This past winter Tze'irim, the 20s and 30s group of B'nai Jeshurun, sent a delegation to Guatemala with the American Jewish World Service, an organization doing tremendous work to invigorate Jewish notions of justice. For the 15 participants whowent on this trip, it was an unforgettable learning and travel experience which provided insight into the contrasts between the privileged and the denied, the seen and the unseen. The trip allowed the particpants to explore the connections between justice, Judaism and the developing world.

In the summer of 2007, Tze'irim took a Summer trip to Israel. Here was the itinerary of the 2007 Israel Trip.

Thursday, August 16, 2007
Depart on late night flight to Israel

Friday, August 17, 2007
Arrive at Ben Gurion Airport and meet your tour educator
Drive to Tel Aviv
Kabbalat Shabbat with Beit Ha-Tefilah (pending confirmation)
Welcome Shabbat dinner
Overnight: Tel Aviv

Saturday, August 18, 2007
Optional Shabbat services
Walking tour of Tel Aviv neighborhoods and Rabin Square
Afternoon at the beach
Special Havdallah ceremony at the beach
Free evening to enjoy Tel Aviv nightlife
Overnight Tel Aviv

Sunday, August 19, 2007
This morning visit Independence Hall
Depart Tel Aviv to Rechovot for a tour of the Ayalon Institute, the Hagana's underground munitions factory during the War of Independence.
Continue deep into the desert to Mitzpe Ramon.
After a stop at the Mitzpe Ramon Visitors Center climb into jeeps for a tour into the Ramon Crater, a unique geological formation that exists only in Israel
Enjoy Bedouin Hospitality and "Hafla" (feast)
Overnight: Dead Sea

Monday, August 20, 2007
Early morning climb up the Snake Path to see the sunrise on Masada. Tour the site and continue to Ein Gedi for a swim (float) in the Dead Sea and a hike at Nachal David.
Visit to the Ahava Cosmetics factory
Drive north through the Jordan Valley to Beit Shean for a tour of the restored Roman City.
Arrive in Tiberias on the shores of the Kinneret
Overnight: Tiberias

Tuesday, August 21, 2007
After breakfast, depart for Tzfat, city of mystical Judaism (Kabbalah). Stoll the narrow streets lined with ancient synagogues and artists' galleries.
Continue to the Golan Heights and peer deep into Syria from Mount Bental.
Visit the Talmudic synagogue at Katzrin
Meet with members of Niggun Ha-Lev Congregation (pending confirmation)
This evening free time at the Tiberias Promenade
Overnight: Tiberias

Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Depart Tiberias for Tzippori, formerly seat of the Sanhedrin after the fall of Jerusalem. View the beautiful mosaics including the "Mona Lisa" of the Galilee.
Ascend to Jerusalem and say Shehehianu at the Haas Promenade overlooking the Old City
Walking tour of the Old City including a spiritual visit to the Kotel
Overnight: Jerusalem

Thursday, August 23, 2007
Speaker at breakfast from Congregation Kol Hamidrasha (pending confirmation)
This morning continue exploring Jerusalem
Afternoon at leisure
This evening enjoy a cultural /social event in Jerusalem
Overnight: Jerusalem

Friday, August 24, 2007
This morning visit Yad Vashem, the Memorial to the Martyrs of the Holocaust.
Continue to Mt. Herzl and the graves of Herzl, Rabin and other Zionist and Israeli luminaries
Visit the Herzl Museum (pending confirmation)
Kabbalat Shabbat at Kol Hamidrasha (pending confirmation)
Shabbat dinner
Overnight: Jerusalem

Saturday, August 25, 2007
Optional Shabbat services
Walking tour of Jerusalem neighborhoods
Farewell visit to the Kotel
Havdallah
Farewell dinner and departure to the airport

Sunday, August 26, 2007
Depart on return flight to US
Shalom U'lehitraot