ISRAEL OUT OF THE ORDINARY: A SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND POLITICAL ADVENTURE
March 2009 (Exact dates TBD)

Travel to Israel with New Generations, an open and vibrant community of professionals, social activists, and community leaders in their 20s, 30s, and early 40s, who are committed to the work of the New Israel Fund.

Stretch your mind.
Speak with people of diverse views and backgrounds: secular and Orthodox, Jewish and Arab, Sephardi and Ashkenazi, recent immigrants and veteran Israelis.

Explore the country.
Tour Tel Aviv’s historic districts, discover Jerusalem’s tucked away neighborhoods, visit the Umm el-Fahim Art Gallery, and enjoy the taste of Bedouin and Ethiopian cuisine.

Meet the players.
Meet with grassroots activists, civil rights lawyers, academics, writers, and artists who are shaping the social change movement in Israel.

Join us for an unforgettable journey…

For more information, please contact:

SF New Generations Director Orli Bein at orli@nif.org 415.543.5055
NY New Generations Director Hillit Zwick at hillit@nif.org 212.613.4403

Sample Itinerary

Friday: Tel Aviv

• Introduction to the New Israel Fund and Study Tour Orientation.
• Kabbalat Shabbat with Bina, Israel’s first secular yeshiva
• New Directions of the New Israel Fund: Shabbat Dinner with Shlomit Yarkoni, Associate Director of the New Israel Fund in Israel

Saturday: Tel Aviv

• A reporter’s perspective on the current mood in Israel: Discussion with Israeli journalist Eetta Prince Gibson of the Jerusalem Report
• Free afternoon

Sunday: Tel Aviv

• Current Issues in Human Trafficking and Refugees: Discussion with Sigal Rozen, Public Policy Coordinator, and Lisa Richlen, Associate Director for Resource Development, Hotline for Migrant Workers, NIF grantee
• Safeguarding Democracy and Human Right in Israel: Discussion with Gila Orkin, Director of International Relations, and Talia Nir, attorney, Association of Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), NIF’s largest grantee
• Building a Model for the Ethiopian Community: Discussion with Nir Katz, Director, and Ilana Melak, Young Adult Volunteerism Program, Friends by Nature, NIF grantee
• Dinner and evening theater

Monday: The Galilee

• Developing a Model of Environmental Sustainability: Meeting with Amiad Lapidot, Director of Eretz Carmel, NIF grantee
• NIF and Shatil Address the Needs of the North: Discussion with Fathi Marshood, Director of Shatil Haifa, and Lev Aran, the Northern Field Workers for FSU and Social and Economic Justice projects for Shatil Galil
• Dinner in Nazareth with Rasha Natoor, Program Officer for the New Israel Fund

Tuesday: The Negev

• Visit to Beit She’an, archeological excavation
• Discussion of the Dead Sea's current ecological crisis with Gundi Shahal, Dead Sea staff person of EcoPeace / Friends of the Earth Middle East
• Dinner at Kibbutz Ein Gedi

Wednesday: Hebron and Jerusalem

• Tour of Hebron with Mikhael Manekin, Director of Breaking the Silence, NIF grantee
• Challenges and Opportunities of Populations in the Negev: Lunch at Sidre Bedouin Negev Weaving Project and discussion with Sultan Abu Obaid, Co-director of Shatil Be’er Sheva and Enass Mitzri, Coordinator for the Advancement of Bedouin Youth Project of Shatil Be’er Sheva
• Free evening in Jerusalem

Thursday: Jerusalem

• Promoting Religious Pluralism: discussion with Anat Hoffman, Director of the Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC), NIF grantee Obstacles to Human Rights in Jerusalem: Tour of the separation barrier with Risa Zoll, International Relations Director for B'Tselem, and Kareem Jubran, Field Researcher in Jerusalem for B’Tselem, an NIF grantee
• Kick Racism Out of Soccer: Lunch and discussion with Itzik Shanan, Director of Communications of the New Israel Fund
• Tour of the Museum on the Seam
• Fun evening at an East Jerusalem pub

Friday: Jerusalem

• Discussion on Israel’s Environmental Challenges
• Wine tasting and lunch following tour of Emek HaElah, Agur, and Ktalav Wineries
• Friday evening Kabbalat Shabbat service at Kol HaNeshama Synagogue
• Shabbat Dinner at a Private Home

Saturday: Conclusion

• Walking tour of Jerusalem
• Closing luncheon