Toronto Itinerary (Poland, April 30-May 7)
April 30, Sunday
10:45 a.m. Leave Toronto
3:30 a.m. Arrive Cracow (approx.)
5:30 a.m. Check into hotel (estimated arrival time)
May 1, Monday
7:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Plaschow (Memorial Ceremony), Schindler’s factory, Ghetto and Pharmacy
12:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30-4 p.m. Break at hotel
4-7:00 p.m. Rama Synagogue and Cemetery, Temple Shul, Alta Shul
7:00 p.m. Yom Hashoah Ceremony with International Groups.
Supper in hotel. Ceremony and debriefing with students.
Overnight in Cracow (Forum Hotel)
May 2, Tuesday — Yom Hashoah
7:30 a.m. Walk through Auschwitz–Birkenau
Lunch
1:00 p.m. International March of the Living
4-6:00 p.m. Birkenau
Mincha in camp
6:30 p.m. Leave Birkenau for Cracow
Supper in hotel. Debriefing
Overnight in Cracow
May 3, Wednesday
6:00 a.m. Wake-up
6:30 a.m. Breakfast and checkout
7:30 a.m. Leave for Warsaw
Box lunch en route
2:00 p.m. Gensha Cemetery
4:00 p.m. Cultural Heritage Institute. "A History of the Warsaw Ghetto"
5:00 p.m. Warsaw Ghetto (Umschlagplatz, Rappaport Monument, Mila 18), Supper in hotel. Program on genealogy. Jewish Genealogical Institute. Kumsitz.
Overnight in Warsaw (Mercure Hotel)
May 4, 2000 Thursday
8:00 a.m. Wake-up
11 a.m.-noon Tikochin,
Lunch
1-3:00 p.m. Treblinka
5:30 p.m. Supper. Hidden-child program with Anita’s rescuer. Kumsitz with non-Jewish Polish students.
Overnight in Warsaw (Mercure Hotel)
May 5, Friday
5:30 a.m. Wake-up
6:15 a.m. Breakfast
7:00 a.m. Depart for Lublin
9:00 a.m. Lublin, Yeshivat Chachmei Lublin, Lublin Cemetery
Noon Box lunch in Lublin
1-3:00 p.m. Majdanek
Overnight in Warsaw (Mercure Hotel)
7:51 p.m. Candlelighting. Shirei Shabbat at hotel. Tefillah at Nozyk Shul.
All-Canadian dinner Friday night at Europejeski Hotel.
May 6, Shabbat
Morning Services at Nozyk Shul, Liberal services at hotel
(Kiddush to be sponsored by MOL and Nozyk together)
Lunch At the Mercure Hotel
Afternoon Walk in Old Town
Shiur, Shabbat stories, Chassidic stories
Mincha
7:00 p.m. Seuda Shlishit
Maariv
Havdallah — Weather permitting, walk to Rappaport Monument
10:00 p.m. Check out from hotel
11:00 p.m. Arrival at airport
1:00 a.m. Departure for Israel
March of the Living 2000
Toronto Itinerary (Israel, May 7-14)
May 7, Sunday
5:45 a.m. Arrival from Poland to Ben Gurion Airport
7:45 a.m. Depart Ben Gurion Airport en route for Jerusalem
8:30-9:30 a.m. Breakfast at Maaleh Hahamishah
10:15-11 a.m. Shehechiyanu at Mt. Scopus
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Tour of the Old City, the Kotel and the Jewish Quarter
1-1:45 p.m. Pizur lunch in the Old City
2:30 p.m. Check into the hostel and time to rest
5:30 p.m. Free time in Ben Yehuda
7:30 p.m. Kumzitz and BBQ dinner near Jerusalem
Overnight in youth hostel
MAY 8, Monday (Note: This day will demand an early start)
Option I:
7-7:45 a.m. Breakfast at the hostel
7:45 a.m. Depart hostel en route for Tel Aviv area
8:30-9:30 a.m. Visit Latroun memorial to the Armored Corps
10:15-11:30 a.m. Visit the Ayalon Institute
12:15-1:15 p.m. Pizur Lunch and walk around Tel Aviv or Jaffa
1:30-2:30 p.m. Visit Independence Hall
3-3:30 p.m. Short stop at Rabin Square en route for Jerusalem
5:00 p.m. Arrive to hostel and time to shower
6:15-7:20 p.m. Dinner at the hostel
7:20 p.m. Depart hostel for the Arts & Science Academy
7:55 p.m. Wait for the mourning siren
8:05 p.m. Yom Hazikaron program at the Arts & Science Academy
OPTION II:
7:00-7:45 a.m. Breakfast at the hostel
7:45 a.m. Depart hostel en route for Tel Aviv area
8:30-9:45 a.m. Visit Latroun memorial to the Armored Corps
10:30-11:45 a.m. Visit the Ayalon Institute
12:30-1:30 p.m. Pizur Lunch and walk around Tel Aviv or Jaffa
1:45-2:45 p.m. Visit Independence Hall
3:15-3:45 p.m. Short stop at Rabin Square en route for Jerusalem
5:15 p.m. Arrive to hostel and time to shower
6:15-7:20 p.m. Dinner at the hostel
7:20 p.m. Depart hostel for the Arts and Science Academy
7:55 p.m. Wait for the mourning siren
8:05 p.m. Yom Hazikaron program at the Arts & Science Academy
OPTION III
7:00 - 7:45 a.m. Breakfast at the hostel
7:45 a.m. Depart hostel en route for Tel Aviv area
8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Visit Latroun memorial to the Armored Corps
10:30-Noon Neot Kedumim
12:30-1:30 p.m. Pizur Lunch and walk around Tel Aviv or Jaffa
2-3:00 p.m. Visit Independence Hall
3:30-4:00 p.m. Short stop at Rabin Square en route for Jerusalem
5:15 p.m. Arrive to hostel and time to shower
6:15-7:20 p.m. Dinner at the hostel
7:20 p.m. Depart hostel for the Arts and Science Academy
7:55 p.m. Wait for the mourning siren
8:05 p.m. Yom Hazikaron program at the Arts & Science Academy
MAY 9, Tuesday — Yom Hazikaron
7:30-8:00 a.m. Breakfast at the hostel
8:15 a.m. Depart hostel
8:30-10:50 a.m. Tour in Jerusalem to include:Paamon outpost and the Tayelet. Buses will stagger on these visits at a certain point the groups will be walking along Derech Hevron
11:00 a.m. Stand still as you listen to the National Mourning Siren on Derech Hevron
11:05-11:45 a.m. Travel along the Green Line, Jaffa Gate, Beit Turjeman toward the observation point at Nebi Samuel
11:45 a.m.-Noon Observation of the north of Jerusalem from Nebi Samuel
12:45-1:30 p.m. Box lunch at the Rose Park near the Knesset
2-3:30 p.m. Visit Yad Vashem, mainly the Chldren's Memorial and
the Valley of the Communities.
