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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
WELCOME TO ISRAEL
Mon. Mar 9, 2026
- Meet your trip leaders in lobby of the hotel.
- Welcome dinner with your J² Expert Educator who will provide a briefing about the latest developments in the region.
Overnight: Jerusalem
Meals: Dinner
DAY 2
IN SEARCH OF HOPE
Tue. Mar 10, 2026
- Join a scholar from the Hartman Institute in Jerusalem for a special study program that integrates ancient Jewish texts with modern questions.
- Experience an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Israel's National Library, including private access to rare manuscripts, historical archives, and special exhibits. Engage with leading curators and scholars about the library's rich collections and its role in preserving Jewish heritage.
- Head to the Old City and pause for a moment of prayer at the Southern Steps.
- See the Armenian Quarter and learn about this overlooked community.
Overnight: Jerusalem
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 3
HEAVENLY & EARTHLY JERUSALEM
Wed. Mar 11, 2026
- Take a morning walk in Gazelle Valley and learn about the fight to preserve green space in an urban setting.
- Learn about Jewish and Israeli judicial traditions at the Supreme Court building with Orly Erez Likhovski, Executive Director of the Israel Religious Action Center.
- Enjoy lunch (on own) with the opportunity to support the local Israeli economy at the Mahane Yehuda open-air market.
- Food, Comfort, and Memory: Bake challah or babka with Rabbi and chef Nissimi, a reservist whose role is to notify families about lost loved ones. He shares his story, and the story of Israel, and how sharing food and love can help us heal.
Overnight: Jerusalem
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 4
RESILIENCE AND INSIGHT: A DAY IN THE GAZA ENVELOPE
Thu. Mar 12, 2026
- Check out of the hotel.
- Drive to the Gaza Envelope.
- Activism and Trauma: Visit Nirim with Rabbi Avi Dabush, Executive Director of Rabbis for Human Rights.
- Continue to the memorial site of the Nova Festival at Kibbutz Re'im dedicated to the festival participants murdered by Hamas on October 7, 2023.
- Get a chance to form person-to-person connections and hear about life since October 7th in the Eshkol region. Meet adults who uprooted their lives and chose to volunteer for a year in the efforts to rebuild the region.
- DAROM ADOM: Stop and see the anemones blossom at the Bitronot Ruhama Nature Reserve. Walk the trail and witness everything around you in full bloom.
- Drive to Tel Aviv and check into the hotel.
Overnight: Tel Aviv
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 5
CULTURE & CREATIVITY IN THE CITY
Fri. Mar 13, 2026
- Choose your own morning activity:
- Option 1: Walk through the streets of Florentine, Tel Aviv, to check out local murals and graffiti that are capturing people’s response to recent events. Finish the tour with the new works of local artists entitled "Walls of Hope." Each new mural represents one of the children who was held hostage.
- Option 2: Visit the Hatikva neighborhood, once one of the poorer parts of Tel Aviv with a rich history of immigration and rich cultural traditions, and enjoy a tasting tour at Hatikva’s open-air market.
- Explore Nahalat Binyamin, Tel Aviv’s arts and crafts market, a chance to support small local businesses.
- Return to the hotel to prepare for Shabbat.
- Join Rabbi Chen Tzfoni at Kehilat Raanan, together with the community partners , for a powerful conversation about the reality of being a liberal community in Israel — and the backlash they faced after hosting a joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day ceremony.
- Kabbalat Shabbat service at Kehillat Raanan community followed by home hospitality dinner.
Overnight: Tel Aviv
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 6
SHABBAT IN TEL AVIV
Sat. Mar 14, 2026
- Optional: Morning walk led by your clergy.
- Calling Home: Young Voices in a Post-October 7 Israel. Join Daniel Geva and Ido Jacobi—two young musicians and IDF veterans—as they share their music and personal journeys, offering a powerful lens into resilience, healing, and the path forward. Through their stories and songs, they invite us all to reflect on what it means to move ahead in a new reality.
- Visit the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and see the Israeli Art department, focusing on "Inflamed Nerve," launched in the midst of the deepest rift that Israeli society has ever seen. The social, ideological, and religious polarization pounds in the exhibition like the throbbing pulse of the artworks and their evolving interrelations.
- Havdalah at Hostages Square and learn about solidarity and what that means to us.
