TENTATIVE SCHEDULE – SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Monday, August 3, 2020 יג אב, תש"פ
Arrival Check-in Kings Hotel, Jerusalem
6:00 PM / Dinner at the Hotel
7:15 PM / Welcome and Introduction
Tuesday August 4, 2020 – יד אב, תש"פ
8:00 / Pick up from Hotel
8:30 – 10:00 / Educational Philosophy of Yad Vashem
and Setting Educational Goals: Can we study Shoah as a means to further a goal?
10:00 - 13:00 / Tour of the New Yad Vashem Museum
13:00 – 14:00 / Group Photo and Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 / Pre War Polish Jewish Life
15:30 – 16:00 / Break
16:00 – 17:30 / Street in Poland: An Interactive Educational Experience
17:30 – 17:45 / Break
17:45 – 18:30 / Reflection
18:30 / Return to Hotel
Wednesday August 5, 2020 – טו אב, תש"פ
8:00 / Pick up from Hotel
8:30 – 10:00 / A Brief History of Antisemitism: Biblical Times to Early 20th Century
10:00 – 10:15 / Break
10:15 – 11:45 / Nazi Philosophy
11:45 – 13:00 / Lunch
13:00 – 14:30 / Jewish Responses to Nazi Germany 1933-39
14:30 – 15:00 / Break
15:00 – 17:00 / VIP Tour of the Yad Vashem Campus
17:00 / Return to Hotel
Thursday August 6, 2020 – טז אב, תש"פ
8:00 / Pick up at Hotel
8:30 – 10:00 / Ghettoization
10:00 – 10:15 / Break
10:15 – 11:45 / Everyday Life in the Warsaw Ghetto using the new Yad Vashem Video Toolbox
11:45 – 12:30 / Lunch
12:30 – 14:00 / The Model Ghetto: Theresienstadt
14:00 – 14:30 / Break
14:30 – 16:00 / Cultural Life in the Vilna Ghetto
16:00 – 17:30 / Propaganda vs Truth: Nazi and Jewish Photography During the War
17:30 / Return to Hotel
Friday, August 7, 2020 - יז אב, תש"פ
8:00 / Pick Up from the Hotel
8:30 – 10:00 / The Unique Dilemmas of Jewish Women During the War
10:00 – 10:15 / Break
10:15 – 11:45 / Post Holocaust Theological Positions
11:45 / Return to Hotel
שבת פרשת עקב
18:54 / Candle Lighting Hotel Lobby
19:10 / Kabbalat Shabbat / Maariv at the place of your choice
21:00 (Approx) / Dinner at Hotel
שבת פרשת עקב, יח אב, תש"פ Shabbat, August 8, 2020
Tefilah at place of your choice
12:00 – 13:00 / Session I: Shaalot v Tshuvot from the Shoah
13:00 / Lunch in the Hotel
14:15 / Shabbat Menucha
18:15 / Session II: Using Shoah When Teaching Chumash
Piaseczno Rebbe of Warsaw, who was murdered by the Nazis
19:15 / Mincha at place of your choice
19:35 / Seudat Shlishit
20:00 / Maariv / Havdalla in the Hotel
21:15 / Leave for Sound and Light Show David Citadel
Sunday, August 9, 2020 – יט אב, תש"פ
8:00 / Pick up at Hotel
8:30 – 10:00 / Spiritual / Physical Resistance: Two Sides of the Same Coin
10:00 – 10:15 / Break
10:15 – 11:45 / Fierce Females: Women in the Resistance
11:45 – 13:00 / Lunch
13:00 – 14:30 / Rabbinical Leadership
14:30 – 15:00 / Break
15:00 – 16:30 / Righteous Among the Nations
16:30 – 16:45 / Break
16:45 – 17:30 / Group Discussion: The Value of Trips to Poland
17:30 / Return to Hotel
Monday, August 10, 2020 – כ אב, תש"פ
8:00 / Pick up at Hotel
8:30 – 10:00 / The Decision to Kill the Jews – the Final Solution and its Implementation
10:00 – 10:15 / Break
10:15 – 11:45 / Auschwitz Album
11:45 – 13:00 / Lunch
13:00 – 14:30 / Return to Life
14:30 – 15:00 / Break
15:00 – 17:30 / Survivor Workshop
17:30 / Return to Hotel
18:30 / Depart for Concluding Dinner
Tuesday, August 11, 2020 – כא אב, תש"פ
8:00 / Pick up at Hotel with Luggage
8:30 – 10:00 / Pursuing Nazi War Criminals: Justice or Revenge?
10:00 – 10:15 / Break
10:15 – 11:45 / Muslim Antisemitism and Global Jihad
11:45 – 12:30 / Lunch
12:30 – 14:00 / Israel Today: Understanding the Current Situation
14:00 – 15:00 / Final Reflection and Presentation of Certificates
15:00 / Seminar Conclusion