Tuesday, May 15 [GUIDE/DRIVER]
Meeting with Guide at the airport in Arrivals Hall
Caesarea archeological complex (time permitting): Beach and Crusader area.
Druze dinner at Ussafiya / with Guide discussing Druze religion.
Overnight: Gallery Hotel, Haifa [D]
Course Meeting
Late night walking tour to City Hall, government area, Science Museum (old Technion building)
Wednesday, May 16 [GUIDE/DRIVER]
Stella Maris: San Francisco lookout, Church, Napoleonic History
Walk down 400 ft.
Elijah's Cave on Mount Carmel
Walk back to Bus
University of Haifa
Greeting by International Program
Talk on Political Situation by Israel
Tour and meet with students from UPenn and UWisc-Madison
Lunch at Univ. of Haifa
Lohamei HaGetaot – Ghetto Fighters Museum / with local guiding by Tanya: Children’s Memorial and Main House Warsaw Ghetto uprising room
Rosh Hanikrah ocean caves
Rosh Hanikrah-Border visit
Acco: Tour of “Anwar Ahmadiyya Mosque” Jazzar Pasha Mosque—with Sabri
Tour of old Acco seaport's Crusader-era castle
Dinner served at hotel
Overnight: Gallery Hotel, Haifa [B / D]
Discusion by Sadeq about Ahmadi community at Kababir—including his great grandfather who was exiled from a village near Jerusalem and moved to Haifa, and conversion to Ahmadiyya by missionaries in British Mandate period.
Carmelit—underground Cable Car
“Ha-Ogen” in Port district.
Walk back to Hadar.
Thursday, May 17
Begin travel eastwards to the Sea of Galilee
Nazareth-Annunciation Church-Roman Catholic. Crypt.
Portion of Mass in Spanish
“Carpentry of Joseph” church-Portion of Mass for Ascension Thursday in Arabic
Greek Orthodox Church of Annunciation, Mary Well
Synagogue where Jesus spoke according to Luke, and Church of Greek Catholic tradition
Walking tour of Tzfat – Defenders’ Square, Chernobyler Kloyz, Ashkenazi Ari synagogue, light lunch with Yemeni pancakes, Livnot ulhibanot, descent to 16th century city including mikveh.
Walk through art colony. (Abohab synagogue closed, Elsheikh synagogue—mentioned story of inscription said to have saved it, Caro synagogue, home and cave inaccessible).
Travel through Golan-pass magnetite rock
Har Bental—Ash cone partially wiped away by lava flow, visit Israeli military position and overlook to Syria (Kuneitra) and Mt. Hermon
Katzrin—Yarden and Golan wines
Tour of Kibbutz Ein Gev
St. Peters Fish dinner at Kibbutz Ein Gev (payment on own) / with Guide
Grave of Maimonides
Overnight: Gallery Hotel, Haifa
Supplementary Instruction Meeting at Hotel