3:45 p.m. Return to hostel and prepare for Yom Haatzmaut celebrations
4:30 p.m. Active participants in the Castel Ceremony must leave after shower for general rehearsal
7:00 p.m. Depart hostel en route for the Castel
8-9:00 p.m. Canadian MOL ceremony at the Castel
9-10:00 p.m. Falafel dinner at the Castel
10:00 -midnight Celebrate Yom Haatzmaut in Mevasseret Zion
Overnight at youth hostel TBA
MAY 10, WEDNESDAY — Yom Haatzmaut
9:00 a.m. Wake up
9:45-10:30 a.m. Breakfast at hostel
10:30 a.m. Check out of hostel. Depart with luggage for north
11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Hike on the Masrek or part of the Burma Road
2-3:00 p.m. Box lunch en route
4-5:30 p.m. Visits in Zichron Yaacov Beit Aronson
6:00 p.m. Arrive to Caesarea. Possible visit there or at Sdot Yam
7:00 p.m. MOL Festive event in Caesarea to include dinner
After the dinner proceed north, check into youth hostel
Overnight at Kareh Desheh Youth Hostel
MAY 11, Thursday
8:30-9:00 a.m. Breakfast at the hostel
9:00 a.m. Depart hostel
9-9:45 a.m. Ascend the Golan
9:45-10:30 a.m. Visit the Ancient Synagogue of Katzrin
11-11:45 a.m. Visit the observation point from Har Bental
12:30-1:30 p.m. Box lunch en route
2:30-4:00 p.m. Briefing with Mike Ginsburg at Misgav Am
4:30-5:30 p.m. Visit the Good Fence
5:30-7:00 p.m. Visit, program and enjoy Canada Centre
7:00- 8:00 p.m. Dinner at Canada Centre
9:00 p.m. Return to youth hostel
Overnight at Kareh Desheh Youth Hostel
MAY 12, Friday
7:30-8:30 a.m. Breakfast at the hostel
8:45 a.m. Depart hostel, leaving bulk of luggage for storage and taking a small bag for weekend and flight to Toronto
9:30-10:30 a.m. Options for morning en route for Tel Aviv & Jerusalem:
• Program at the Kinneret Cemetery with the guides
• Visit Beit Shean and or Beit Alpha Synagogue
12:30 p.m. One bus can drop off in Haifa (if needed). Drop off at the Af Al Pi Chen Maritime Museum Entrance, and proceed to Netanya
1:30 p.m. Drop off in Netanya at Hadarim mall parking lot opposite main entrance.
2:00 p.m. Drop off in Tel Aviv at the Eretz Israel Museum
2:30 or 3:00 p.m. Drop off in Jerusalem at the Israel Museum
Pick up by relatives at each drop off site and have a weekend of home hospitality
Overnight with families
MAY 13, Shabbat With families
MAY 14, sunday
8:00 a.m. Pick up in Haifa if needed
9:00 a.m. Pick up in Netanya
10:00 a.m. Pick up in Tel Aviv
10:00 a.m. Pick up in Jerusalem
11:00 a.m. All buses arrive to Tel Mareshah
11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Archaeological Dig at Tel Mareshah.
2-2:45 p.m. Lunch near Tel Mareshah
3:15-5:00 p.m. Shower in the area
6-7:30 p.m. Summation of the trip at Kibbutz Hulda
7:30 p.m. Farewell dinner for Canadian groups at Kibbutz Hulda
10:00 p.m. After-dinner transfer for BG airport for departure
March of the Living 2000
Montreal Itinerary (Poland, April 30-May 7)
April 30, Sunday
10:00 a.m. Meet at Cavendish Mall, back lot behind former Eaton Store
1:20 p.m. Departure from Mirabel. Flight: LY 3006.
