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Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle Creative Israel Trip April 29-May 8, 2018 - (dates include travel days) Itinerary is subject to change Day 1: Sunday, April 29- Travel to Israel Embark on our

1 Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle Creative Israel Trip April 29-May 8, (dates include travel days) Itinerary is subject to change Day 1: Sunday, April 29- Travel to Israel Embark on our journey and travel from Seattle to Israel. Spend the day en route in the air. Day 2: Monday, April 30- Welcome to Israel! Mid-afternoon arrival at Ben Gurion airport. Following arrival procedures, we will be met by our tour educator and escorted to our transportation to Tel Aviv. Upon arrival in Tel Aviv, we check-in to our hotel accommodations. Later this evening, we will enjoy a fabulous welcome reception and dinner at the Porter School of Environmental Studies. The building, one of Israel's most modern in concept and design, has been built according to the strictest LEED certifications to be fully-green and nearly self-sufficient. Upon arrival, step out to the terrace to enjoy its breathtaking panoramic view of the Tel Aviv skyline and fabulous welcome cocktail reception with musical accompaniment. Next, enjoy a Gala Dinner on-site, joined by local 'olim' (new immigrants) to Israel who are involved with technology, ecology and the arts. Special welcome greetings will be offered by trip leaders, and we will be joined by Yosef Abramowitz, President and CEO of Energiya Global Capital, as well as co-founder of the Arava Power Company. A respected innovation-activist and former candidate for the Presidency of Israel, Mr. Abramowitz will frame our visit to Israel in terms of the creative and innovative environment of technology, ecology, and culture which comes together here like nowhere else (subject to availability). Overnight: Dan Panorama Tel Aviv Day 3: Tuesday, May 1- Evolutions: The Coming of Age of Creativity in Modern Israel After breakfast, we depart our hotel for the day, dividing into three tracks: Track One: Arts Old New Land: Explore the heritage of arts and culture and the beginnings of the Zionist epic at the Rubin Museum, located in the historic home of the iconic Israeli artist Reuven Rubin who lived and worked in his third-floor studio. Tour his home and see the preserved studio, as well as a choice selection and permanent collection of Mr. Rubin's works alongside exhibitions of some contemporary Israeli artists. Meet with the Curator and Artistic Director, Carmela Rubin. Experience Tel Aviv's renowned Bauhaus architecture on a White City Tour the result of mass immigration to Israel by German Jews in the 1930 s, Germany s Bauhaus architecture movement found a new identity in Tel Aviv. Today, the city is home to more examples of Bauhaus buildings than any other city on earth; so much so that Tel Aviv,

2 the 'White City' (as the Bauhaus neighborhoods are known), has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Lunch on own. Track Two: Ecology Encounter the origins of modern Israeli agriculture at Mikve Yisrael. Established in 1870 by renowned agronomist Charles Netter, Mikve Yisrael was the first Jewish agricultural school in pre-state Israel. The institution was highly influential not only in teaching new immigrants the special methods and practices needed to successfully cultivate the land, but also served as an effective link in transforming the identity of the Jewish immigrant from city-dweller to the Israeli 'New-Jew' and in such, helped to build the strong independent ethos of the State of Israel. Continue to visit Green in the City, a community-led urban agriculture 'farm' situated on the rooftop of Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Center mall. Participate in a workshop on the topic of urban agriculture as an ecologically-sound and sustainable solution for urban lifestyles. Lunch on own. Track Three: Technology Visit Start Up Nation Central. The authoritative source on, and the GPS to, the Israeli innovation community; this special organization passionately connects companies and countries to the people and technologies in Israel that can solve their most pressing challenges. As Israel marks its 70th year of independence as 'the startup of all startups,' learn about the special combination of societal and cultural factors that create optimal conditions for super innovation. Next, visit the State of Mind Innovation Center, located at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. Be wowed by interactive demonstrations and displays of Israel's cutting-edge technology. Lunch on own. All together: Get a glimpse of the real cultural DNA of Tel Aviv through a special Graffiti and Street Art Tour in the hip Florentine neighborhood, guided by Yael Shapira (Master of Art & Culture Research from Tel Aviv University). This walking urban art tour will provide a peek into the world of street artists and graffiti writers who work and exhibit independently. Together with Yael, dialogue about the reality we share through experiencing this unique neighborhood, home to one of the most thriving street art scenes in the entire world. On the tour, you will discuss the differences between graffiti and other types of art in the streets, get to know all the major Israeli street artists, and receive the tools and basic terminology needed to understand Israeli street art. Return to our hotel to rest and prepare for the evening. Travel to nearby Ra'anana for a home hospitality dinner at the home of immigrants from Seattle, to be joined by peers from the community. Additionally, we will also be accompanied by Amb. Dan Shapiro, former U.S. ambassador to Israel who will discuss the implications and ramifications of US-Israel relationship in the Trump-era, as well as Israeli attitudes towards President Trump. Overnight: Dan Panorama Tel Aviv

