Trip+Itinerary

== =On Eagle’s Wings – Participants’ Overview= (Updated 1/18/2007)

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**Sunday, February 4**

 * Leave** **Cleveland** **(****12:20 pm****)**
 * Meet on the ticketing level by the Continental check-in by 10:15am
 * We'll check in together
 * At 11:45, meet at the gate; Carol and Cathy provide//T'fillat Hadere////__h__// (the traveler's prayer) and direct our hearts to Israel

[|Continental Airlines]: CO 224 arriving in Newark at 1:52pm

Continuing on CO 84 at 3:50pm

**Monday, February 5**

 * //Shalom//** **to** [|Israel]**! (9:15am)**
 * Met at the airport by Shira Ackerman Simchovitch
 * Grab from your suitcase walking shoes and (if needed) rain gear


 * The Lay of the Land, Setting the Context:** //[|Neot Kedumim]// [[file:neot kedumim.doc]]
 * Met at //Neot Kedumim// by Lifsa Schacter (who will have arrived a few days earlier)
 * Setting the context, plus tour
 * Lunch


 * //Aliyah// to** **[|Jerusalem]**
 * Stop at [|Haas Promenade]
 * //She-he__h__eyanu//, led by Lonnie & Lori
 * Check in to hotel


 * Israel** **orientation**
 * Dress warmly enough to go out for dinner and (if desired) the bus trip to the //Kotel//


 * Dinner**


 * Optional: Evening bus trip to the** //[|Kotel]// [[file:Kotel.doc]]


 * Return to the hotel (9:00 pm)**
 * Pack for the //[|Beit Shean]// trip (leave big suitcase at the Dan Panorama, take a small one for two nights away)
 * For //Beit Shean// take:
 * Your coat & non-skid shoes (we'll be outside touring an archaeological site)
 * Gifts (if you are the carry-er of those for //Beit Shean//)
 * Your observation Journal


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

**Tuesday, February 6**

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


 * Breakfast**
 * Before going to breakfast, check out of the hotel and check in your large suitcase with the front desk
 * Take with you one small suitcase and a bus "carry-on" as desired, with observation journal
 * Be sure you have with you an appropriate coat and comfortable shoes that won't skid on stones


 * The New in an** **Old Place:** //[|Modi’in]// **(a planned educational system)**
 * Overview: The context of Modi’in as a new, but planned community
 * Visits to various early childhood sites as examples of a contemporary experiment
 * //Merkaz L'hitpat__h__ut Hayeled// //-// The early childhood development center that provides services to the entire community (Shira, Lesley, Lori, Joan, Moira)
 * Yozma - Reform movement //ganim (Nachama, Linda, Julie, Kim) [|http://www.yozma.org.il/eng/1about.htm]//
 * A gan in the Ya__h__ad School – attended by religious and non-religious children together (Lifsa, Carol, Lonnie, Hermine, Cathy)
 * On bus
 * Box Lunch
 * Reflection session, facilitated by Lesley and Lifsa


 * Partnerships Explored:** [|Beit Shean] ([|Cleveland’s Partnership 2000 community])
 * Break (short)
 * Meet with Anat Sharvit, Director of P2K
 * Welcome
 * Explanation of the Cleveland - Beit Shean partnership
 * Tour of the ancient city ([|Scythopolis])
 * Check in at the Guest House in Beit Shean
 * Dinner (6:00pm)
 * Dress warmly enough for a trip out this evening
 * Drive to Kibbutz Ein Gev for special speaker: Muki Zur: Evolution of the Kibbutz
 * Return to Lodging (9pm)


 * //Laila tov//** **in Beit Shean!**

**Wednesday, February 7**

 * //Boker tov//****!**
 * Bring observation journal
 * Dress for being outside a lot on the //kibbutz//


 * Breakfast** **(7:00am; leave Guest House at 7:45am)**

[|Kibbutz]**: Shaper of Israeli Society (**[|Sde Eliyahu]**)**
 * Tour of the //kibbutz// with Sara Goldshmidt, //kibbutz// member
 * Meet with Kluni Haas, a pioneering founder of the //kibbutz//
 * //Kibbutz// early childhood education [[file:Children in the junkyard.doc]] [[file:Workyards of Sde Eliyahu.pdf]]
 * Visit with Malka Haas – From Philosophy to Practive in the Children's Houses and the Junkyard
 * Tour of the Children’s Houses & [|Junk Yards]
 * Reflection session with Shira & Joan
 * Lunch in Sde Eliyahu's //__h__adar o__h__el// (dining room) (1:00pm)
 * Leave Sde Eliyahu for Kibbutz Ein Hantziv to visit [|Midreshet Habanot] (a dati - religious - educational program for post-high school women that wrestles with the dual goals of transmission and transformation)
 * Meet with Rachel Keren, senior lecturer at the //Midrashah//
 * Discussion and reflection facilitated by Rachel and Lifsa

