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Summer Training Program in Israel 2005
| Tuesday, Aug. 2 |
| 13:00 |
Departure from Osaka |
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| Wednesday, Aug. 3 |
| 4:15 |
Arrival at Tel Aviv, Drove to Jerusalem |
| 9:00 |
The Old City: Temple Mount (Haram A-Sharif), the Western Wall, and Via Dolorosa |
| 12:00 |
The Lutheran Church: Lectures by Bishop Dr. Munib Younan, and Rev. Julie Rowe
Lunch at the church |
| 15:00 |
Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies: Lecture by Rabbi Dr. Einat Ramon, Dean of the Schechter Rabbinical Seminary, on Conservative Judaism |
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| Thursday Aug. 4 |
| 9:00 |
Introduction to the Rothberg International School by the Vice Provost of the School, Dr. Shimon Lipsky |
| 10:00 |
Faculty of Humanities:
- Welcome by Prof. Steven Kaplan, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities
- A session of Lectures at the Faculty of Humanities on:
- "Saints and Sainthood in Christianity, Islam and Judaism"
- - Dr. David Satran, Director of the Center for the Study of Christianity
- - Prof. Sara Sviri, Institute of Asian and African Studies
- - Dr. Jonathan Grab, Department of Jewish Thought
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| 13:30 |
Tour of the School of Archaeology with Prof. Amichai Mazar |
| 15:00 |
Tour of the Shrine of the Book with curator Dr. Adolfo Roitman |
| 16:00 |
Judaica section with curator Ms. Haya Benjamin |
| 18:30 |
Tour of old Jaffa and Tel-Aviv old port |
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| Friday Aug. 5 |
| 8:00 |
Tour of the Scottish Church (including the archeological site where 2 amulets of the priestly blessing written on silver where found) |
| 8:30 |
Drove to Yad Vashem - Holocaust Memorial; tour of the monuments and the museum |
| 11:00 |
Drove to Abu-Gosh, coffee with Ms. Na’amati a Muslim woman |
| 12:30 |
Kibbutz Tsuba: explanation about the kibbutz |
| 14:00 |
Drove to Ein Carem, the Church of Visitation |
| 17:00 |
Drove to synagogue, Mevakshei Derech Community: concert and Sabbath Eve prayer |
| 19:30 |
Meeting with Israeli students from Hebrew University |
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| Saturday Aug. 6 |
| 7:30 |
Drove to Dead Sea area:
- Sea Level Point, Qumran, Masada
- Kibbutz Ein Gedi: Botanical Gardens and lunch
- Ein Gedi Spa: Dip in the Dead Sea, mud and spa
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| Sunday Aug. 7 |
| 8:00 |
Drove to Baqa-Algharbiya |
| 10:00 |
Al-Qasemi Academic College of Education: Lecture and dialogue |
| 12:00 |
Drove to Haifa, through Carmel Mountain |
| 13:00 |
Haifa University: Welcome and introduction on the history and current activities of the university by Dr. Ido Landau professor of the department of Philosophy, Tour of Hecht Museum and Library |
| 16:00 |
Bahai Center - guided tour of the gardens and visitors’ center |
| 17:30 |
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community - Mahmud Mosque in Kababir |
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| Monday Aug. 8 |
| 8:00 |
Drove to Usafiya: Druz Community with a lecture and walk through the village by Dr. Abu Rukun |
| 10:00 |
Drove to Nazareth: Church of the Annunciation, Church of St. Joseph |
| 13:30 |
Kefar Nahum (Capernaum):
- Capernaum old synagogue and village; Tabha Churches on the Sea of Galilee
- Church of the Beatitudes
- Yardenit - Baptism Site on the Jordan River
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| 19:30 |
Han in Jerusalem |
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| Tuesday Aug. 9 |
| 8:30 |
Walked to Hebrew Union College through Yemin Moshe |
| 9:15 |
Hebrew Union College: Lecture by Rabbi David Willfand on Reform Judaism |
| 10:30 |
Archeological Museum: Lecture by the curator Dalia Pakman |
| 12:30 |
Machane Yehuda Market and Nachlaot area |
| 14:00 |
Mt. Zion: King David’s Tomb; Last Supper Room; Dormitian Abbey |
| 15:30 |
Kibbutz Ramat Rachel: view of Bethlehem |
| 18:30 |
Downtown Jerusalem |
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| Wednesday, Aug. 10 |
| 2:00 |
Leave to Tel Aviv |
| 5:35 |
Departure from Tel Aviv |
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| Thursday, Aug. 11 |
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