4 Day 4: Wednesday, May 2- Tel Aviv: Inspired Leadership & Israel's Capital of Cool Dive into important questions. How is Israel perceived in global opinion? What surprising facts can change Israel s image? This morning, meet with Joanna Landau, founder of Vibe Israel, a non-profit organization leading creative and innovative initiatives to strengthen Israel's brand in the world. Joanna has worked as a lawyer in the high-tech industry and established two Internet startups based in Tel Aviv. Tour of the Startup City - Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Tel Aviv. Take a journey through Tel Aviv's fascinating startup scene. This tour will introduce Tel Aviv as the focal point of global entrepreneurship and innovation. Rothschild Boulevard is the young and dynamic startup scene that is more than just a successful business center. It s a scene that also reflects the history and values of Tel Aviv-Yafo. Enjoy lunch on own in Tel Aviv's iconic Carmel Market -a focal point for the conflux of culinary culture and cool for the city's diverse residents. This afternoon, divide into two tracks: Track One: Arts and Fashion Discover the creative and inspired world of Israeli fashion through a direct and informal encounter with today's emerging and innovative fashion scene, together with renowned fashion guru Galit Reismann. This TLVStyle tour will feature a special visit to the recently relaunched and iconic Maskit fashion house, originally founded by Ruth Dayan Track Two: Eco & Tech Meet with Jack Levy, director of Israel Cleantech Ventures -the leading venture capital firm focused on supporting Israel's emerging clean technology companies. Together with Jack, we will visit a local cleantech company. All together: Return to hotel to freshen up. Free evening for dinner at leisure Overnight: Dan Panorama Tel Aviv

5 Day 5: Thursday, May 3- Cultural Advancement and Social Change through Innovations After breakfast, we check out of our hotel accommodations. Depart Tel Aviv and travel north along Israel's coastal highway. Accompanied by renowned Jewish Educator Rabbi Shimon Felix, visit the Ecological Greenhouse at Kibbutz Ein Shemer. Created by Avital Geva, one of the heroes of Yossi Klein Halevi s book Like Dreamers, the Greenhouse hosts hundreds of Arab and Jewish schoolchildren, who work together on experiments and projects in ecology, sustainability, water conservation, and other life sciences. We continue on to Um El-Fahem, a warm and welcoming scenic hill-top Arab city located in the 'Wadi Ara' area between Caesarea, Haifa, and Nazareth. Visit the homes of local residents to get a taste of Arab culture and cuisine, and hear first-hand about their thoughts, feelings, frustrations, and dreams. Discuss and debate what it means to be a non-jewish citizen of the Jewish State, and conduct a dialogue about the future of Israel, its citizens, and the region. We visit the Um El-Fahem Art Gallery, the only one of its kind in the Arab Israeli sector, and meet with its director Said Abu Shakra. Travel across the Upper Galilee. Located in the Arab village of Majd-al-Krum, visit Moona A Space for Change. Moona strives to enhance education, support entrepreneurship and create scientific technological innovation as a means for regional development in the Galilee through joint collaboration between local Jewish and Arab employees. Meet with founder and CEO (and former fighter pilot) Assaf Brimer. Continue east across the Galilee panhandle to the picturesque Hula Valley. Check-in to our hotel accommodations. Enjoy dinner at the hotel Experience a festive Lag B'Omer bonfire Overnight: Kfar Blum Upper Galilee Day 6: Friday, May 4 - Strategic Challenges & Creative Solutions/Erev Shabbat Optional : Start your day with an early-morning hike along the Banias River, one of Israel s most beautiful nature reserves. The Banias spring feeds into the Jordan River and the reserve s large waterfall tumbles down a 33-foot precipice year-round. A nearby cave houses the remains of a temple dedicated to the Greek god, Pan. In the wars of 1948 and 1967, when the Golan was held by Syria, the site housed a Syrian officers club. After breakfast, we check out of our hotel accommodations and set out to ascend the Golan Heights. Journey via off-road jeeps to Mt. Avital for a briefing with Lt. Col. (Reserves) Marco Moreno on the geopolitical and strategic challenges Israel faces from threats that emanate from across the Syrian and Lebanese borders. Hear the story of how he created a tactical strategy to mitigate the threats through providing life-saving humanitarian aid to wounded combatants which has come to embody the current operational practice of the IDF in the area. Lunch on own en route. Drive south, through the strategic Jordan Valley on our way to Jerusalem. A formidable natural border between Israel and Jordan, this region plays a vital role towards national security. Its location over the Green Line, however, presents Israel with a nuanced challenge in any future final status agreement with the Palestinians.

