[CBI] CBI Trips next year
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To All:
We are sending out this e mail to those who have indicated an interest in
some form of trip next year. Currently, we are working on two, possibly
three trips.
Cuba;
We are looking to take a trip to Cuba (a Sunday to Thursday/trip) in late
November/early December. Currently we have 12 people who have shown an
interest - with just a few more we can start planning a trip (we need 20 for
a humanitarian visa).
Israel A:
We are looking to plan a trip in February (around President's week) to
Israel (Central & Northern country). This will be for all ages; it will be
designed for those who have been and those who have not been to Israel
before. If anyone is interested in a Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ceremony - (adult or
child) we can arrange that as well.
March for the Living/Israel B
We are looking to plan a trip of this nature in mid-late August, 2015. The
trip will start out in Poland, visiting Warsaw, Krakow and the Concentration
Camps. It will move to Israel for the latter part of the trip. This will
be a private tour - not associated with the much larger teen experience of
March for the Living.
These trips are open to members and non members alike.
Attached are two possible itineraries. They are samples only. The final
itinerary is made up by the participants themselves. We have not included
an itinerary for the Israel trip in February as it will only be in Israel
and will depend upon the experiences of the participants.
Please let us know if you are interested in any of the trips by June 23 - We
cannot plan until then.
If you have already indicated an interest - you do not have to do so again.
Thank you.
Steven Bayar, Rabbi
POLAND AND ISRAEL OUTLINE V.1 (as of 6Ju14)
Day One: Sunday, August 16, 2015
DEPARTURE
Overnight: Flight
Day Two: Monday, August 17, 2015
ARRIVAL IN KRAKOW
§ 2:30 p.m. Arrive at Krakow International Airport.
§ Welcome by our representative and assistance with arrival formalities.
§ 3:30 p.m Interactive ‘Site & Text’ program in the Kazimierz Jewish
Quarter, including:
· The Altshul, the oldest synagogue in Poland.
· The Rema Synagogue, the synagogue of Rabbi Moses Isserles the “Rema,” the
great codifier of Jewish law.
· The Rema Cemetery, where many great rabbinical leaders of Polish Jewry
are buried.
· The Temple, Krakow’s Reform congregation.
· The Galicia Jewish Museum exists to commemorate the victims of the
Holocaust and celebrate the Jewish culture of Polish Galicia, presenting
Jewish history from a new perspective.
§ Guided visit to Podgorze, the former Jewish Ghetto, including:
· The “Pharmacy” gateway to the Ghetto, and the Jewish Ghetto.
§ Check in at the hotel
§ Welcome dinner in Krakow’s Old Town.
Overnight: Krakow
Day Three: Tuesday, August 18, 2015
THE DESTRUCTION OF EUROPEAN JEWRY
§ Breakfast at the hotel.
§ In This Place - Guided visit through the Auschwitz–Birkenau Complex,
using personal stories and texts as a guide. [WE NEED TO DISCUSS WALKING
DISTANCE, AS WALK FROM BIRKENAU TO AUSCHWITZ IS ABOUT 2 MILES.]
§ Visit the Oswiecim Jewish Center, on the site of one of Oswiecim’s many
pre-Holocaust synagogues, including boxed lunch. Before Auschwitz became the
ultimate symbol of the Holocaust, it was just an ordinary Polish town known
as Oswiecim. The majority of its citizens were Jewish.
§ Return to Krakow.
§ Free time to explore Krakow’s Old Town.
§ The Krakow Jewish Community Today and a Vision for the Future: Dinner at
the JCC with Jonathan Ornstein, the JCC Director, and local members of the
community.
Overnight: Krakow
Day Four: Wednesday, August 19, 2015
ARRIVAL IN WARSAW
§ Breakfast at the hotel.
08:30 Depart to The Oskar Schindler factory Museum.
§ 10:00 Depart to train station, for a ride to Warsaw by first class train
§ 12:45 a.m. Arrive at Warsaw International Airport.
§ Meet our guide in Warsaw and start our guided tour.
§ The World That Was: Guided visit through the Okapova Cemetery, one of
the largest Jewish cemeteries in the world and a testimony to hundreds of
years of Jewish life in Poland.
§ Lunch on your own, en route.
§ Check into the hotel.
§ Welcome dinner in Warsaw and orientation with your tour guide.
Overnight: Warsaw
Day Five: Thursday, August 20, 2015
THE WORLD THAT WAS
§ Breakfast at the hotel.
§ Visit the newly opened Museum of the History of Polish Jews and meet
with one of the curators.
§ Guided visit through the Warsaw Ghetto, including the Remnants of the
Ghetto Wall, the Warsaw Ghetto Memorial, Mila 18, and Umschlagplatz, site of
the deportation of the Warsaw Jewish community to Treblinka.