May 1, Monday
3:30 a.m. Arrival in Krakow
5:30 a.m. Check-in at Continental Hotel, freshen up
7:30 a.m. (Wake-up) Tefillah
8:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Tour of Jewish Krakow: Kazimierz (Old Shul, Isaac Shul, Kuppah,
Temple, Remuh Synagogue & cemetery) Ghetto (pharmacy, wall, Cyganeria Cafe)
1:00 p.m. Box lunch
1:30 p.m. Continue to Plashow
2:30 p.m. Return to hotel to rest
6:30 p.m. Dinner at hotel
8:00 p.m. Leil Yom Hashoah Ceremony — Jewish Cultural Centre
9:30 p.m. Wrap-up sessions
Overnight at Continental Hotel, Krakow (prepare overnight bag for 2 nights)
May 2, Tuesday — Yom Hashoah
5:30 a.m. Wake-up, Tefillah, loading the luggage truck
6:30 a.m. Breakfast & Check-out
7:00 a.m. Depart to Auschwitz
8:00 a.m. Guided Tour of Auschwitz Museum
Box Lunch
1:00 p.m. International March of the Living
4:00 p.m. Tour barracks of Birkenau
6:00 p.m. Departure towards Lublin / Wrap-up sessions on buses
9:00 p.m. Check-in at hotel followed by dinner
Overnight at Lysica Hotel, Ostrowiec
May 3, Wednesday
6:30 a.m. Wake-up & Tefillah
7:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Departure
9:30 a.m. Lublin Cemetery and Yeshivat Chachmei Lublin
11:30 a.m. Box lunch on grounds of Yeshivat Chachmei Lublin
12:30 p.m. Tour of Majdanek Camp
4:00 p.m. Departure to Bialystok, Wrap-up as necessary on buses
8:00 p.m. Arrival in Bialystok, check-in, dinner, group wrap-up
Overnight at Golebiewski Hotel, Bialystok
May 4, Thursday
6:30 a.m. Wake-up
7:00 a.m. Pack breakfast
7:30 a.m. Depart to Tikochyn
8:30 a.m. Tefillah (morning services) at the synagogue, walk through town, proceed to cemetery (clean-up), walk back & depart to Lopatow
12:30 p.m. Box lunch
1:00 p.m. Depart to Treblinka
Tour of Treblinka
5:00 p.m. Departure to Warsaw
Wrap-up sessions on buses
7:30 p.m. Check-in at hotel
8:00 p.m. Dinner in Warsaw with Righteous Gentile’s son & family
Overnight at Europejski Hotel, Warsaw
May 5, Friday
6:45 a.m. Wake-up & Tefillah (Rosh Chodesh)
7:45 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Departure to Lauder Morasha School
10:00 a.m. Depart to Gensia Cemetery
1:30 p.m. Box lunch
2:00 p.m. Depart to Gura Kolwaria (Gerrer Rebbe — cemetery (Ohel) & the synagogue)
4:30 p.m. Return to Hotel and preparation for Shabbat dinner
7:51 p.m. Candlelighting; Kabbalat Shabbat (services at Nozyk Synagogue)
9:00 p.m. Canadawide dinner
Overnight at Europejski Hotel, Warsaw
May 6, Shabbat
8:30 a.m. Wake-up and Breakfast
9:15 a.m. Services at hotel
Learning session
1:00 p.m. Full lunch at hotel
1:45 p.m. Walking tour of Warsaw Ghetto with Marek Edelman
4:00 p.m. Return to hotel for rest
6:00 p.m. Mincha services
6:30 p.m. Full Seudah Shlishit with P2K/South Africa delegation at hotel
8:55 p.m. Havdalah at hotel (Girls — pack skirt in hand luggage for visit at Kotel upon arrival in Israel)
Departure to Israel El Al #8054
March of the Living 2000
Montreal Itinerary (Israel, May 7-14)
May 7, Sunday
5:45 a.m. Arrival at Ben Gurion, drive to outskirts of Jerusalem
8:00 a.m. Tefillah and Breakfast for Canadian groups at Neve Ilan
9:30 a.m. Aliya baregel from Gay Benhinom, through Har Tsion to the Kotel for Shehecheyanu
Noon Lunch: dmei pizur (Ma’alot Rabbi Yehuda Halevi, near Yeshivat Hakotel)
2 p.m. Check-in at youth hostel, rest and relax
6 p.m. Depart to Nitsanim — Snack, Ma’apilim program
(Nitsanim Field Study Centre), BBQ
10 p.m. Wrap-up on busses, return to hotel
Overnight at Bayit Vegan Youth Hostel, Jerusalem
May 8, Monday
9:00 a.m. Wake-up, tfillah, breakfast
10:00 a.m. Departure
10:30 a.m. Visit Latroun and deal with the 1948 battles over this police station
12:30 p.m. Pizur lunch in Rishon Lezion Midrahov
1:30 p.m. Travel to and visit Ayalon Institute
3:30 p.m. Travel to Beer Sheva
5:00 p.m. Discussion with teens of Mekif Zayin on military service in preparation for Yom Hazikaron in groups with
facilitators, dinner, change clothes for ceremony (white shirt, dark pants/skirt)
7:45 p.m. Yom Hazikaron Program
8 p.m. Siren & continuation of program
9:30 p.m. Depart to Jerusalem, wrap-up on busses
Overnight at Bayit Vegan Youth Hostel, J’lem
May 9, Tuesday — Yom Hazikaron
6:30 a.m. Wake-up, tefillah, breakfast
8:00 a.m. Depart hostel
8:30 a.m. Briefing near the Tourjeman Post and Mandelbaum ate. Speak about the divided city
9:00 a.m. Walk along the green line, glimpse at the Damascus Gate area. Walk from Musrara and Notre Dame to the
Municipal building. Briefing about the border.