Overnight: Tel Aviv
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 7
RESILIENCE AND HOPE IN THE NORTH
Sun. Mar 15, 2026
- Head north to the Western Galilee.
- Hike in Goren Park toward the Monfort Fortress.
- Understanding the Security Challenges on Israel's Northern Border: Field Briefing with Lieutenant Colonel (Res.) Sarit Zehavi, Founder and President of the Alma Research and Education Center. Specializing in Israel's security concerns on the northern border, particularly regarding Hezbollah and other regional threats, Zehavi provides unparalleled insights into the complex security dynamics at play.
- Support a local business that has been significantly impacted by the recent conflict in the north by enjoying lunch in the home of a Druze family.
- Visit Kibbutz Adamit in Northern Israel and meet with a resident of the kibbutz to hear first-hand of her personal and communal story post-October 7.
- Return To Tel Aviv.
Overnight: Tel Aviv
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
DAY 8
AGENTS OF CHANGE THEN AND NOW
Mon. Mar 16, 2026
- Walking tour of Kafr Qasem’s town center, led by a local activist and organized by The Task Force on Arab Citizens, an organization committed to fostering American Jewish discourse and engagement around Arab citizens of Israel.
- Lunch (on own).
- Explore Zichron Ya’acov, one of the first settlements created by the modern Zionist movement.
- Visit the Aaronsohn House at the Nili Museum.
- Wander through Ramat HaNadiv (Heights of the Benefactor), a 3-mile nature park and garden. Hike through a section of Shvil Yisrael (the Israel Trail).
- Return to the hotel.
Overnight: Tel Aviv
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 9
ALTNEULAND: DREAMS & REALITIES IN TEL AVIV
Tue. Mar 17, 2026
- Walk down Bialik Street, home to many of Tel Aviv’s finest early artists and authors. Take a guided tour of Rubin House, the home and studio of the painter Reuven Rubin.
- Visit Trumpeldor Cemetery, where the great thinkers and founders of the first Zionist city are buried.
- Join MOLET for a workshop where you will build furniture for the displaced communities of the Gaza Envelope who are beginning to rebuild their homes.
- Late checkout of the hotel.
- Private farewell dinner: Reflecting on our journey and charting the path forward.
- Head to the airport and check in for your flight back to the US.
Overnight: Flight
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
DAY 10
BACK HOME
Wed. Mar 18, 2026
- Arrive back in the US.
RATES & LODGING
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participants
25+
Cost p/p in double room
$5,325
Cost p/p in single room
$6,955
Jerusalem: The Inbal
- Nights: 3
- Room Category: Deluxe
- Hotel Website
Tel Aviv: Carlton
- Nights: 5 + LCO
- Room Category: Premium
- Hotel Website
What to expect
- 8 nights' accommodations. Late check out on the day of departure is included.
- 9 days of touring with a J² Expert Educator (guide) in a luxury, climate controlled bus.
- Group arrival transfer & assistance at the airport.
- Group departure transfer & assistance at the airport.
- Daily breakfast, 2 lunches & 3 dinners.
- The J² adventures App available on the App Store & on Google Play (active 30 days before your departure and throughout your trip).
- 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.
- Gratuities: Recommend guidelines for tipping are provided in the terms section.
- 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.
- 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 of $500 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.
- 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.
- Mobility: Solidarity missions are specifically strenuous, and our visits include places that are inaccessible to people who may have mobility challenges. You should be in good health and able to walk reasonable distances, often over unpaved and uneven surfaces. PLEASE NOTE: In some cases you may need to run to a shelter, if you have questions regarding this matter please speak to a J² representative.
- Protect yourself from fraud by being cautious and vigilant when it comes to online theft. It is crucial to note that J² adventures will never send an email requesting you to transfer funds to a new account or to redirect a payment. We will never alter our account number or issue additional payment requests without first personally speaking to you and properly identifying ourselves. If you feel uncertain about any communication (scammers often impersonate legitimate companies via e-mail or by calling), halt and contact us directly through our toll-free number listed on our website to discuss any necessary payments. Refrain from responding to suspicious emails or clicking on links or attachments unless you are completely certain of their legitimacy. By following these guidelines and staying vigilant, you can significantly reduce your risk of becoming a victim of fraud.
- 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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