6 Travelling via Jericho, we ascend the Judean Mountains and enter the city of Jerusalem. At Mt. Scopus, we experience a breathtaking overlook of the entirety of the Old City of Jerusalem as together we say Shehecheyanu. Proceed to hotel for check-in. Together as a community, welcome in the Sabbath with song, joy and dance. Experience Kabbalat Shabbat at the iconic Jerusalem YMCA building, accompanied by a performance of the Jerusalem Youth Chorus. The Jerusalem Youth Chorus is a choral and dialogue program for Israeli and Palestinian high school students. Through the co-creation of music and the sharing of stories, the chorus seeks to empower youth in Jerusalem to become leaders in their communities and to promote peace. Festive Shabbat dinner at our hotel. Overnight: David Citadel, Jerusalem Day 7: Saturday, May 5- Shabbat in the Holy City of Jerusalem Enjoy breakfast in the hotel's main dining room. Experience the atmosphere of Shabbat in Jerusalem at leisure. For those interested in attending Shabbat morning services at nearby area synagogues, a list will be provided. Special touring options include (choose one) : Walking tour of Yemin Moshe. Yemin Moshe was the first Jewish neighborhood to be established in the modern era outside the walls of the Old City. The picturesque 19th century area, founded by Moshe Montefiore, has seen quite its share of the city's tumultuous modern history; it sits on the seam between East and West. Enjoy a walking tour of Jerusalem. Study the poetry of Yehuda Amichai as we walk through the neighborhoods in which he lived and wrote. This tour combines text, poetry and sites to get under the skin of the city. As we read poems in the places in which they are set, we will gain a deeper understanding of the history of Jerusalem, the people of the City and the life of Yehuda Amichai who is widely considered to be Israel's greatest modern poet. Experience the sites of the Christian Quarter together with Hannah Bendcowsky, program director of the Jerusalem Center for Jewish-Christian relations. Walk through several of the Stations of the Cross along the Via Dolorosa, and conclude inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, held by believers to be the site of Jesus's execution and burial. Receive interesting insights into the status of Israel's multi-ethnic Christian community and the issues of identity it faces as a small minority living in a Jewish state with a sizable Muslim minority. Discovering Hidden Gems of the Old City. Stroll through the shuks (markets) of the Christian and Muslim Quarters, as well as the covert courtyards and alleyways of the Jewish Quarter. Discover the history, tastes, stories, people and places that make this city unique. Along the way taste the local delicacies from tahini in the 200-year-old factory through spices, hummus, kebab and Middle Eastern desserts. View the city from special lookout points in all quarters and discover the hidden treasures that the city has to offer. Visit the Israel Museum. The Museum houses encyclopedic collections, including works dating from prehistoric times to today. The Jewish Art and Life wings feature the most

7 extensive holdings of biblical and Holy Land archaeology in the world. While here, a visit to the Shrine of the Book, which houses the Dead Sea Scrolls (the oldest biblical manuscripts in the world), and the model of Jerusalem in the Second Temple period are a must. Tour Massada & the Dead Sea (includes lunch at a Dead Sea hotel). (additional payment) All together: As Shabbat comes to a close, we gather as a community to express thanks for this special time together. A beautiful Havdalah ceremony will be held amongst the timeless ruins of the Tower of David. Dinner on own Feel the presence of millennia of Jewish history and yearning as we have time to reflect at the Western Wall at night. Afterwards, explore the famous Western Wall Tunnels as they stretch under the homes of the Muslim Quarter and make their way along the entire length of the Temple Mount (subject to availability). Overnight: David Citadel Jerusalem Day 8: Sunday, May 6- From Darkness to Light Visit Yad Vashem, considered the foremost memorial to mankind s darkest period and Israel's official memorial and historical museum to the victims of the Shoah. Explore the issues of the legacy and impact of the Nazi Holocaust on the nascent State of Israel, together with renowned Holocaust scholar Dr. Rachel Korazim (subject to availability). Walk along the Path of the Righteous Gentiles. The expression of memory: Tour the Art Museum at Yad Vashem, accompanied by Mindy Weisel. A renowned artist known for her focus on Holocaust motifs, Mindy will take us through a journey through expressions of collective memory at the world's largest collection of Holocaust-related art. Next, proceed to the famous Mahane Yehuda food and spice market, one of the most beautiful markets and most familiar icons in Israel. Have the opportunity to experience the many traditional ethnic contributions to today's modern Israeli cuisine (with origins as diverse as Iraq, Morocco, Libya, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Poland, Greece, Yemen, Iran, and more!). Enjoy the plethora of flavors, aromas, and colors of the market, as well as some of the people we will meet who live and work here. Lunch on own. What does farming and coffee have to do with coexistence? Meet with locals, both Israelis and Palestinians, who struggle to carry on as normal a life as possible in spite of the separation fences and roadblocks. Among them, former Palestinian prisoner Ali Abu Awwad and settler Shaul Judelman of the Roots NGO work together at promoting peaceful dialogue and co-existence. This evening, experience authentic desert hospitality at Genesis Land, complete with camel rides, belly dancing, traditional drummers and a traditional Bedouin-style meal. Overnight: David Citadel Jerusalem