9:45 a.m. Visit the Hagvurah Museum, the former British jail in Jerusalem, walk toward Zion Square
11:00 a.m. Siren in Jerusalem at Kikar Zion
Lunch: dmei pizur, free time on Ben Yehuda
1:00 p.m. Depart to Har Herzl Cemetery (Flowers to be provided)
(Dakar, Golda Meir, Rabin, paratroopers, ceremony at Jason Friedberg - D12)
4:00 p.m. Return to youth hostel for rest
4:30 p.m. Active participants in the Kastel ceremony will depart hostel for rehearsal at Kastel
5:15 p.m. Group discussions on the transition from Yom Hazikaron to Yom Ha’atzmaut
7:00 p.m. Depart to the Kastel
8:00 p.m. Canadawide ceremony
9:00 Festive felafel meal at Kastel
10:00 Celebrations of Yom Ha’atzmaut at Mevasseret Zion
Overnight at Bayit Vegan Youth Hostel, J’lem (Prepare overnight bag for 1 night)
May 10 Wednesday — Yom Ha’atzmaut
8:00 a.m. Wake-up, tefillah, breakfast
9:00 a.m. Depart and hike at Nahal Ktalav
Travel to Tel Aviv, visit Independence Hall
3:30 p.m. Departure to Caesarea
5:30 p.m International MOL program at Caesaria, festive meal
10:00 p.m. Departure to Galil
Overnight at Tel Hai Youth Hostel
May 11, Thursday
8:00 a.m. Wake-up, tfillah, breakfast
9:30 a.m. Departure to Hermon
10:30 a.m. Ascend Mt. Hermon via cable car and return
Noon Hike on one of the wadis on the Golan and then visit
Har Bental (box lunch during the tour)
4:30 p.m. Arrive to Kibbutz Kfar Haruv, over the Kinneret, and meet there with two residents for discussion about the
Peace Process and returning the Golan
5:30 p.m. Proceed down via El Hamma to Poriyah
6:45 p.m. Dinner at Poriyah Youth Hostel
8:00 p.m.m Depart to Jerusalem, wrap-up sessions on buses
Prepare overnight bag for two days
Overnight at Bayit Vegan Youth Hostel, Jerusalem
May 12, Friday
8:00 a.m. Wake-up, tfillah, breakfast (bring luggage to storage room for those not remaining for Shabbat)
9:30 a.m. Walk through Machane Yehuda and observe in Shabbat preparations
10:30 a.m. Yad Vashem (Children’s Memorial, Valley of Lost Communities)
Dmei pizur lunch
1:30 p.m. Pick-up at Israel Museum Parking Lot
2:45 p.m. Pick-up at North Train Station in Tel Aviv
Overnight with ost family or Youth Hostel, J’lem
May 13, Shabbat
Free Shabbat with families or at Beit Shmuel Morning Program A: Synagogue hop: Great Synagogue, Hanassi, Italian, Yemenite, Old City — 4 synagogues,
Kotel, kiddush
Program B: Services at the Great Synagogue, walk toward the Kotel and meet with participants from
Program A
Afternoon Lunch at Beit Shmuel; Rest & relax
Walking tour of the Old City
Overnight with host family or Youth Hostel, J’lem
May 14, Sunday
9:00 a.m. Departure from Tel Aviv, North Train Station
10:00 a.m. Return to Jerusalem, Beit Shmuel Youth Hostel
10:30 a.m. Departure to Ma’aleh Adumim
Jeep ride in the Judaean Desert
Shower at Youth Hostel (extra towels to be supplied by hostel), Visit Kotel
Canadawide dinner and closing caucus at Kibbutz Hulda
May 15, Monday
1:00 a.m. Departure to Montreal El Al #3005
5:30 a.m. Arrival at Mirabel
March of the Living 2000
Coast to Coast Itinerary (Poland, April 30-May 7)
April 30, Sunday
Depart Toronto
Arrive Krakow at night
Check into hotel
Overnight in Krakow
May 1, Monday
7:00 a.m. Wake up & Teffilot
7:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Opening Ceremony at Plashow
10:00 a.m. Travel to Auschwitz (lunch en route)
4:00 p.m. Visit Birkenau
6:00 p.m. Return to Krakow
8:00 p.m. Dinner
9:00 p.m. Leil Yom Hashoah Service at Hotel
11:00 p.m. Wrap up sessions
Overnight in Krakow
May 2, Tuesday — Yom Hashoah
7:00 a.m. Wake up & Teffilot
7:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Visit Jewish Quarter (R.a.m.a Synagogue & Cemetery, Jewish
Museum)
10:30 a.m. Depart for Auschwitz (lunch en route)
Noon Prepare for March
1:00 p.m. International March of the Living
4:00 p.m. Depart for Warsaw
8:00 p.m. Dinner
9:00 p.m. Wrap up sessions
Overnight in Warsaw
May 3, Wednesday
6:30 a.m. Wake up and Tefillot
7:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Depart for Lublin
11:00 a.m. Lublin — Yeshiva and Cemetery
Noon Lunch
1:00 p.m. Visit Majdanek
6:00 p.m. Return to Warsaw
8:00 p.m. Dinner
9:00 p.m. Wrap up sessions
Overnight in Warsaw
May 4, Thursday
7:00 a.m. Wake up and Tefillot
7:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Travel to Treblinka
10:30 a.m. Visit Treblinka
1:00 a.m. Travel to Tychochin (lunch en route)
4:00 p.m. Visit Tychochin
6:00 p.m. Depart for Warsaw
7:00 p.m. Dinner
8:00 p.m. Evening Program
Overnight in Warsaw
May 5, Friday
7:00 a.m. Wake up and Tefillot
7:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Lauder Morasha School
9:00 a.m. Warsaw Cemetery, Jewish Quarter Walking Tour — Children’s
Ghetto Monument, Museum, etc., Rappaport Memorial, Mila 18
