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Treasures of the Baltic
May 9, 2010
Secrets of the Baltics & St. Petersburg
May 9, 2010
Jewish Highlights of Spain
May 10, 2010
Escape to Israel
May 23, 2010
Treasures of the Baltic
May 23, 2010
Secrets of the Baltics & St. Petersburg
May 23, 2010
Splendors of China
May 23, 2010
Essence
of Eastern Europe
May 30, 2010
Discover Eastern Europe
May 30, 2010
Essence of Eastern Europe
June 13, 2010
Discover Eastern Europe
June 13, 2010
Eastern Europe Discovery
June 16, 2010
Eastern Europe & Israel
Path of Our Ancestors
June 20, 2010
Treasures of the Baltic
June 20, 2010
Secrets of the Baltics & St. Petersburg
June 20, 2010
Treasures of the Baltic
July 11, 2010
Essence of Eastern Europe
July 11, 2010
Discover Eastern Europe
July 11, 2010
Secrets of the Baltics & St. Petersburg
July 11, 2010
Russia & the Baltics
July 14, 2010
France & England
July 21, 2010
Treasures of the Baltic
July 25, 2010
Secrets of the Baltics & St. Petersburg
July 25, 2010
Eastern Europe Discovery
July 28, 2010
Exotic Morocco
August 8, 2010
Essence of Eastern Europe
August 15, 2010
Discover Eastern Europe
August 15, 2010
Grand Tour of Spain
August 19, 2010
Treasures of the Baltic
August 22, 2010
Secrets of the Baltics & St. Petersburg
August 22, 2010
Splendors of China
October 3, 2010
Discover Eastern Europe
October 10, 2010
India and Cochin
October 19, 2010
Essence of Eastern Europe
October 24, 2010
Discover Eastern Europe
October 24, 2010
Discover Eastern Europe
November 7, 2010
Essence of Eastern Europe
November 7, 2010
Israel - Old & New
November 9, 2010
South America
November 15, 2010
Moroccan Discovery
December 21, 2010
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Eastern Europe
Jewish Heritage Educational Tour
Prague, Budapest, Krakow and Warsaw
November 2 - 12, 2009
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| All This Is Included |
- Roundtrip airfare from New York
- 2 nights at the President Hotel in Prague
- 3 nights at the Kempinski Hotel in Budapest
- 2 nights at the Radisson Hotel in Krakow
- 2 nights at the Bristol Hotel in Warsaw
- Breakfast Daily
- Welcome dinner in Prague
- Shabbat dinner in Budapest
- Dinner in Krakow
- Dinner with the Beit Warszawa community in Warsaw
- Farewell dinner in Warsaw
- All touring and sightseeing in a deluxe air-conditioned motor coach with an English-speaking guide
- Group Transfers upon arrival and departure
- All transfers and entrance fees as per itinerary
- Porterage for one piece of luggage
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| Tour Highlights |
- Lectures by Professor Stephen M. Berk
- Tour of Historic Jewish Prague
- Visit to Terezin
- Shabbat in Budapest
- Dohany Synagogue
- Jewish Cemetary and Museum
- Royal Palace in Budapest
- Royal Castle of Hradcany
- Jewish Heritage tour of Krakow
- Old Synagogue in Krakow
- Schindler's Factory
- Plashow Concentration Camp
- Visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Old Jewish Cemetary
- Warsaw Ghetto
- Meet members of the Jewish Communities in Warsaw, Krakow, Budapest and Prague
- And Much More!