§ Lunch on your own, en route.
§ Visit the Nozyk Synagogue, the last remaining pre-Holocaust synagogue in
Warsaw.
§ Visit the Jewish Genealogy Center, including meeting with Directors Yale
Reisner or Anna Przybyszewska Drozd.
§ Return to the hotel.
§ Depart for dinner.
§ Dinner and dialogue at Beit Warszawa, Warsaw’s liberal congregation,
with Rabbi Gil Nativ and community members.
Overnight: Bristol, Warsaw
Day Six: Friday, August 21, 2015
· Breakfast at the hotel.
After breakfast, depart to the airport for the flight to Israel, EL AL 564
at 08:55 to Tel-Aviv
· Arrive Tel Aviv at 1:40pm.
· Transfer to Jerusalem. Enter as pilgrims.
· Check in.
· Kabbalat Shabbat at Kotel.
· Shabbat dinner and overnight, Jerusalem.
Day Seven: Saturday, August 22, 2015
· Attend Shabbat services at Moreshet Yisrael with Rabbi Bayar.
· Shabbat lunch.
· Afternoon at leisure.
PROGRAM - 5 NIGHTS, 6 DAYS
(CIENFUEGOS-SANTA CLARA-HAVANA)
WEDNESDAY Dec 25 - D
· 4:30 pm Depart MIA to CFG
· Arrive at Jaime Gonzalez Airport in CFG, where after going through
passport control and customs, we will be met by our English speaking guide
and driver
· Continue on to the beautiful port town of Cienfuegos, Cuba’s “Pearl
of the South”, founded in 1819. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, chosen
for the best existing 19th Century Early Urban Planning.
· Check into Jagua hotel
· Before dinner, brief walking tour of CFG including town square and
Thomas Terry Theater
· Dinner INCLUDED at Palacio del Valle This is a magnificent
historical building set on the bay. Built for a wealthy sugar merchant in
1913 by an Italian architect, this building is a mixture of many styles,
gothic, baroque, Moorish and Romanesque, and has become of symbol of
Cienfuegos.
Night Option: After dinner, enjoy some nice Cuban music at Thomas Terry
theater Café
THURSDAY Dec 26 – B, L, D
· Early breakfast INCLUDED at hotel and check out
· Enjoy the southern coastline of Cuba as we travel to Trinidad.
This charming town is a UNESCO heritage site town settled in 1514. Trinidad
is one of UNESCOS World Heritage sites since 1988.
· Enjoy a walking tour of historic Trinidad which is a 500 year old
city with Spanish colonial architecture. Only a few square blocks in size,
historic Trinidad is famous for its lovely cobblestone streets, pastel
houses with wrought iron grills, as well as beautiful palaces and plazas.
· Meet with the famous family Santander, well-known potters; visit
their workshop and gallery. These artists have been making handmade pottery
for over 100 years.
· Lunch INCLUDED at Trinidad Iberostar hotel
· After lunch, depart for your 4 hr drive back to Havana
· On route, visit the town of Santa Clara, an important city founded
in the 1600's, where Che Guevarra won a huge battle which led to the triumph
of the revolution in 1958.
· Continue to the Santa Clara Jewish Cemetery to visit the Newest
Holocaust Monument in the Western Hemisphere. Visit Or Jadash, the newest
synagogue in Cuba and meet with David Tacher, the president of the Santa
Clara community (Deliver aid). Learn about the life of Jews in the interior
of the country.
· Continue your drive to Havana. On the way, discuss the impacts of
the US embargo on Cuba and the history of US/Cuban relations.
· Arrive in Havana
· Check-in at Melia Cohiba hotel.
· Dinner INCLUDED at the hotel buffet restaurant (MAP)
FRIDAY Dec 27 – B, L, D
· Breakfast INCLUDED at hotel
· Start our day with a walking tour of the UNESCO heritage site – Old
Havana. Explore the four restored plazas, which date back to the 16th
century, you will witness the greatest wealth of Spanish colonial
architecture in the western hemisphere. Many of the old residences,
government buildings and churches are actively being renovated under the
leadership of Eusebio Leal, official historian of the city. Learn how this
renaissance is having a financial impact on Old Havana. Ration stores and an
agri-market will be some of our stops.
· Visit the Old Jewish Quarter of the city and Adath Israel, Havana's
traditional Orthodox synagogue. The synagogue offers Cuba's only mikvah, a
daily minyan and a kosher butcher shop nearby, which has a limited supply of
meat for those who are fortunate to have special rations. Also a stop into
the Jewish themed Hotel Raquel.
