT OF PIONIRING
Tue. May 21, 2024
- Check out of the hotel.
- Visit the Hula Nature Reserve, home to thousands of storks, cranes, pelicans, and flamingos. Enjoy bike-riding and golf-carting.
- Visit Sindyanna of Galilee - a non-profit organization that is creating economic opportunities for Arab women, one of Israel’s most underemployed sectors - and sample some of their award-winning olive oil.
- Visit Nahalal, Israel’s first moshav, the village’s secret weapons hideaway used during the 1948 War of Independence. Visit the famous cemetery.
- Stop at Mount Scopus in Jerusalem for a traditional “shehechiyanu” blessing of thanksgiving.
- Drive to the hotel and check in.
Overnight: Jerusalem
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 8
A CITY OF LAYERS
Wed. May 22, 2024
- Tour Jerusalem’s Old City and the Jewish Quarter. Among the highlights will be:
- A climb to the rooftops, overlooking the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the golden Dome of the Rock, and the famous Hurva Synagogue.
- The Cardo, the main street of Roman-controlled Jerusalem and its Byzantine-era columns.
- King Hezekiah’s “Broad Wall,” built to protect Jerusalem from invasion 2,700 years ago.
- Hurva Square, the center of modern-day life in the Jewish Quarter.
- Enjoy photo opportunities at Live the Bible.
- Visit The Jerusalem Archaeological Park.
- Visit the Kotel, Western Wall.
- Explore the Western Wall Tunnel.
- Experience the sights, smells, and tastes of Jerusalem while walking through the Mahane Yehuda open-air market.
Overnight: Jerusalem
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 9
THE DEAD SEA BASIN
Thu. May 23, 2024
- Take the cable car to the top of Masada, where Jewish rebels are believed to have made their final attempt to resist Roman invaders (c 74 CE).
- Coat yourself in the famous Dead Sea mud and flaot at the sea.
- Enjoy a buffet lunch at a local hotel as well as the spa facilities.
- Drive by Qumran, where the Dead Sea Sect established a community and the caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found.
- Return to Jerusalem.
Overnight: Jerusalem
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
DAY 10
MEMORY NEAR & FAR
Fri. May 24, 2024
- Visit Yad Vashem, the national memorial to the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Your guided tour will include:
- The Avenue of the Righteous.
- The Historical Museum.
- The Sculpture Garden.
- Return to the hotel and free time for shopping.
- Kabbalat Shabbat services at Kehillat Mevasseret in Mevasseret Zion, led by Alona Nir-Keren.
- Home Hospitality Dinner.
Overnight: Jerusalem
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
DAY 11
SHABBAT OF GOLD
Sat. May 25, 2024
- Drive through the Israeli “Capitol Hill”: along the Knesset – Israel’s Parliament and its famous Menorah, the Supreme Court building, the Prime Minister’s Office, the Israeli National Bank, and the future site of the Israel National Library.
- Explore the Israel Museum, housing more than 5,000 years of cultural treasures.
- Return to the hotel.
- Havdalah overlooking the Old City.
- Late check out of the hotel followed by a farewell dinner.
Overnight: Flight
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
DAY 12
HOME AGAIN
Sun. May 26, 2024
- Arrive back in the US.
RATES & LODGING
participants
20+
Cost p/p in double room
$4,890
Cost p/p in single room
$6,150
Tel Aviv: Tal by The Beach
- Nights: 3
- Room Category: Standard
- Hotel Website
Upper Galilee: Kfar Giladi hotel
- Nights: 2
- Room Category: Baselet
- Hotel Website
Jerusalem: Harmony Hotel
- Nights: 4+LCO
- Room Category: Standard
- Hotel Website
What to expect
- 9 nights' accommodations. Late check out on the day of departure is included.
- 10 days of touring with a tour educator (guide), 8 days of touring in a luxury, air-conditioned bus.
- Daily breakfast, 1 lunch & 6 dinners.
- Water on the bus.
- Porterage at the hotels.
- All site entrance fees & program fees as per your final program.
- Credit card fees.
- Flights to & from Israel.
- COVID related expenses, including tests.
- Evening transportation when dinner is not included.
- Amendments to the program: In the event that any sites, programs or meals etc. are added to the program, an additional fee may be required.
- Personal extras: Items of personal nature such as laundry, wines, mineral water, beverages, coffee, tea, food other than the table d’hotel menu, passport and visa fees, insurance, and foreign port taxes, unless otherwise specified.
- US and foreign airport taxes, Q fuel surcharge and border taxes when applicable.
- Value Added Tax is currently not applicable to tourists visiting Israel. Should the law change, you will be notified accordingly, and VAT will be added to your final invoice.
- Gratuities: Recommend guidelines for tipping are provided in the terms section.
- Please review our terms & conditions (T&C’s) or request that we send you our full T&C’s. Until you do that, here is the small print, and other stuff you may want to know:
- Validity | All prices quoted are based on exchange rates as of the proposal date and are subject to change without notice. Rates are per person and are based on shared twin room occupancy.
- How to Make a Reservation | The quickest way to make a reservation is to register online or contact us by email. We accept VISA, MasterCard, and American Express credit cards. A non-refundable deposit is required in order to complete the registration process.
- For any assistance with this registration process or other trip-related queries, please email Customer Care: [email protected].
- Payments | The balance of your payment is due 90 days before your trip begins, or as specified in your invoice. You will receive an email reminder 2 weeks before this date. Various payment options are available as follows:
- Credit card | We accept Visa, Mastercard and American Express. Please check with your credit card provider regarding international processing fees. We are unable to process payments of over $1,000 over the phone. Please submit payment online via a credit card or by wiring funds via your bank.
- Domestic bank wire transfer | Payment should be wired in the same currency that is listed on your invoice. Please add the name of your group or invoice number as a reference and forward a copy of the transfer receipt by email. The bank transfer should clearly state the beneficiary’s name on the wire transfer.
- Please use the following information: Citizens Bank: 1 Citizens Drive, Riverside, RI 02915 Routing number: 021313103 (Domestic only) ACH: 036076150 SWIFT Code: CTZIUS33 (International only)
- Beneficiary Instructions: For the benefit of J² Adventures. Account number: 1001858331
- J² Adventures reserves the right to automatically cancel your reservation on that date and it may be subject to reconfirmation should the final payment not be received.
- Cancelation Policy | All cancelations need to be made in writing. The cancelation fee depends on the date when we receive written notification of your request to cancel your booking. Please note that the deposit is non-refundable.
- Cancelation fees | Cancelations made 90 or more days prior to departure incur the loss of the deposit. Cancelations made 89 to 46 days prior to departure incur the loss of 50% of the full trip cost. Cancelations made 45 days or less prior to the departure incur the loss of 100% of the full trip cost.
- Cancelation fees may also include: Hotel or supplier cancelation fees. J² Adventures reserves the right to adjust its terms of payment, including cancelation policies and initial deposits.
- Protect your investment for $495 p/p: Should you cancel your trip up to 5 days before your departure for any reason, our POM program offers you a trip refund. Call 888-230-6008 or e-mail: [email protected].
- Please click here to view our full terms (T&C’s). These T&C’s apply to all reservations created within J2 Adventures.
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