Trip+Itinerary+Part+II

Thursday, February 8

 * //Boker tov//****!**
 * //Bring luggage down//
 * //Check out of the Guest House//
 * //Bring gift for the school you’re visiting, and your observation journal//


 * Breakfast (****7:15 am****; leave Guest House by** **8:15 am****)**


 * Partnerships Understood**
 * Drop off at the gan visited the night before
 * Gan observation (Cleveland “thank you” at end: presentation of the photo book and the snow)
 * Pick up by the bus and travel to Cleveland House
 * Coffee and reflection on the morning facilitated by Nachama and Cathy
 * Tree planting


 * On the Road Again: Travel to** **Jerusalem**


 * Check in and drop luggage at hotel**


 * No //need for observation journal tonight//


 * Lunch (2:30 pm) in Jerusalem at the Mandel Leadership Institute**
 * Meeting with Dr. Eli Gottlieb, Director of the Mandel Jerusalem Fellows, on the connection between educational practice, culture and identity


 * An Artistic Lens:** [|The Israel Museum] **and //Mar’ot//**
 * Visit with Esther Mor on Mar’ot - A program of Israeli art and artists for young children


 * Open evening (****6:30 pm****), options include**


 * //Laila tov//** **in** **Jerusalem****!**
 * //Those leaving for Shabbat need to pack up to check out in the morning//

**Friday, February 9**

 * //Boker tov//!**
 * //For most: no need to shlep, to pack, or to check out!//
 * //Those leaving for Shabbat need to pack up and check out by breakfast//
 * //Bring your observation journal//


 * Breakfast (7:30 am; leave hotel at 8:15am)**

o Discussion with Channa Pinchasi, International Relations Coordinator for the “Ma'ale School of Television, Film & the Arts” in Jerusalem, on “Israeli Culture as a Lens on //Shabbat//, and //Shabbat// as a Lens on Israeli Culture”
 * Anticipating Shabbat**

o Experiencing a city getting ready for //Shabbat// (walking along //Re__h__ov Emek R’faim//, in the German Colony)

o A visit for //Kabbalat Shabbat// to one religious //gan// and one non-religious //gan// that share the same building


 * Lunch and beyond (12:30 pm)**
 * Those who need to travel, will travel


 * Others: free time for lunch (this is on your own), shopping, enjoying!


 * //Kotel// for those who may wish


 * //Kabbalat Shabbat// (Shabbat begins at 4:40 pm)**
 * Group welcoming of Shabbat (4:25 pm), led by Moira, Kim and Hermine; meet on bottom level of hotel


 * Worship options at area synagogues


 * Dinner at hotel (6:45-ish pm, or whenever everyone returns)


 * Group //Oneg Shabbat//, coordinated by Moira, Kim & Hermine


 * //Laila tov// and //Shabbat Shalom// in Jerusalem!**

**Shabbat, February 10**

 * //Boker tov//****!**


 * Breakfast at hotel (as desired)**


 * //T’fillah//** **at area synagogues (as desired)**


 * //Kiddush//** **(****11:30 am****, optional; place to be determined)**


 * Lunch at hotel (****1:00 pm****)**


 * Walking Tour and __S’udah Sh’lisheet__ (“Third Meal”)** - at Shira’s home
 * Tour/walk from the hotel led by Scott Copeland **(leaving at** **3:00 pm** **from lobby)**
 * //If you plan on going directly from Shira’s out for the evening, bring what you need (shopping lists, etc.)//


 * Open discussion about Israel


 * //S’udah Sh’lisheet & Havdallah// (the latter led by Lonnie & Julie, with Lifsa)


 * Overview & contextualizing of Sunday morning by Shira


 * Evening open (****6:15 pm****)**
 * Shopping!


 * Other


 * //Laila tov//** **in** **Jerusalem****!**

**Sunday, February 11**

 * //Boker tov//****!**
 * //Bring photo book for your gan (one person, each group), and your observation journal (all)//


 * Breakfast (****7:15am****, leave hotel at** **8:00 am****)**


 * Four groups, four //ganim//**
 * Visits to one of the following (group members choose where they would like to visit)
 * [|Gan Harmony] (special needs)
 * [|YMCA Gan] (with Arab and Israeli children)
 * [|David Yellin] Teacher College laboratory school
 * Ronit Ben Hamo’s //gan// (//mamla__h__ti dati//)
 * Reflection facilitated by Nachama and Linda


 * Lunch (****12:30 pm****,** **with time to check e-mail)**


 * Visit (option)**
 * EC stores (one for religious ganim and one for non-religious ones) to see the kinds of materials that are available to Israeli //gannenot;// use your credit cards at will!


 * Free time** (4:00 pm)


 * Dinner (as a group – meet at** **6:30 pm** **in the designated hotel meeting room)**


 * Perspective: Leveraging education to transmit and transform society** (7:30 pm)
 * Discussion with Danny Marom on his Hebrew word of the week program – //Milat Hashavu-a// – In a hotel meeting room
 * [[file:Daniel Marom Jewish ECE _ Excellent.doc]][|http://mandel.mli.org.il/Visions/The+Project+In+Israel/Milat+Ha-Shavua.htm]


 * //Erev Tov//**
 * //Settle hotel bills//
 * //Pack, creating a “day pack” for Tel Aviv and the flight//
 * //Make sure to have your observation journal accessible for tomorrow//


 * //Laila tov//** **in** **Jerusalem****!**

**Monday, February 12**

 * //Boker tov//****!**
 * //Bring luggage down or call for a porter (they’re on-call for us)//
 * //Keep observation journal with your day bag//
 * //Check out of hotel//


 * Breakfast (****7:15 am****; leaving hotel at** **8:00 am****)**


 * Tel Aviv –** **Israel****’s first modern Hebrew city**
 * Meet with Dafna Yizraeli, //Milat Hashavu-a// coordinator, for a demonstration of the Hebrew word of the week at Beit Daniel’s //gan//


 * Meet at Hop! Israel’s children’s television station, with Alona Abbet, Director General of Hop! and Yael Bar Lev, content consultant to Hop!, for a discussion about //Rehov SumSum// (Israel’s Sesame Street) as educational television that’s responsive to culture and society


 * Lunch


 * Israel’s vision and promise
 * Neve Tzedek – walking tour to see Tel Aviv when it was a new Hebrew city, with a unique Hebrew culture; led by Shira


 * Independence Hall, where Israel’s Declaration of Independence was signed – the 1948 vision and the promise of a “new” society and culture, with a connection to educational practice as a response to culture and context


 * Reflection: Our vision, our promise
 * Facilitated by Lifsa and Nachama, with Shira


 * Fun in Tel Aviv, with dinner
 * Carol and Hermine will provide //T’fillat Hadere__h__// (the traveler’s prayer) and help us keep our hearts in the east, as we prepare to travel home to the west


 * We say //shalom// and //l’hitra-ot// to those who are staying in Israel (Julie, Lifsa, Linda, Lori)


 * Travel to airport **(****8:30 pm****)**


 * Flight from Ben Gurion Airport: CO 91 to** **Newark** **(leave at** **11:40 pm****)**

**TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13**

 * //Boker tov//** **in** **Newark** **(****4:45 am****)**


 * CO 625 from** **Newark** **to** **Cleveland****: Arrive in** **Cleveland** **(****8:06 am****)**