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Here is Rick's itinerary
as of today. His schedule can and will change based on day to day events
in Israel. Photos of the places he visits can be seen at this link.
Oct
8 | Oct 9 | Oct 10 | Oct
11 | Oct 12 | Oct 13 | Oct
14 | Oct 15 | Oct 16 | Oct
17
Friday,
October 8
- Arrive in Israel
- Sabbath dinner
at the home with a group of Israelis in Hertzlyia
Saturday,
October 9
- Helecopter trip
from Benetal/Kuneitra landing pad to West Bank, west across Israel to
the Mediterranean, and then northeast to the Golan Heights
- Visit Golan Heights,
city of Katzerin, the Shatto-Golan Winery and Israel-Syria Border
- Meet with Elissa
Berg, Director of International Relations for the Golan Regional Council.
Elissa went to school in Wilmington, DE
- Visit city of Haifa
- Drive through Daliat-el-Carmel
and Ousefia, biggest Druse Villages in Israel on the top of Mount Carmel
- Return to Tel Aviv
Sunday,
October 10
- Drive south to
the Judean Desert
- Visit city of Arad,
meet with Mayor Moti Brill. Mayor Brill was formerly a research scientist
at Israel's Nuclear Research Center at near by Dimona
- Visit Arad Absorption
center to see how Ethiopian, Russian and Argentinian Olim (immigrants)
are integrated into Israeli society
- Visit Dead Sea
Works to see how the Dead Sea is being "mined" for minerals
- Visit Naot Kikar,
an agricultural moshav near Jordan to learn about the science being
used to "make the desert bloom"
- Visit Tamar Region
Council to learn about the Dead Sea area
- Return to Jerusalem
Monday,
October 11
- Visit Old City
of Jerusalem including Mt Scopus, Mount of Olives and its churches:
Ascension, Pater Noster and Dominus Flevit
- Walk through the
Jewish Cemetery of Mount of Olives to the Church of Gathsemene
- Visit Lion's Gate,
Church of St. Anna and the Pool of Bethesda
- Walk the 14 Stations
of the Cross, visit the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and the Via Dolorosa
- Return to Jerusalem
Post Studio for broadcast
Tuesday,
October 12
- Visit Hadassah
Hospital and the Trauma Department which treats most of Jerusalem's
terror victims
- Meet with the Fund
for Victims of Terror as well as a survivor of a terror bombing
- Visit Abu-Gosh,
an Arab village near Jerusalem and its 12th century Crusader Church
- Meet with the head
of the town council to learn what it's like being an Arab living in
Israel
- Return to Jerusalem
Post Studio for broadcast
Wednesday,
October 13
- Visit an Israeli
settlement, the city of Maale-Adumin and meet with the Mayor of the
city, Benny Kasriel.
- Visit Yad Vashem,
museum and memorial to the Holocaust
- Return to Jerusalem
Post Studio for broadcast
Thursday,
October 14
- Drive north on
Highways #1 and #6 to visit the Seam Line and Security Fence in the
Kfar Saba-kalkilya area
- Meet with Israel
Defense Force officer on security fence issues as well as the Head of
the Council of Bath-Hefer
- Visit Tel Aviv,
including the Tel Aviv Museum, and Old Jaffa Artists Quarter and Fisherman's
Port
- Return to Jerusalem
Post Studio for broadcast
Friday,
October 15
- Visit the Western
Wall (Kotel) tunnels in Old Jerusalem
- Tour Jerusalem
including Mea-Shearim, Angel bakery, Nachlaot neighborhood, Machane
Yehuda Market
- Meet Israeli's
on the street
- Return to Jerusalem
Post Studio for broadcast
Saturday,
October 16
- Visit Kibbutz Ein
Gedi and it's beautiful Botanical Gardens
- Ascend and tour
Massada
- Return to Ben Gurion
Airport flight to US
Sunday,
October 17
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