Israel Tour May 18 – June 1 2019

13 days / 72 Events

Welcome

Web Site

Tour Decision

- 34 maximum travelers

- Pray On It

www.nccburg.com/israel

Slightly smaller than New Jersey

Fertile fields to deserts. Tall mountains to valleys below the sea.

Tour Guide Malkah Abuloff

• Highly Energetic

• Upbeat Contagious Attitude

• Malkah is from the State of New York. Moved to Jerusalem,

married Moshe Abuloff and they have four sons one daughter

• Master's degree, Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology

Bar Ilan University, M.A.

• Certified by the Israeli “Ministry of Tourism”

Tour Companies

Travel

Busses have comfortable seats, air conditioned, WIFI, water (driver), NO bathroom

Travel

4 & 5 Star Hotels

Tel Aviv (1) = Ramada Netanya https://www.ramadanetanya.com

Galilee (4) = Nof Ginosar Kibbutz https://www.ginosar.co.il/nof-ginosar-hotel

Jerusalem (5) = Prima Kings https://www.prima-hotels-israel.com

Dead Sea (1) = David Dead Sea Resort www.david-deadsea.com

Tel Aviv (1) = Dan Panorama Hotel http://www.danhotels.com

Food (Amazing!)

• Breakfast and Dinner Provided

–Hotels & Local Restaurants

• Six Lunches Provided

Traveler Responsible

• Five lunches (Mall Area or Order In as a Group)

Weather / Terrain Location High Low Rain

(inches) UV

Index Humidity Elevation

(feet)

Tel Aviv 79 59 0.1 10 Low 16

Galilee 86 61 0.2 10 Moderate - 686

Jerusalem 79 55 0.1 10 Low 2474

Dead Sea 90 61 0.0 10 High -1412

MisGav Am Kibbutz

(Mount Hermon) 2759

Mount Meron 3963

2019 Dates Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

May 18 Travel

19 Tel Aviv

20 Coastline to Sea of Galilee

21 North-West

22 North-East Golan & Upper Galilee

23 Sea of Galilee

24 Jordan Valley to Jerusalem

25 Jerusalem

26 Jerusalem

27 Memorial Day

Jerusalem

28 Northern Central Region

29 Southern Central Region to the Dead Sea

30 Dead Sea and Upper Negev

31 Tel Aviv & Jaffa Travel

June 1 Land MCI

Day 2 Sunday

Saturday

• Depart Kansas City 4:50pm

– United Flight #3509 (Newark)

– United Flight #90

Sunday

• Land Tel Aviv, Ben Gurion Airport @ 4:20pm

• Hotel: Ramada Netanya

Day 3 Monday

• Caesarea

• Haifa Boat Ride To Akko

• Crusader/Jewish Underground Prison

• Hotel: Nof Ginosar Kibbutz

Day 4 Tuesday

• Megiddo

• Tzippori- Sepphoris

• Nazareth Village & Lunch

• Tzfat-Safed

• Hotel: Nof Ginosar Kibbutz

Day 5 Wednesday

• Beit Saida

• Bental Mountain Overview

• Banias (Caesaria Philippi)

• Dan Nature Reserve / Biblical Dan

• Misgav Am Kibbutz

• Lag BaOmer (Starts at Sunset, Tiberius area)

• Hotel: Nof Ginosar Kibbutz

Day 6 Thursday

• Jesus Boat Museum

• Boat Ride Nof Ginnosar To Capernaum

• Capernaum

• Eremos Cave (Beatitudes)

• Tabgha & Primacy of Peter Church

• Lunch St Peter’s Fish

• Magdala Synagogue

• Hotel: Nof Ginosar Kibbutz

Day 7 Friday

• Beit Shean

• Gilgal

• Kasr El Yehud (Baptism Site)

• Mount Scopus, Jerusalem overlook

• Jerusalem, Shabbat At Kotel (Western Wall)

• Hotel: Prima Kings Hotel

• Shabbat Dinner

Days 8, 9 & 10 (Saturday thru Monday)

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W1

W2

Temple Mount

Day 8 Saturday (Shabbat = Sabbath)

1. Hotel: Prima Kings Hotel

2. Ideas to do independently: Great Synagogue, Christ Church Jaffa Gate (Note 3), Models of Jerusalem Museum (Cafeteria for lunch), W1: Yemin Moshe & Mughrabi Quarter *or* Ben Hinnom Valley.