8 Day 9: Monday, May 7- Faces of Jerusalem Poverty and the growing gap between rich and poor in Israel are inextricably linked to chronic unemployment hundreds and thousands of Israelis living permanently out of the workforce. Learn how Israel is helping Israelis not just gain employment but develop a career, the ultimate tool for financial independence. Meet with Haredim and Arabs and hear how these programs help them overcome physical, social and emotional barriers to work, allowing them to support themselves and their families with pride. Lunch on own. This afternoon, we divide into three tracks: Track One: Art Visit the historic campus of the Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design. Founded in 1906, Bezalel is Israel's oldest institution of higher education and is renowned as Israel's national school of art. Meet with students studying here and learn about their experiences as students of the arts in Jerusalem OR Tour influential Jerusalem galleries with local artist and expert Andi Arnovitz. Born and raised in the United States, Andi made Aliya to Israel on Her work has been displayed in galleries and museums in Europe, Israel, Canada, and in the U.S., as well as a part of many collections including the Library of Congress, the Israel National Library, foreign ministries, foundations and private collections. Track Two: Tech Early Israeli ingenuity: A closely guarded military secret until 1972! the Mt. Zion Cable Car provided an innovative means for the fighters of the Hagana to transport much needed provisions to besieged residents and Palmach soldiers in the Jewish Quarter during the War of Independence. Designed by early Israeli innovator Uriel Chefetz, the cable car was cutting-edge for its time and despite its short active service (only 6 months), the IDF maintained it in working order until 1967-just in case! OR Meet with representatives at Jerusalem-based innovation giant Mobileye. This home-grown start-up revolutionized driving safety with its ingenious early-warning system which utilizes hyper-advanced technology and complex algorithms to assist cautious drivers in avoiding oncoming collisions and on-road hazards. Mobileye was recently purchased by Intel for a whopping $15.3 billion; the largest-ever exit in Israel's high-tech industry to date. Track Three: Eco Jerusalem's ecological issues : Successful urban planning and development in Israel's capital. Participants in this track will be exposed to a variety of interesting ecological initiatives and solutions to common environmental challenges such as (time permitting): o Jerusalem's high-speed railway station o The effects and ramifications of the mass-construction of luxury apartments for absentee tenants o The Jerusalem Bird Observatory o Learn about natural and planted trees and their importance to the city's landscape o o Visit a local community garden and a green recycling station Conclude with group learning of faith-based texts relating to contemporary environmental issues

9 All together: Return to the hotel for rest and to prepare for our departure. Late afternoon check-out and depart Jerusalem. Gather one final time as a group at Neot Kedumim, a 'biblical reserve' preserving the environmental conditions and technological methods of ancient Israel. We leave our lasting mark on this inspired and creative land by planting a tree, before enjoying a delicious, locally-sourced farewell dinner, paired with a choice selection of award-winning Israeli wines and beers. Transfer to Ben Gurion airport for our international flight. Day 10: Tuesday, May 8- Arrive Back to Seattle Our trip concludes as we arrive back in Seattle. L'hitraot! Farewell but not Goodbye! ****Itinerary is subject to change

Israel at its Best: A Trip for New and Nearly Empty Nesters. Temple Beth Elohim Presents. Led By Rabbi Joel Sisenwine July 8 17, 2018 (as of 3/8/18)

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