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Dr. Stephen M. Berk is a Professor of History at Union College in Schenectady, New York. He has been named the Henry and Sally Schaeffer Chair of Holocaust and Jewish Studies at Union College. Dr. Berk is considered a superb lecturer and teacher. He is the author of Year of Crisis, Year of Hope: Russian Jewry and the Pogroms of 1881-1882 and is presently writing a book entitled, Our People Are Your People: American Jewry and the Struggle for Civil Rights 1854-1965. Dr. Berk is also the author of many articles on Eastern Europe, Russian Jewish History, anti-Semitism and American policy in the Middle East. He has lectured in numerous cities for UJA and Israel Bonds as well as at many colleges and universities throughout the United States. Dr. Berk has led numerous trips to Russia, Spain, Europe, Israel and Eastern Europe. |
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DAY 1, Monday:
We depart New York on our overnight flight to Prague. |
DAY 2, Tuesday:
Arrival in Prague. Check in to hotel. Afternoon tour of Golden Prague, including the 1,000-year-old Hradcany Castle, the Charles Bridge, the Astronomical Clock and St. Vitus's Cathedral. Welcome dinner. Overnight in Prague. |
DAY 3, Wednesday:
Breakfast. Sighseeing tour of Jewish interest sites, with a visit to the Old City to view the Josefov, Prague's Jewish Town with its Old Town Hall, the Alt-Neu Synagogue, the Pinkas Synagogue, the Maisel Synagogue, the Jewish Cemetery, and the State Jewish Museum. Afternoon tour to Terezin, the former Nazi "model" concentration camp, where we visit the Jewish Museum, the small fortress and the hidden synagogue, as well as the town of Terezin itself. Overnight in Prague. |
DAY 4, Thursday:
Breakfast. Transfer to the airport for our short flight to Budapest, the capital of Hungary. Situated on the opposite banks of the Danube River, the former cities of Buda and Pest are linked by a series of graceful bridges. We enjoy a panoramic bus tour of Budapest, including Parliament, the Royal Palace, the Castle Hill area, Fishermen's Bastion, Coronation Church, Hero's Square and Gellert Hill. Overnight in Budapest. |
DAY 5, Friday:
Breakfast. We begin our day at the Raul Wallenberg Memorial Statue, and then visit the Dohany Synagogue, the second largest synagogue in Europe, and continue on to the Jewish Cemetery and Museum. In the evening we attend Shabbat services at the Hero's Synagogue, followed by Shabbat dinner together. Overnight in Budapest. |
DAY 6, Saturday:
Breakfast. Optional morning Shabbat services available at three different congregations. Day at leisure. Overnight in Budapest. |
DAY 7, Sunday:
Breakfast. This morning we depart for Krakow, driving through the lovely hills and countryside of Slovakia, past the Tatras and into the Great Plains of Poland. Dinner and overnight in Krakow. |
DAY 8, Monday:
Breakfast. Morning city tour includes Wawel Castle, St. Mary's Church, the Renaissance Cloth Hall and other ancient landmarks. Afternoon Jewish Heritage Tour includes the Old Jewish District, Kazimierz, where we see the Old Synagogue (a massive fortress-like building erected in the 15th and 16th centuries), the "Temple" and the Ramuh Synagogue. We continue to the Little Museum at the Drug Store inside the Jewish Ghetto, Schindler's Factory, the Plashow Concentration Camp and Ramuh Synagogue, still in service as the center of Jewish religious life in Krakow. Overnight in Krakow. |
DAY 9, Tuesday:
Breakfast. This morning we travel to Auschwitz-Birkenau, the infamous Nazi concentration camps where many Jews and others perished in World War II. Here we see the Museum and pay tribute to the victims. We then travel by train to Warsaw. Tonight we meet with members of Beit Warshawa, the new Progressive congregation in Warsaw. We enjoy dinner and hospitality as we learn more about the Judaism alive in today's Poland. Overnight in Warsaw. |
DAY 10, Wednesday:
Breakfast. City tour of Warsaw including Chopin's Monument, the Royal Castle, and Wilanow Palace. Morning walk to Old Town Market Square. Afternoon Jewish Heritage Tour including the Ghetto Wall, the Monument to the Ghetto Fighters, Mila 18, Umschlag Platz, and the Gensa Cemetery. Tonight we enjoy a special farewell dinner together and wonderful gala event! Overnight in Warsaw. |
DAY 11, Thursday:
Breakfast. We transfer to the airport for our flight home. |
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Price per Person based on double occupancy |
$3,799 |
Single Supplement |
$899 |
Land Only |
$3,349 |
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Tour does not include: |
- Departure taxes and fuel surcharges
- Any border taxes or visas
- Tips to guides, driver and dining room waiters ($15.00 per person per day, pre-collected)
- Items of a personal nature
- $15.00 shipping and handling
- Travel insurance (highly recommended)
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