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Welcome to MEOR Poland! We are excited to have you join us on this exciting trip! These six days will be filled with powerful Jewish experiences and meaningful bonding with an outstanding group of peers and Torah role models. We hope that you will walk away with more than photos and memories, but inspiration and wisdom that will help you grow and enjoy life. If at any time we can enhance your experience, please speak to one of our campus professionals who are accompanying you on this journey or feel free to reach out to one of us. We look forward to learning and growing with you during your time in Poland. Wishing you a meaningful experience. Rabbi Yosef Lynn Director of MEOR Poland Yael Seruya Assistant Director of MEOR Poland Brown University Drexel University Harvard University Stanford University University of California, Berkeley January 1- 8, 2017

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Page 1: Welcome to MEOR Poland! · Welcome to MEOR Poland! We are excited to have you join us on this exciting trip! These six days will be filled with powerful Jewish experiences and meaningful

Welcome to MEOR Poland!We are excited to have you join us on this exciting trip!

These six days will be filled with powerful Jewish experiences and meaningful bonding with an outstanding group of peers and Torah role models. We hope that you will walk away with more than photos and memories, but inspiration and wisdom that will help you grow and enjoy life.

If at any time we can enhance your experience, please speak to one of our campus professionals who are accompanying you on this journey or feel free to reach out to one of us. We look forward to learning and growing with you during your time in Poland.

Wishing you a meaningful experience.

Rabbi Yosef LynnDirector of MEOR Poland

Yael SeruyaAssistant Director of MEOR Poland

Brown University

Drexel University

Harvard University

Stanford University

University of California, Berkeley

January 1-8, 2017

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Monday, January 2 Arrival to Warsaw Warsaw Ghetto Dinner & Orientation Overnight - Lodz

Tuesday, January 3 Lodz Cemetery & Ghetto Radagast (Train Station) Chelmno (Death Camp) Radom Overnight - Lublin

Wednesday, January 4 Lublin Yeshiva Majdanek (Death Camp) Izbice Lejansk Overnight - Krakow

Thursday, January 5 Auschwitz I Birkenau Overnight - Krakow

Friday, January 6 Tarnow Zbylitowska Gora Kabbalat Shabbat Dinner & Oneg Overnight - Krakow

Shabbat, January 7 Shabbat Service Lunch Righteous Among the Nations Walking Tour of Krakow Ghetto Final Banquet Overnight - Krakow

tripITINERARY

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briefGUIDELINES 1. SECURITY. Students must comply with security regulations at all times

and maintain contact with staff members. The policy on MEOR Poland is that students can’t leave the group during the day or night on their own without MEOR staff members (and security).

2. NO DRUGS. Any MEOR student caught with ANY illegal substances will be immediately excused from the trip with no financial reimbursement, and sent home at their own expense. Failure to comply with any of the above rules could lead to dismissal from the trip.

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, PLEASE CONTACT: Rabbi Yosef Lynn [email protected] +972-50-709-7942 (Whatsapp #) Yael Seruya [email protected] +972-54-707-5244 (Whatsapp #)

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