TENTATIVE SCHEDULE – SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Wednesday, December 25, 2019 – כז כסלו, תש"פ - ג חנוכה
3:00 PM / Arrival Check-in Kings Hotel, Jerusalem
6:00 PM / Welcome and Orientation at the Hotel
7:00 / Dinner at the Hotel
Thursday, December 26, 2019 – כח כסלו, תש"פ – ד חנוכה
8:00 / Pick up from Hotel
8:30 – 10:00 / Educational Philosophy of Yad Vashem
and Setting Educational Goals: Is learning about the Shoah an End or a Means?
10:00 -10:15 / Break
10:15 – 11:45 / Pre War Jewish Europe: A Complex Society
11:45 – 12:30 / Group Photo and Lunch
12:30 – 14:00 / A Jewish Response to the Rise of Nazism in Germany: A Case Study
14:00 – 14:15 / Break
14:15 – 15:45 / Educating in Places where there is nothing left to see – Pre-War Warsaw, Krakow, and Lublin and Lodz – Valley of the Communities
15:45 – 16:00 / Break
16:00 – 17:30 / Educating at the Yeshiva Chachmei Lublin and at the Warsaw Cemetery
17:30 / Return to Hotel
Friday, December 27, 2019 – כט כסלו, תש"פ – ה חנוכה
8:00 / Pick up from Hotel
8:30 – 11:30 / A Pedagogical Tour of the Yad Vashem Museum
11:30 / Return to Hotel
חנוכה – פרשת מקץ Shabbat
15:45 / Chanukah Lighting (Night 5) in the Hotel Lobby
16:06 / Shabbat Candle Lighting Hotel Lobby
Kabbalat Shabbat/ Maariv at the place of your choice
18:00 (Approx) / Dinner as a group at Hotel
19:30 / Session 1: Learning Parsha with the Piaseczno Rebbe
שבת פרשת מקץ חנוכה Shabbat, December 28, 2019
6:30 / Breakfast in the Hotel (until 9:00 AM)
Tefilah at place of your choice
11:00 – 12:00 / Session 2: Shaalot v Tshuvot from the Shoah
12:00 / Mincha and Lunch in the Hotel
13:15 / Shabbat Menucha
16:00 / Seudat Shlishit
17:05/ Maariv in the Hotel
17:22 / Havdalla in the Hotel
17:30 / Hanukah Lighting (Night 6) in the Hotel Lobby
19:30 / Meet in the Lobby for Sound and Light Show King David’s Citadel
Sunday, December 29, 2019 – ראש חודש טבת, תש"פ – ז חנוכה
8:00 / Pick up at Hotel
8:30 – 10:00 / Ghettoization and the Judenrats
10:00 – 10:15 / Break
10:15 – 11:45 / Everyday Life in the Warsaw Ghetto
11:45 – 12:30 / Lunch
12:30 – 14:00 / Women in the Resistance
14:00 – 14:15 / Break
14:15 – 15:15 / Educating in the Warsaw Ghetto
15:15 – 15:30 / Break
15:30 – 16:30 / Educating in the Lodz Ghetto
16:30 – 17:15 / Reflections
17:15 / Return to Hotel
Monday, December 30, 2019 – ב טבת, תש"פ – ח חנוכה
8:00 / Pick Up from the 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 / Educating Not Traumatizing: Educating in Birkenau
11:45 – 12:45 / Lunch
12:45 – 14:15 / Educating in Treblinka, Majdanek and Tykocin : Using Ceremonies in Poland
14:15 – 15:00 / Break
15:00 – 16:30 / Liberation and Return to Life
16:30 – 16:45 / Break
16:45 – 17:45 / Sharing Best Practices on Poland Trips \ (4 15 minute presentations by participants)
17:45 / Return to Hotel
18:45 / Meet in Lobby depart for Special Dinner
Tuesday, December 31, 2019 – ג טבת, תש"פ
7:00 / Pick up at Hotel
7:00 – 9:00 / Travel to Atlit
9:00 – 11:00 / Atlit
11:00 – 11:30 / Lunch on the Road
11:30 – 13:30 / Return to Jerusalem
14:00 – 16:30 / Scaventures: An Exciting New Program in Jerusalem
16:30 / Return to Hotel
Wednesday, January 1, 2020 – ד טבת, תש"פ
8:00 / Pick up at Hotel with Luggage
8:30 – 10:00 / Understanding the Current Situation in Israel
10:00 – 10:15 / Break
10:15 – 11:45 / Modern Antisemitism Workshop
11:45 – 12:30 / Lunch
12:30 – 14:00 / -דע מה להשיב Post Holocaust Theological Responses: Where Was G-d?
14:00 – 14:45 / Final Reflections and Seminar Evaluation
14:45 / Program Ends
