March 17 - March 26, 2024
Stay at some of Israel’s most celebrated hotels
Experience Purim at the country’s largest Adloyada parade
Celebrate Shabbat overlooking the beach in Tel Aviv
Cook with culinary stars
Learn about the daily life of those living in Sderot
Explore the Ramon Crater by ATV
Taste your way through the multicultural food stalls
at Mahane Yehuda
Fall in love with Israel (for the first time or all over again!)
Dates & Pricing
March 17 – March 26, 2024
Cost: $8,900 per person
Single Supplement: $2,600
Non-temple member fee: $500
$500 per person, non-refundable deposit due upon registration
Balance due by January 8, 2024
This is an ALL-INCLUSIVE trip, covering:
- VIP transfer from Ben Gurion International Airport to the hotel
- All accommodations (9 nights at 5-star hotels)
- All experiences and activities
- All meals (with exception of 1 dinner on your own)
- Luxury bus + private tour guide
- A souvenir photo book
Not included:
- Airfare
- Travel insurance (highly recommended)
- Tips
All programs and speakers are subject to change
Accommodations
Itinerary
DAY 1: SHEHECHEYANU
Sunday, March 17, 2024
- VIP pickup at Ben Gurion Airport and drive to the Negev
- Optional activities for those who arrive early:
- Visit the grave of David Ben-Gurion
- Explore an argan orchard—and discover the culinary and cosmetic benefits of the oil
- Opening program at 6:00PM
- Dinner at the hotel
- Overnight: Beresheet
DAY 2: IN THE WILDERNESS
Monday, March 18, 2024
- Breakfast at the hotel
- Optional morning activities:
- ATV ride through the desert with a short walk to the memorial to Ilan Ramon, Israel’s first astronaut
- Wine-tasting at the vineyards of Maktesh Ramon
- Lunch of locally produced food in a private villa overlooking the Maktesh
- Free time at the hotel
- Dinner in the wilderness, transported by camel
- Overnight: Beresheet
DAY 3: BEN-GURION’S DREAM REALIZED
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
- Breakfast at the hotel
- Optional morning activities:
- Discover desert farming at Ramat Negev Agricultural R&D Center and greenhouse
- Tour the Nabatean archaeological site in Shivta National Park
- Lunch Tour in 3 stops:
- Visit a unique medical, herb and spice organic farm at Shirat Hamidbar
- Sample the cherry tomatoes growing in the desert
- Meet with Chemi, a farmer bringing the Negev to life with technology
- Dinner at the hotel
- Overnight: Beresheet
Day 4: FROM A TOWN OF RESILIENCE TO THE CITY OF LIGHTS
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- Breakfast at the hotel
- Drive to the Gaza Envelope
- Security briefing at the Black Arrow Monument
- Visit a former Hamas tunnel (security allowing)
- Tour Sderot; lunch at Hummusiya
- Drive to Tel Aviv
- Dinner on your own (suggestions provided)
- Overnight: Isrotel Royal Beach
DAY 5: THE NONSTOP CITY
Thursday, March 21, 2024
- Breakfast at the hotel
- Optional morning activities:
- Taste your way through the Carmel and Levinsky markets
- Visit the Culinary Institute of Israel’s ASIF, the center of Israel’s creative food world
- Optional Afternoon activities:
- Small group-themed shopping: Fashion, Art, Food or Jewelry/Judaica
- Games by the pool
- Free time
- Pre-dinner educational session
- Dinner at M25, one of the city’s top spots
- Overnight: Isrotel Royal Beach
DAY 6: A BUSTLING TEL AVIV DAY
Friday, March 22, 2024
- Breakfast at the hotel
- “Israel’s Narrative through Netflix Shows” discussion with Jessica Steinberg, culture editor of The Times of Israel
- Optional morning activities:
- Visit to Kuchinate crafts workshop for African asylum seekers and Kite Pride
- Guided walking tour of Jaffa
- Explore Nahalat Binyamin Arts and Crafts Market
- Fast food Lunch
- Free time
- Challah baking and tahini making workshops
- Shabbat services overlooking the beach
- Festive Shabbat dinner
- Overnight: Isrotel Royal Beach
Day 7: THE MOST FUN JEWISH HOLIDAY
Saturday, March 23, 2024
- Breakfast at the hotel
- Optional morning activities:
- Discover the Ayalon Institute, built around the secret pre-statehood ammunition factory
- Visit ANU, Museum of the Jewish People
- Homecooked Shabbat brunch
- Havdallah and a lively Megillat Esther reading at a local Reform synagogue
- Dinner at a Mediterranean-fusion restaurant
- Overnight: Isrotel Royal Beach
DAY 8: PURIM EXTRAVAGANZA
Sunday, March 24, 2024
- Breakfast at the hotel
- Join thousands of Israelis marching, dancing and singing at the country’s largest Purim parade in Holon
- Meet two garage-winemakers at the Soreq Wine Making School and Winery
- Cook a fresh lunch at Mate Yehuda, an outdoor habitat
- Festive Purim dinner
- Optional late-night walk to the Kotel (The Western Wall)
- Overnight: Mamilla Hotel
DAY 9: THE MAGIC THAT IS JERUSALEM
Monday, March 25, 2024
- Breakfast at the hotel
- Optional tour of the Old City and its holiest Jewish, Christian and Muslim sites:
- For first-time visitors
- For returning visitors
- A progressive lunch through the multiethnic Machane Yehuda Market
- Free time
- Farewell dinner at Rama’s Kitchen in the Jerusalem Hills
- Overnight: Mamilla Hotel
DAY 10: L’HITRAOT
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- Optional Closing Breakfast at the hotel (at 10:00 AM)
- Free time/Private transportation to airport