Poland Itinerary 2017

Friday, April 21, 2017

Arrival to Katowice/Krakow

Opening Program at Hotel

Tour of Kazimierz/Jewish District of Krakow

Galicia Jewish Museum

Check-in

Shabbat Dinner

Optional Shabbat Services – Tempel Synagogue

Overnight: Qubus Hotel, Krakow

Saturday, April 22, 2017

Optional Morning Services

Tour of Krakow Ghetto

Shabbat Lunch

Tour of Old Town Krakow, Market Square

Dialogue at Jagiellonian University

Dinner

Evening Program

Overnight: Qubus Hotel, Krakow

Sunday, April 23, 2017

Drive to Auschwitz

Tour of Auschwitz I

Tour of Birkenau

Return to Krakow

Dinner

March of the Living Erev Yom Hashoah Concert and Ceremony

Overnight: Qubus Hotel, Krakow

Monday, April 24, 2017

Drive by Schindler Factory

Tour of Plashow Labor Camp

Drive to Auschwitz

March of the Living 2017

Ceremony

Travel to Lodz

Dinner

Overnight: Andels Hotel, Lodz

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Tour of Lodz Ghetto

Lodz Cemetery

Radegast Station

Travel to Chelmno

Tour of Chlemno Palace and Forest

Return to Warsaw

Dinner

Overnight: Marriott Hotel, Warsaw

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Tour of Warsaw Ghetto

Korzcak Orphanage

Okopowa Jewish Cemetery

Rapaport Memorial

Polin: Museum of the History of Polish Jews

Dinner

Evening Program

Overnight: Marriott Hotel, Warsaw

Thursday, April 27, 2017

Travel to Majdanek

Tour of Majdanek

Yeshiva Chochmei Lublin

Kazimierz Dolny or Otwock

Return to Warsaw

Dinner

Fly to Israel

Israel Itinerary

Friday, April 28, 2017

Early Arrival

Check in to hotel and rest

Breakfast

Tour of Goldman Promenade, Haas Promenade, the Wall between Bet Jaala and Gilo

Machane Yehuda

Prepare for Shabbat

Kabbalat Shabbat at the Kotel

Dinner

Overnight: Mamilla Hotel, Jerusalem

Saturday, April 29, 2017

Optional Services

Jewish Quarter tour

David’s Citadel - Museum of the History of Jerusalem

Shabbat Lunch

Optional Walking tour: Yemin Moshe, Mishkenot Shaananim and the Germany Colony

Dinner

Speaker: Guest Speaker – Stand With Us Organization

Overnight: Mamilla Hotel, Jerusalem

Sunday, April 30, 2017

Kotel Tunnels Tour “Behind the Scenes”

Meet with Member of the Knesset, Yehuda Glick

Meet with Holocaust survivors in Ner Ya’akov

Dinner

Erev Yom HaZikaron ceremony

Overnight: Mamilla Hotel, Jerusalem

Monday, May 1, 2017

Har Herzl Military Cemetery

Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum

Meet with a Bereaved Family

Dinner

Independence Day Celebrations at Safra Square and HaTachana

Overnight: Mamilla Hotel, Jerusalem

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Ammunition Hill

Lunch

MARCH OF THE LIVING 2017 – Safra Square to the Kotel

9/11 Memorial

MEGA EVENT DINNER AND CONCERT

Overnight: Mamilla Hotel, Jerusalem

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Check Out of Hotel

Herzl Museum

Ayalon Institute

Option A: Tel Aviv - Carmel Market, Independence Hall, Panoramic Drive including Rabin Square, restored Templer Colony Sarona

Option B: Neve Michael Children’s Village, Kibbutz Magal (session on Israeli technology and agriculture)

Dinner at Azrieli Towers

Departure to Airport

Thursday, May 4, 2017

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