3. David Museum

4. “Night Sound and Light Show Citadel of David”

5. Shopping Ben Yehuda pedestrian mall/fair. Visit FFOZ

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Day 9 Sunday

1. Hotel: Prima Kings Hotel

2. City Of David / Pool of Siloam

3. Southern Steps -Davidson Center

4. Wohls Museum, Temple Institute

5. Kotel Tunnels

6. Citadel / Tower of David Museum

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Day 10 Monday

1. Garden Tomb

2. Zedekia’s Cave

3. Lions (Stephen’s) Gate, Bethesda Pools, St Anne's Church, Lithostraphos, Via Dolorosa, Church of Holy Sepulcher

4. Gethsemane/Mt Olives

5. Mount of Olives, Palm Sunday Walk, Prophets Cave, Garden of Gethsemane

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Day 11 Tuesday

• Tel Shiloh

• Shiloh City of Heroes

• Mt. Gerizim

• Prophet Samuel Tomb And Overlook

• Israel Museum

• Dinner at Ima Restaurant Shuk Machaneh Yehuda

• Hotel: Prima Kings Hotel

Day 12 Wednesday

• Herodian

• Meet IDF Soldiers / Support

• YAD VASHEM

• Bet Hakerem Mall (Lunch)

• QUMRAN

• Hotel: David Dead Sea Resort & Spa

• Dead Sea Float

Day 13 Thursday

• Watch Sunrise Over the Mountains of The Dead Sea

• Dead Sea Float

• Masada, Cable Car up/down

• Fountain of Tears

• Tel Arad

• Tel Aviv Carmel Market

• Hotel: Tel Aviv Dan Panorama Hotel

Day 14 Friday

• Israeli Innovation Center

• Jaffa Museum

• Old Jaffa

• Farewell Dinner (Abrage) – Linner! (Late lunch, early dinner)

• Depart Tel Aviv 11:10pm

– United Flight #91 (Newark)

– United Flight #3493

• Kansas City

– Land Saturday 10:47am

Air Travel Saturday May 18

United #3509 Kansas City to Newark 4:50pm – 8:37pm ** Layover 2hr 13min **

United #90 Newark - Tel Aviv 10:50pm – 4:20pm

Friday May 31

United Flight #91 Tel Aviv – Newark 11:10pm – 4:10am (June 1)

** Layover 4 hours 20 minutes **

Saturday June 1

United Flight #3493 Newark - KC 8:30am – 10:47am

Cost Includes; • Roundtrip airfare on United Airlines from Kansas

City to Tel Aviv • Licensed tour guide • Air conditioned bus and driver: 13 days • Tips to driver, guide and hotels (including

baggage handling) • Six lunches and a farewell dinner • Entrance to all sites listed on itinerary • All hotel rooms with breakfast, and dinner daily:

12 nights

Cost Does NOT Included; • Travel insurance – available at www.yoshertours.com • Airline Upgrades (Seats, Movies)

• Excess checked baggage (allowed 1 - 50 pound bag) • Hotel movies, phone calls, room service, laundry, etc. • Passports • Hotel Single Room Rate • Personal expenses (Water Bottles, Drinks, Gifts, Special

Meal Items) • 2 Tours in Tzfat/Safed & 1 Tour in Magdala • Five Lunches

Cost $4460 Per Person: 21 to 30 Travelers

$4115 Per Person: 31 to 34 Travelers

Incremental Payments thru Yosher Tours

• $200 due at Registration

• $1,700 is due on December 18, 2018.

• $1,700 is due on February 18, 2019.

• Final payment of $860 due April 18, 2019.

Want to know more about the land of Israel and our Jewish Roots?

HaYesod Course (HaYesod = “The Foundation”)

• Fall and Spring Classes • Fall Session (10 classes)

– August 29 to November 21 – Wednesday nights 6:00-7:45

• Child Care Available • No class Oct 17, 21, 31

– $30 per person with Workbook – $45 couples (sharing a single workbook)

NOTE: This class is NOT required for the trip.