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Learn more about the March of the Living experience and consider joining the St. Louis Delegation April 2013. 

March of the Living video provided by Samantha Weil, Rose Weil Media.

Wednesday, April 3 / Depart for Poland

• Depart from O’Hare Airport, Chicago at 9:30pm (approximate)

Thursday, April 4 / Treblinka

• Arrive to Warsaw and meet local staff
• Ceremony at the Treblinka Memorial
• Orientation tour of Warsaw and check-in to hotel
• Overnight: Warsaw, Poland

Friday, April 5 / Warsaw Ghetto

• Walking tour of the Warsaw Ghetto and the Old City
• Umschlagplatz – Gathering place before transfer to Treblinka Death Camp
• Clean-up project in Warsaw’s old Jewish Cemetery
• Kabbalat Shabbat services at Warsaw’s Nozyk Synagogue
• Overnight: Warsaw, Poland

Saturday, April 6 / Shabbat in Warsaw

• Shabbat programming and walking tour in Warsaw
• Overnight: Warsaw, Poland

Sunday, April 7 / Auschwitz & Birkenau

• Travel southwards to Poland’s historic Galicia Region
• Reflections at the grounds of Auschwitz and Birkenau
• Ceremony at the restored Oswiecem Synagogue – Outskirts of Auschwitz
• Overnight: Krakow, Poland

Monday, April 8 / Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day

• Kazimierz – Krakow’s Old Jewish Quarter
• Plaszow work camp, Ghetto Wall, Schindler’s Factory, and Pharmacy
• Return to Auschwitz and take part in the March of the Living
• Overnight: Krakow, Poland

Tuesday, April 9 / Lublin and Majdanek

• Checkout of hotel and travel through the Polish countryside to Lubin
• Explore the Jewish history of Lublin
• Final reflections and ceremony at the Majdanek death camp
• Arrive back to Warsaw and check-in for overnight flight to Israel

Wednesday, April 10 / Aliya to Israel

• Pre-dawn arrival to Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport – Welcome breakfast on the beach
• Ceremony at the Hannah Szenes Memorial at Kibbutz Sdot Yam beach
• Atlit – Journeying to Israel following the Shoah
• Walking tour of Zichron Yaakov – History of the Aliyah Movement
• Early check-in to hotel and rest for the afternoon
• Overnight: Kibbutz Maagan Guest House, Sea of Galilee

Thursday, April 11 / Pioneering in the Galilee

• Misgav Am – Settling Israel’s frontier
• Nature walk in the Hula Valley Reserve
• Tour of Tzfat – Center of Jewish mysticism
• Evening: Community cruise on the Sea of Galilee
• Overnight: Kibbutz Maagan Guest House, Sea of Galilee

Friday, April 12 / Ascent to Jerusalem

• Travel to Jerusalem via the Jordan Valley
• Tour of “Old Gesher” en route
• Panoramic introduction to Jerusalem at Mt. Scopus
• Pre-Shabbat shopping at Mahane Yehuda marketplace
• Community Shabbat celebration overlooking the Old City
• Overnight: Prima Royale Hotel, Jerusalem

Saturday, April 13 / Shabbat in Jerusalem

• Optional Shabbat services at local synagogues
• Walking tour of Yemin Moshe and Montefiore’s Windmill
• Relaxed afternoon in Jerusalem
• Evening: Return to the Old City for the Kotel Tunnel Tours
• Overnight: Prima Royale Hotel, Jerusalem

Sunday, April 14 / The Old City of Jerusalem

• Old City, Southern Walls and the Herodian Mansions
• Group visit to the Kotel – The Western Wall
• Shopping and lunch in the Cardo section of the Jewish Quarter
• Geo-political tour of Jerusalem – Including visit to Ammunition Hill
• Evening: Erev Yom HaZikaron Memorial Service
• Overnight: Prima Royale Hotel, Jerusalem

Monday, April 15 / Founding a Modern State

• Machon Ayalon – Establishing a modern Jewish State
• Celebrate Statehood at Independence Hall in Tel Aviv
• Free time along Tel Aviv beachfront
• Visit to the Yitzhak Rabin Center
• Return to Jerusalem in the early evening
• Erev Yom HaAtzmaut – Group night on Ben Yehuda Street
• Overnight: Prima Royale Hotel, Jerusalem

 Tuesday, April 16 / Yom HaAtzmaut – Independence Day

• Reflections at the Mt. Herzl National Memorial
• Re-join with groups from around the world for the March in Jerusalem
• Evening: March of the Living’s Central Event
• Overnight: Prima Royale Hotel, Jerusalem

Wednesday, April 17 / L’Hitraot!

• Return to Ben Gurion Airport for early morning flight
• Arrive back to Chicago in the late afternoon

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