3:30 p.m. Korzaks House
4:30 p.m. Return to Hotel
6:00 p.m. Candlelighting, Kabbatat Shabbat in Hotel
Canadian Shabbat Dinner
Overnight in Warsaw
May 6, Shabbat
7:00 a.m. Wake up
8:00 a.m. Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Services at Nozyk Synagogue
1:00 p.m. Lunch with Polish students
3:30 p.m. Walking Tour of the Old City
6:00 p.m. Return to Hotel — rest
8:00 p.m. Havdallah
9:00 p.m. Dinner
10:00 p.m. Poland closing program
Depart Poland on Saturday night
March of the Living 2000
Coast to Coast Itinerary (Israel, May 7-14)
May 7, Sunday
5:45 a.m. Arrival from Poland to Ben Gurion Airport
7:45 a.m. Depart Ben Gurion Airport en route for Jerusalem
8:30-9:30 a.m. Breakfast at Neve Ilan or Maaleh Hahamishah
10:15-11:00 a.m. Shehechiyanu at the Kotel
11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Tour of the Old City and the Jewish Quarter
1-1:45 p.m. Box lunch in the Tkumah park in the Old City or
another park in town
2:30-3:30 p.m. Visit Yad Vashem, tour of the main monuments,
debriefing at the Valley of the Communities. All this to
close the circle, put the Holocaust behind, and
concentrate on Israel and the redemption of the Jewish
People. Note: Since a late breakfast is planned, the
lunch can be postponed till after Yad Vashem.
4:00 p.m. Check into the hostel and time to rest
7:30 p.m. Kumzitz and dinner in the area near Jerusalem
Overnight at Rabin Youth Hostel
May 8, Monday
7:30-8:00 a.m. Breakfast at hostel
8:15 a.m. Depart Jerusalem en route for the Dead Sea
9:45-11:45 a.m. Visit Massada
12:30-1:30 p.m. Hike in Ein Gedi (Box lunch en route)
2:30-4:00 p.m. Time to swim in the Dead Sea (Suggested site: Hof
Mineral or Attraczia)
5:15 p.m. Return to Jerusalem. Shower and prepare for dinner
6:15-7:15 p.m. Dinner at hostel
7:15 p.m. Depart hostel for site were Yom Hazikaron Ceremony
will take place
10-11:00 p.m. Listen to mourning siren that initiates Yom Hazikaron,
followed by a ceremony. Suggested site: Tzofim
Ceremony; High School Ceremony if available
Overnight at Rabin Youth Hostel
May 9, Tuesday — YOM HAZIKARON
7:30-8:00 a.m. Breakfast at the hostel
8:15 a.m. Depart hostel
9-10:15 a.m. Program and visit at Ammunition Hill
10:55 a.m. Arrive to Ben Yehuda area
11:00 a.m. Stand still as you listen to National Mourning Siren
11:02 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free time in Ben Yehuda area (pizur money for lunch)
1-3:30 p.m. Visit to Har Herzl and then observation points around
Jerusalem: Tayelet, Augusta Victoria, Nebi Samuel.
Discussion on the future of Jerusalem in light of the
Peace talks with the Palestinian Authority
4:00 p.m. Return to hostel and prepare for Yom Haatzmaut
4:30 p.m. Active participants in the Castel Ceremony must leave
after shower for general rehearsal
7:00 p.m. Depart hostel en route for the Castel
8-9 p.m. Canadian MOL ceremony at the Castel
9-10 p.m. Falafel dinner at the Castel
10 p.m.-midnight Celebrate Yom Haatzmaut in Mevasseret Zion
Overnight at Rabin Youth Hostel
May 10, Wednesday — YOM HAATZMAUT
9:00 a.m. Wake up
9:45-10:30 a.m. Breakfast at hostel
10:30 a.m. Check out of hostel. Depart with luggage for north
10:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Possible sites and programs to do en route:
• Hike in Nahal Halilim
• Box lunch en route
6:00 p.m. Arrive to Caesarea. Visit there or at Sdot Yam
7:00 p.m. MOL Festive event in Caesarea to include dinner. After
dinner proceed north, check into Poriya Youth Hostel.
Overnight at Poriya Youth Hostel
May 11, Thursday
8:30-9:15 a.m Breakfast at the hostel
9:30 a.m. Depart hostel
10-11:00 a.m. Program at the Kinneret Cemetery on the Pioneer era
11-11:45 a.m. Ascend the Golan Heights
11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Visit and briefing at Kfar Haruv. Note the whole issue of
Peace with the Syrians has to be seriously dealt with
and discussed in light of recent developments. Travel on the Golan Heights.
1:45-2:45 p.m. Lunch en route
2:45-5:15 p.m. See former Syrian Bunkers on the Golan
6:15 p.m. Return to hostel for dinner
8:30 p.m. Disco on a boat on the Kinneret
Overnight at Poriya Youth Hostel
May 12, Friday
7:30-8:00 a.m. Breakfast at the hostel
8:15 a.m. Depart hostel with luggage
9:15-10:45 a.m. Options for morning en route for Tel Aviv & Jerusalem:
• Visit Tzippori Archaeological site. Note: This site allows
to deal with Jewish Identity
12:30 p.m. One bus can drop off in Haifa (if needed) and proceed
to Tel Aviv
2:00 p.m. Drop off in Tel Aviv at the Eretz Israel Museum
2:30-3:00 p.m. Drop off in Jerusalem at the Israel Museum
Pick up by relatives at each drop off site and have a weekend of home hospitality
Overnight - with families
May 13, Shabbat
Home hospitality for the entire day.
