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Summer Trip to Israel:
Itinerary

Israel summer trip

The travelers

Trip photos and journal

The Summer 2000 group of Diller Teen Fellows headed to Israel in July. As they traveled, they sent back photos and comments on their experiences in Israel. Check out the photos and read their journal
 
Wednesday, July 12
NEGEV DESERT
Israeli teens to Ayelet Hashachar 
Drive to airport
Lunch & Orientation
Thursday, July 13
NEGEV
Hiking in Negev
Overnight: Dinner, campfire & sleep outdoors in desert
Friday, July 14
Continue hiking in Negev Desert
Return to Field School & Shabbat Preparations
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Shabbat, July 15
Havdalah
Program at Ben Gurion's Gravesite at Sde Boker
Sunday, July 16 
Ben Gurion University
Orientation to Beduin Community and Project
Arrival at Dir Ijat
Monday, July 17
Hike Masada
Tuesday, July 18
JERUSALEM
Ancient & Modern Jerusalem
Neil Lazarus: Israeli Politics
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Wednesday, July 19
Israeli Politics:  Israeli Democracy Institute
G/L/B Community
T'mol Shilshom & Beit Ha Petuach
Thursday, July 20
Gesher Seminar: Religious-Secular Issues 
Hillel: Returning to a secular life
Friday, July 21
TEL AVIV
Day in Tel Aviv
Israeli AIDS Task Force
Nachalat Binyamin
Beach
Shabbat, July 22
UPPER GALIL
Synagogues in Jerusalem
Merkaz Hamagshamin
Neil Lazarus: Peace Process
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Sunday, July 23
Givat Haviva: Seminar on Jewish-Arab Co-existence
Arrive at campsite & meet Israeli teens
Overnight: Camping
Monday, July 24
UPPER GALIL
Hike Nahal Gilaboun
Tuesday, July 25

Community service work in the morning
Group Lunch
IDF & Security in the North
Army Base at Mizpe Adi

Wednesday, July 26
Community service work in the morning
Group Lunch
Yeshivat Hesder & Meeting with Rabbi
Free Time with Israeli teens
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Thursday, July 27
Community service work in the morning
Group Lunch
Meet with local mayor
Manara Cliff
Pool Party: Metulla
Friday, July 28
Mifgash Closing Conversations
Kayaking on the Jordan River
Shabbat, July 29
Free Shabbat at Israeli Teen Homes
Havdalah
Closing Party with Israeli Families
Sunday, July 30
Day in Tel Aviv
Alma College
Rabin Square
Beit Reuven Museum
Return to Jerusalem
Panel discussion with the Inter-Religious Coordinating Council in Israel
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Monday, July 31

JERUSALEM
Anat Hoffman at Jerusalem City Hall
Women's Crisis Line
Introduction to Final Projects 

Tuesday, August 1
Work on Final Projects
Arts/Crafts Fair & Concert
Wednesday, August 2
Continue working on Final Projects
Begin Presentation of Final Projects
Thursday, August 3
Final Project Presentations
Closing Dinner & Celebration
Fly home
Friday, August 4
Group Returns to San Francisco

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The DTF program is a joint project of the Israel Center and the Bureau of Jewish Education, and is generously underwritten by the Helen and Sanford Diller Supporting Foundation of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund. ©2000 by the Jewish Community Federation.