· Lunch INCLUDED at El Templete set on the Bay of Havana overlooking
the Morro – Cabaña fortress that was built in 1589
· After lunch, visit to Museum of Revolution, a fascinating building
which houses the most complete exhibit of revolutionary history including
the Granma Memorial, the vessel that brought Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, and
other revolutionaries from Mexico to Cuba in 1956
· Return to the hotel to recharge batteries before dinner
· Tour the Patronato Synagogue and visit the Community Center, Sunday
school and pharmacy. The Patronato features a full library, with an
impressive collection of Jewish books and is a popular source of reference
and education for Jews throughout Cuba. The pharmacy houses the aid that is
donated from groups like yours. Kabbalat Shabbat services at the Patronato
· Dinner INCLUDED at La Barraca in the historic landmark Hotel
Nacional. This hotel was built in the 1930 and was designed by the same
architects as the Breakers in West Palm. We will tour the building and have
dinner in the gardens overlooking the famous Malecon (sea promenade).
Night Option: If you like jazz, there are two great venues
or there are
many other options like Havana Café at the Melia Cohiba
SATURDAY Dec 28 – B, L, D
· Breakfast INCLUDED at hotel
· Visit to the Jewish Cemetery in Guanabacoa. Visit the first
memorial to the Holocaust in the western hemisphere and have a Kaddish
service for the departed.
· Visit to Finca Vigia – the villa that Hemingway called home for 21
years. His home is now a museum and with his personal belongings left
intact. Learn how Cuba influenced Hemingway’s writing.
· Lunch INCLUDED at Finca Yoandra / Il Divino, one of the city’s many
“Paladares” (INCLUDED). Take a glimpse into this organic urban farm and
private home with a private restaurant in the outskirts of Havana. These
family-operated establishments are run by many of the best chefs on the
island and have become very popular among local and international visitors.
Enjoy your day tasting authentic Cuban fare, while interacting and sharing
stories with the owners.
· After lunch, visit Quisicuava Community Project. Chat with the
director and members of this Casa Templo (temple) dedicated to showcasing
Cuba’s African roots which have an important influence in the country’s
culture, art and music. Enjoy a Santeria Music Performance by locals,
including kids, with a chance to interact with them.
· Visit Almacenes de San Jose Handcraft Market. Interact with local
artist and share their stories and the challenges they face as artists in
Cuba
· Return to hotel to freshen up.
· Dinner INCLUDED at El Aljibe
Night Option: After dinner you may want to go to the famous Tropicana
SUNDAY Dec 29 – B, L, D
· Breakfast INCLUDED at hotel
· Panoramic tour of residential area of Miramar, Flores and Siboney,
where wealthy Cuban families used to live before the Revolution. Most
embassies, foreign companies offices and government officials’ homes are
located here at present
· Visit home and studio of famous Cuban artist Fuster, known as the
Picasso of the Caribbean. Learn about his community project in Jaimanitas
neighborhood.
· Enjoy a music performance at the Museum of Decorative Arts with
entrance to the museum
· Lunch at on your own Suggestion: Paladar La Moraleja (to be paid
onsite)
· Visit Centro Sefardi – the Sefardic Synagogue in Havana. Continue
learning about Jewish life on the island with Dr Mayra Levy, the president
of this community. Visit the newly opened Holocaust exhibit which was
funded by the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Soloman Mitrani Senior day
care center which are both in housed in this building.
· If time allows, stop at Plaza de la Revolucion for a group photo
and a quick visit to the Rosenberg memorial
· Return to the hotel
· Farewell Dinner INCLUDED at Café del Oriente
Night Option: Walk the streets of old Havana for traditional music at one of
the many cafes.
MONDAY Dec 30 - B
· Breakfast INCLUDED at hotel
· Check out of the hotel and transfer to the Jose Marti Airport in
HAV
· 11:00 am Return flight HAV to MIA
5-NIGHT/ 6-DAY PACKAGE COSTS (Period Dec 25 – 30, 2013)
Package price double occupancy (minimum 15 pax):
Group 15 – 20 travelers: $2950 per person
*Group 21 – 25 travelers: $2850 per person
*Group 26 + travelers: $2750 per person
Single supplement: $450
*1 traveler FREE in Double occupancy for 21 paid
Program includes:
Round trip ticket MIA>HAV>MIA
1 Night Jagua hotel
4 Nights Melia Cohiba hotel
13 meals (5 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 5 dinners)
Travel Visa
All programmed activities and permits (including museum entrance fees)
Health insurance.
Motor coach transportation to all programmed activities
Bilingual local guide to all programmed events
Program does not include:
Domestic airfare to Miami
Exit Airport tax from Cuba ($25 CUC)
Passenger travel insurance
Tips (restaurants, maids, guides and drivers)
Notice: Program prices and flight schedule are subject to changes without
prior notice for reasons beyond our control
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