Overnight with families.
May 14, Sunday
8:00 a.m. Pick up in Haifa if needed
10:00 a.m. Pick up in Tel Aviv
11:00 a.m. Pick up in Jerusalem
11:00 a.m. All buses arrive to Tel Mareshah
11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Archaeological dig at Tel Mareshah
2-2:45 p.m. Lunch near Tel Mareshah
3:15-5:00 p.m. Shower in the area
6-7:30 p.m. Summation of the trip at Kibbutz Hulda
7:30 p.m. Farewell dinner for Canadian groups at Kibbutz Hulda
10:00 p.m. After dinner transfer to airport for departure
March of the Living 2000
P2K Itinerary (Poland, April 30-May 7)
April 30, Sunday
Check in at Toronto and Montreal airports
Arrive in Crakow
Check into hotel
Overnight at Hotel Continental
May 1, Monday,
Noon Israel-Canada and South Africa Opening Mifgash
1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Jewish Quarter (Rama Synagogue, Schindler's Factory, Plaszow)
5:30 p.m. Check in at hotel
6:30 p.m. Dinner
8:00 p.m. International Yom Hashoah Ceremony — Soroka Square
9:30 p.m. Leil Yom Hashoah Service at hotel
10:30 p.m. Debriefing sessions
Midnight Lights out
Overnight at Hotel Cracovia
May 2, Tuesday — Yom Hashoah
6:00 a.m. Wake up
6:30 a.m. Breakfast
7:00 a.m. Depart for Oswiencem
9:00 a.m. Arrive in Oswiencem — visit synagogue
10:00 a.m. Auschwitz
Noon Lunch
1:00 p.m. International March of the Living; ceremony in Birkenau
6:30 p.m. Depart for Cracow
8:00 p.m. Dinner
9:00 p.m. Evening program
11:30 p.m. Lights out
Overnight at Hotel Cracovia
May 3, Wednesday,
6:30 a.m. Wake up
7:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Depart for Lancut
10:30 a.m. Lancut
Noon Depart for Belzec (lunch en route)
3:00 p.m. Belzec
4:30 p.m. Depart for Zamosc
5:30 p.m. Zamosc
7:00 p.m. Check in at Hotel
8:00 p.m. Dinner
9:00 p.m. Debriefing
11:30 p.m. Lights out
Overnight at Zamojski Hotel
May 4, Thursday
7:00 a.m. Wake up
7:30 a.m. Breakfast and Check Out
8:30 a.m. Depart for Lublin
10:00 a.m. Lublin Yeshiva and Cemetery
12:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00 p.m. Majdanek
5:00 p.m. Depart for Naleczow
6:00 p.m. Check in at Hotel
7:30 p.m. Dinner
9:00 p.m. Debriefing
11:30 p.m. Lights out
Overnight at Hotel Energetyk
May 5, Friday
6:00 a.m. Wake up
6:30 a.m. Breakfast and Check Out
7:30 a.m. Depart for Kazimierz Dolny
8:15 a.m. Kazimierz Dolny
9:15 a.m. Depart for Treblinka
1:30 p.m. Treblinka
2:30 p.m. Depart for Warsaw
4:30 p.m. Gensha Cemetery
5:30 p.m. Check in at Hotel
6:00 p.m. Canadian and South African Shabbat Dinner
Overnight at Hotel Solce
May 6, Shabbat
7:00 a.m. Wake Up
8:00 a.m. Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Nozyk Synagogue
1:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00 p.m. Walking Tour of Warsaw with Polish students
6:30 p.m. Dinner with Montreal Contingent — Hotel Europejski
8:00 p.m. Closing Program
10:00 p.m. Check out and Travel to Airport
Overnight on airplane, Lot Flight No. 1155
March of the Living 2000
P2k Itinerary (Israel, May 7-14)
May 7, Sunday
5:40 a.m. Arrive in Israel
7:00 a.m. Depart for Neve Ilan
8:00 a.m. Breakfast in Neve Ilan — all Canadian Contingents
10:00 a.m. Visit Latroun
Noon Arrive in Jerusalem — Shehechiyanu
2:00 p.m. Visit Kotel
2:30 p.m. Hostel check in
Lunch
6:30 p.m. BBQ with another Canadian Contingent
7:30 p.m. Kumsitz with Toronto Contingent
Overnight at Gesher Youth Hostel
May 8, Monday
7:00 a.m. Wake Up
7:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Depart for Tour of Jerusalem
9:30 a.m. Overview of Jerusalem from Tayelet
9:45 a.m. City of David
10:00 a.m. Visit Southern Wall Excavations
10:45 a.m. Visit Jewish and Christian Quarters in the Old City
12:30 p.m. Pizur Lunch in the Old City
2:45 p.m. Nahalot Game in Mahane Yehuda
5:30 p.m. Return to Hostel
6:30 p.m. Dinner at Hostel
8:00 p.m. Yom Hazikaron Siren
8:30 p.m. Yom Hazikaron Program
Overnight at Gesher Youth Hostel
May 9, Tuesday — YOM HAZIKARON
7:00 a.m. Wake Up
7:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Depart Hostel
9:00 a.m. Jerusalem — Har Tzion and Tourjeman Post
11:00 a.m. Stand for Siren on Ben Yehuda
12:00 p.m. Pizur Lunch on Ben Yehuda
