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9-Day Best of Israel
December 18, 2011
11-Day Inside Israel
December 18, 2011
13-Day Exploring Israel
December 18, 2011
Moroccan Discovery
December 20, 2011
8-Night Tour of Poland
March 18, 2012
8-Night Tour of Portugal
March 18, 2012
Grand Tour of Spain
May 10, 2012
Eastern Europe Discovery
June 13, 2012
China & Kaifeng
July 22, 2012
Germany for the Jewish Traveler
August 14, 2012
China & Kaifeng
August 26, 2012
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Eastern Europe
Jewish Heritage Educational Tour
Prague, Budapest, Krakow and Warsaw
November 7 - 17, 2011
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| All This Is Included |
- Roundtrip airfare between New York and Eastern Europe
- 2 nights at the Kings Court 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 at Beit Orim
- Dinner in Krakow
- Dinner with the Beit Warszawa Community in Warsaw
- Farewell Dinner in Warsaw
- Airport transfers upon arrival and departure
- All touring with a local licensed English-speaking guide in an air-conditioned motorcoach
- All transfers and entrance fees per itinerary
- Porterage
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| Tour Highlights |
- Lectures by Scholar in Residence: World Renowned History Professor Stephen M. Berk
- Tour of historic Jewish Prague
- Visit to Terezin
- Shabbat in Budapest
- Budapest's Dohany Synagogue
- Jewish Cemetery and Museum
- The Royal Palace in Budapest
- Royal Castle of Hradcany
- Krakow's Old Synagogue & Schindler's Factory
- Plashow Concentration Camp
- Visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau
- The Old Jewish Cemetery
- Tour of the former Warsaw Ghetto
- Meetings with members of the
- Jewish communities in Prague, Budapest, Krakow and Warsaw
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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 NYC 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' Cathedral. Welcome dinner. Overnight in Prague. |
DAY 3, Wednesday:
Breakfast. Morning lecture with Professor Berk. Sightseeing 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. Morning lecture with Professor Berk. We begin our day at the Raul Wallenberg Memorial Statue, and then visit the Dohany Synagogue, the 2nd largest synagogue in Europe, and continue on to the Jewish Cemetery and Museum. Tonight we enjoy Shabbat service, dinner and hospitality with members of Bet Orim the new Progressive congregation in Budapest, as we learn more about the Judaism alive in today's Hungary. Overnight in Budapest. |
DAY 6, Saturday:
Breakfast. Optional morning Shabbat services available at one of the local 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 lecture with Professor Berk. 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 Krakow. |
DAY 9, Tuesday:
Breakfast. Morning lecture with Professor Berk. 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 and check into our hotel. We enjoy dinner and hospitality with members of Beit Warshawa, the new Progressive congregation in Warsaw, as we learn more about the Judaism alive in today's Poland. Overnight Warsaw. |
DAY 10, Wednesday:
Breakfast. Morning lecture with Professor Berk. City tour of Warsaw including Chopin's Monument, the Royal Castle, the Jewish Historical Society, and 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 farewell dinner together and wonderful gala event! Overnight Warsaw. |
DAY 11, Thursday:
Breakfast. We transfer to the airport for our flight home. |
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For Baggage fees (per DOT Rules) for any air tranportation see:
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Land Only
Price per Person based on double occupancy |
$3,810 |
Please note that all rates displayed are based on standard room double occupancy.
All rates above are in US Dollars, and are based on full payment by credit card.
Upgraded room categories may be available to book later in the booking process. |
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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
- Travel insurance (highly recommended)
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