Bus leaves (3:15am) – Options
 * “Down time” in the mall
 * Return to the hotel

Meet in the Guest House lobby (5:00pm)
 * Dress warmly enough for the evening
 * Bring observation journal
 * Bring gifts for the //gannenot// and their families

Visit to //ganim// > Return to homes for dessert with //gannenot// and their families > > Return to Guest House around 10:00-ish pm (gather informally in lobby to share adventures, if desired) > > **Bedtime & pack for the trip back to Jerusalem** > > //**Laila tov**// **in Beit Shean!** > == == > > > ==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** >>> >>> **On the Road Again: Travel to** **Jerusalem** >>> >>> **Check in and drop luggage at hotel** >>> >>> >>> **Lunch (2:30 pm) in Jerusalem at the Mandel Leadership Institute** >>> >>> **An Artistic Lens:** [|The Israel Museum] **and //Mar’ot//** >>> >>> **Open evening (****6:30 pm****), options include** >>> >>> **//Laila tov//** **in** **Jerusalem****!** >>> >>> >>> == == >>> == == >>> == == >>> == == >>> == == >>> ==**Friday, February 9**== >>> **//Boker tov//!** >>> >>> **Breakfast (7:30 am; leave hotel at 8:15am)** >>> >>> **Anticipating Shabbat** >>> 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” >>> >>> 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)** >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> **//Kabbalat Shabbat// (Shabbat begins at 4:40 pm)** >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> **//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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> **Evening open (****6:15 pm****)** >>> >>> >>> **//Laila tov//** **in** **Jerusalem****!** >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ==**Sunday, February 11**== >>> >>> **//Boker tov//****!** >>> >>> **Breakfast (****7:15am****, leave hotel at** **8:00 am****)** >>> >>> **Four groups, four //ganim//** >>> >>> **Lunch (****12:30 pm****,** **with time to check e-mail)** >>> >>> **Visit (option)** >>> >>> **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) >>> >>> **//Erev Tov//** >>> >>> **//Laila tov//** **in** **Jerusalem****!** >>> >>> >>> >>> ==**Monday, February 12**== >>> **//Boker tov//****!** >>> >>> **Breakfast (****7:15 am****; leaving hotel at** **8:00 am****)** >>> >>> [|**Tel Aviv**] **–** **Israel****’s first modern Hebrew city** >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > >> >>> >>> **Flight from Ben Gurion Airport: CO 91 to** **Newark** **(leave at** **11:40 pm****)** >>> >>> >>> > > >>
 * Divide into groups to visit //ganim//, with no children in attendance
 * Gan Rakefet (Beit Shean) - Zvia, Lesley, Kim
 * //Gannenet// is __H__avivah; 34 children
 * //Dati// (religious)
 * Gan Hadas (Beit Shean) - Linda, Julie, Cathy
 * //Gannenet// is Riki; 33 children
 * //Mamla__h__ti// (national)
 * Gan Shaked (Beit Shean) - Lifsa, Joan, Moira
 * //Gannenet// is Anat; 26 children
 * Mix of new immigrants, low socio-economic families and a number of Arab children
 * //Kibbutz// Gan (Nir David) - Nachama, Lori, Hermine
 * //Gannenet// is Roxanna (26 children)
 * Founded as a //Shomer Hatza’ir kibbutz//
 * //Moshav// Gan (Moshav Re__h__ov) – Shira, Lonnie, Carol
 * //Gannenet// is Shula (16 children)
 * //Dati// (religious)
 * Dinner with //ganennot// (group) at Barabonya Restaurant (across from the Guest House - meet there around 7:00pm)
 * 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
 * No //need for observation journal tonight//
 * Meeting with Dr. Eli Gottlieb, Director of the Mandel Jerusalem Fellows, on the connection between educational practice, culture and identity
 * Visit with Esther Mor on Mar’ot - A program of Israeli art and artists for young children
 * //Those leaving for Shabbat need to pack up to check out in the morning//
 * //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//
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Shopping!
 * Other
 * //Bring photo book for your gan (one person, each group), and your observation journal (all)//
 * 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
 * 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!
 * 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]
 * //Settle hotel bills//
 * //Pack, creating a “day pack” for Tel Aviv and the flight//
 * //Make sure to have your observation journal accessible for tomorrow//
 * //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//
 * 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****)**
 * ==**TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13**==
 * //Boker tov// in Newark (4:45 am)
 * CO 625 from Newark to Cleveland: Arrive in Cleveland (8:06 am)**
 * CO 625 from Newark to Cleveland: Arrive in Cleveland (8:06 am)**