1:00 p.m. Visit ammunition Hill
2:30 p.m. Discussion at Rose Park
4:00 p.m. Return to Hostel
4:30 p.m. Castle Participants Depart
7:00 p.m. Depart for Castle
8:00 p.m. Castle Ceremony
9:00 p.m. Falafel Dinner at Castle
10:00 p.m. Yom Ha'atzmaut Celebration in Mevasseret Zion
Overnight at Gesher Youth Hostel
May 10, Wednesday — Yom Haatzmaut
9:00 a.m. Wake Up
9:30 a.m. Breakfast and Check Out
10:15 a.m. Depart Hostel
10:30 a.m. Visit Shearim
11:15 a.m. Program in Maaleh Hahamishah
1:30 p.m. Hike at Sataff (box lunch)
6:00 p.m. Arrive in Caeesarea
7:00 p.m. International Yom Ha'atzmaut Program and Dinner
Overnight at Tel Hai Youth Hostel
May 11, Thursday
7:30 a.m. Wake Up
8:00 a.m. Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Depart for Golan Heights
9:30 a.m. Hike in Tel Dan
11:30 a.m. Visit Syrian Bunkers at Tel Faher
12:30 p.m. Observation Point at Har Bental
Lunch
3:00 p.m. Jeep Ride on the Golan Heights
6:30 p.m. Visit Metulla, Good Fence, Canada Centre
7:30 p.m. Dinner at Canada Centre
9:00 p.m. Return to Hostel
Overnight at Tel Hai Youth Hostel
May 12, Friday
6:30 a.m. Wake Up
7:00 a.m. Breakfast and Check Out. Luggage in Storage
8:00 a.m. Depart Hostel
9:30 a.m. Program in Hoshayah
12:30 p.m. Haifa Drop Off — Af Al Pi Chen Museum
1:45 p.m. Tel Aviv Drop Off — Eretz Israel Museum
2:45 p.m. Jerusalem Drop Off — Israel Museum
Overnight with families
May 13, Shabbat
Family Shabbat
Overnight with families
May 14, Sunday
8:30 a.m. Jerusalem Pick Up
9:30 a.m. Tel Aviv Pick Up
10:15 a.m. Visit Ayalon Institute
12:30 p.m. Box Lunch
1:30 p.m. Arrive at Tel Mareshah Archaeological Dig
4:00 p.m. Shower at Kibbutz Gat
6:00 p.m. Closing Canadian P2K Program - Kibbutz Hulda
8:00 p.m. Canadian Farewell Dinner — Kibbutz Hulda
10:00 p.m. Canadians Depart for Ben Gurion Airport
Israelis Depart for Beersheva and Eilat
Overnight flight to Canada
Monday, May 15, 2000
8:30 a.m. Return to Canada
Friday & Sunday drop off/ pick up times:
A. Toronto/Coast to Coast
Friday:
12.30pm Haifa, Af al Pi Chen Museum
1.30pm Netanya, Hadarim mall
2 pm Tel Aviv, Eretz Yisrael Museum
2-2.30pm Jerusalem, Israel Museum
Sunday:
7.30 Haifa, Af al Pi Chen Museum
8.30 Netanya, Hadarim mall
10.00 Tel Aviv, Eretz Yisrael museum
10.00 Jerusalem, Israel museum
B. Montreal
Friday:
1.30 pm Jerusalem, Israel Museum
2.30 pm Tel Aviv, North Train station
3.15 pm Netanya, Hadarim Mall
4.15 pm Haifa, Af al pi chen Museum
Sunday:
6.45 am Haifa
7.30 am Netanya
9.00 am Tel Aviv (they should be there earlier, so the bus can actually set off at 9am)
10.00 am Jerusalem (Israel museum or Beit Shmuel?- Ruth can you clarify?)
C. P2K
Friday:
12.30 pm Haifa, Af al pi Chen museum (if necessary- please let us know)
13.45 pm Tel Aviv, Eretz Yisrael museum
14.45 pm Jerusalem, Israel museum
Sunday:
8.30 am Jerusalem, Israel museum
9.30 am Tel Aviv, Eretz Yisrael museum
(If there is need for Haifa, they will probably come down with the Toronto/ Coast to Coast groups)
GENERATION TO GENERATION
2000 March of the Living Adult Mission
April 30-May 11, 2000
As of April 24, 2000. Subject to change without notice
SUNDAY APRIL 30
11.25 p.m. Departure from Toronto LOT #042.
MONDAY MAY 1
2:00 p.m Arrival in Warsaw, Poland.
Bus and guide to meet us at airport and immediately visit Gensha Cemetery
4:00 p.m. Check in at hotel
5.00 p.m. Dinner at Menorah Restaurant
6.00 p.m. Leil Yom HaShoah Ceremony
Overnight Victoria Hotel, Warsaw
TUESDAY MAY 2
5:00 a.m. Wake-up
5:30 a.m. Check out
6:00 a.m. Breakfast
6.15 a.m. Depart for airport
7:45 a.m. flight to Krakow (LOT # 3901)
9:00 a.m. Depart from Krakow airport
10:30 a.m. Auschwitz (Museum)
1:00 p.m. MARCH OF THE LIVING from Auschwitz to Birkenau
4:00 p.m. Visit Birkenau after March
6:00 p.m. Depart for Krakow
8.30 p.m. Dinner at Hotel Forum
Overnight Hotel Forum, Krakow
WEDNESDAY MAY 3
6.30 a.m. Wake up
7:00 a.m. Check out
7.30 a.m. Breakfast
Option A
8:00 a.m. Plaszow, Schindler
9:30 a.m. Jewish Quarter
12 noon Ghetto, Pharmacy
Option B
Home visits for those going to towns in Krakow region
5.30 p.m. Those on home visits meet group for dinner at Hotel Forum.
Drive to Warsaw.
Overnight: Victoria Hotel, Warsaw
THURSDAY MAY 4
6:30 a.m. Wake up
7:00 a.m. Breakfast
Option A
8:00 a.m. Warsaw sites: Rappoport Monument, Mila 18, Umschlagplatz
9:30 a.m. Depart for Tykochin
12.30 p.m. Tykochin
2.30 p.m. Depart for Treblinka
4:00 p.m. Treblinka
6:00 p.m. Depart for Warsaw
Option B Home visits to towns in Warsaw region for those who do not travel on Shabbat
8:00 p.m. Dinner at Hotel Europeski
Overnight Victoria Hotel, Warsaw
FRIDAY MAY 5
6:00 a.m. Wake up
6:30 a.m. Breakfast
Option A
7:00 a.m. Depart for Lublin
8:30 a.m. Yeshiva
11.30 a.m. Majdanek
3:00 p.m. Depart for Warsaw
Option B Home visits to towns in Warsaw region for those who do not travel on Shabbat
7:00 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat services
7:30 p.m. Dinner at Europeski Hotel
Overnight Victoria Hotel
SHABBAT MAY 6
8:00 a.m. Wake up
9:00 a.m. Breakfast
Option A
10:00 a.m. Shabbat Services at Nozyk Synagogue
1:00 p.m. Lunch at Hotel Europeski with Dr. Seymour Epstein, Director, Toronto Board of Jewish Education
2:00 p.m. Walking tour of Old City
Option B Hometown visits
7:30 p.m. Dinner at Europeski Hotel
10:00 p.m. Check out from Victoria Hotel
Transfer to airport for flight to Israel: LOT #1155 departing 1:00 a.m.
SUNDAY MAY 7
05:40 Arrival in Israel. Dance on tarmac with all MOL participants
07:00 Depart Ben Gurion Airport en route for Jerusalem
08:00 Shehechiyanu and check into the Sheraton Plaza Hotel
08:45 - 13:00 Time to rest at the hotel
13:00 Depart hotel
13:30 - 14:30 Lunch in Ben Yehuda.
15:00 - 16:30 Debriefing at Yad Vashem. Special emphasis on the monuments of the museum.
Ceremony at the Valley of the Communities
17:00 - 18:00 Tour around Jerusalem to see some of the Observation points of the city: Tayelet, Mt.Scopus, Nebi Samuel
20:00 Dinner at a Middle Eastern Restaurant
Overnight: Sheraton Plaza, Jerusalem
MONDAY MAY 8
07:30 - 09:00 Breakfast with guest speaker to brief on the Mood of the Country (Reuven Hazan)
09:15 Depart hotel
10:00 - 13:30 Special visit to an IDF base with all Keren Hayesod missions in Israel.
Lunch at the base
14:15 Return to Jerusalem
14:30 - 16:30 Political program along the Green Line in areas of Conflict and Coexistence in
Jerusalem,with Bob Lang, a Palestinian Speaker and moderated by Danny Levine
16:45 - 17:30 Jewish Sovereignty briefing by Danny Levine
17:45 Return to Hotel
18:15 - 19:15 Dinner at hotel
19:15 Depart hotel to attend a Yom Hazikaron Ceremony.
20:00 Mourning siren followed by ceremony of the Tzofim Movement at Mt.. Herzl
Overnight: Sheraton Plaza, Jerusalem
TUESDAY MAY 9, Yom Hazikaron
07:30 - 08:30 Breakfast at hotel
09:30 - 10:30 Visit Ammunition Hill
10:30 - 10:50 Travel to Mt. Herzl or Ben Yehuda in anticipation of the National Mourning Siren
11:00 Stand still during the siren
11:10 - 12:00 Visit the Mt. Herzl Military Cemetery during the official Yom Hazikaron Ceremony
13:30 - 14:30 Lunch at leisure in the Jewish Quarter
14:30 - 17:30 Tour of the Old City. Special emphasis on Battles fought in 1948 in the Jewish Quarter
17:45 Return to hotel and time to prepare for the Yom Haatzmaut celebrations
19:30 Dinner at hotel in main dining room
21:00 Go out to the streets of Jerusalem, sing and dance with Kol Am Israel
Overnight: Sheraton Plaza, Jerusalem
WEDNESDAY MAY 10, Yom Haatzmaut
Breakfast at hotel at your own convenience
10:30 Check out and depart hotel
10:30 - 13:30 Visit the Castel and later on Latroun. Two sites that focus on the Independence War
13:00 - 16:00 Keren Hayesod Yom Haatzmaut picnic at Maaleh Hahamishah
16:00 - 17:00 Travel to Caesarea
17:00 - 18:30 Visit the Roman ruins of Caesarea
19:00 - 22:00 Closing event of the March of the Living at the Roman Theater in Caesarea
23:00 Arrive at Ben Gurion Airport for departure
THURSDAY MAY 11
01:40 Fly back to Canada on LY 029