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Wexner Heritage Israel Institute 
CHADESH YAMEINU K’KEDEM: RENEW OUR DAYS AS THE DAYS OF OLD
ISRAEL AS A MODEL OF PRESERVATION AND INNOVATION IN A POST-COVID WORLD

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Tuesday, July 5
 

3:00pm IDT

Check in at the Orient Hotel

6:00pm IDT

Cocktail reception

7:00pm IDT

Dinner Ballroom

8:00pm IDT

Walk to Karon Theatre The Karon Theatre

8:15pm IDT

Opening Program The Karon TheatreAdv. Tziona Koenig Yair • Rabba Yaffa Epstein • Nissim Black

9:15pm IDT

Return to Orient - Have a Good Night! Orient Hotel
 
Wednesday, July 6
 

7:00am IDT

Optional Shacharit (morning prayers) at Local Synagogues

7:30am IDT

Breakfast Ballroom

8:30am IDT

Morning Beit Midrash - "Shema Yisrael: A Watchword of Innovation" BallroomRabbi Elka Abrahamson

9:00am IDT

Load Busses for Jerusalem Forest

9:30am IDT

Connecting to Self, Cohort, Community Jerusalem Forest

1:00pm IDT

Lunch by City Cohort

2:00pm IDT

Cincinnati Cohort Track - Community Then and NowInbar Bluzer New England Cohort Track - Leadership Then and NowRabbi Leon Morris Portland Cohort Track - Relationships Then and NowRabbi Dr. Avital Hochstein Rochester Cohort Track - Identity Then and NowRabbi Seth Farber Seattle City Cohort - Leadership Then and NowTamar Darmon

5:00pm IDT

Return to Hotel

6:15pm IDT

Dinner and Debrief the Day by City Cohort at the Hotel Cohort Locations

7:30pm IDT

Optional - Additional Cohort time - You can use the room for your own bonding purposes! Cohort Locations

8:00pm IDT

Free night in Jerusalem
 
Thursday, July 7
 

7:00am IDT

Optional Shacharit (morning prayers) at Local Synagogues

7:30am IDT

Breakfast Ballroom

8:00am IDT

Morning Beit Midrash - Both Sides of the Line: Understanding May 2021 BallroomMohammad Darawshe

9:00am IDT

Arab Residents of Jerusalem – Boundaries that Include, Boundaries that SeparateRiman Barakat The Relationship Between Israeli Arabs/Palestinian Israelis to the State of Israel Chicago Matnas Lod Understanding The West Bank/Judea and SamariaBrig. General Rami Abudram

2:45pm IDT

Arrive at the President's House Beit Hanassi - The President's House

4:00pm IDT

A Conversation with President Isaac Herzog Beit Hanassi - The President's HouseRabbi Elka Abrahamson • President Isaac Herzog

6:00pm IDT

Process the Day with Your City Cohort Cohort Locations

7:00pm IDT

Optional - Additional Cohort time - You can use the room for your own bonding purposes! Cohort Locations Free Night in Jerusalem (Dinner on Own)
 
Friday, July 8
 

6:30am IDT

Breakfast Open from 6:30 - 9:00 Ballroom

7:00am IDT

Optional Shacharit (morning prayers) at Local Synagogues Bus Departs for Hike - The Israel Trail around Jerusalem Israel Trail

9:00am IDT

Bus Departs to Hesed - Giving BackLatet

9:30am IDT

Bus Departs for Archaeological DigBarak Monikendam Givon Bus Departs for the Culinary ExperienceNisimi Naim Naor

1:00pm IDT

Free Time in Jerusalem (Lunch on Own)

4:45pm IDT

Gather in the Lobby of the Orient for Busses to Old City Orient Hotel

5:15pm IDT

Welcoming Shabbat Together in the Old City David Tower MuseumRabbi David Russo • Rabbi Jay Moses • Boaz Dorot • Cantor Shani Ben Or

6:15pm IDT

Free time in the Old City - and visit to the Kotel on your own

7:00pm IDT

Candle Lighting at Merkaz Shimshon Merkaz Shimshon Optional Evening Services - Traditional (Please Daven Mincha on your own) Merkaz Shimshon

7:15pm IDT

Optional Evening Services - LiberalRabbi Jay Moses • Boaz Dorot • Cantor Shani Ben Or

8:00pm IDT

Festive Shabbat Dinner (Mandatory) Blaustein Hall

9:00pm IDT

Chassidic Egalitarian TischRabba Yaffa Epstein • Rabbi David Russo

10:00pm IDT

Return to Orient - Have a Good Night! Orient Hotel Optional Tour of Meah Shearim - Ultra Orthodox Neighbourhood
 
Saturday, July 9
 

8:00am IDT

Breakfast Main Dining Hall

9:00am IDT

Optional - Nachlaot Synagogue Hop Optional - Shabbat morning Prayers at Local Synagogues Optional - Spiritual Walk Through the Old City

11:30am IDT

ShabbatTarbut - Israeli Cultural Shabbat Experience - On the Topic of The Security Situation BallroomAssaf Orion

12:30pm IDT

Kiddush and Shabbat Lunch Ballroom

1:45pm IDT

Check in with Angie - Graduating Classes (Rochester, Seattle, Cincinnati) BallroomAngie Atkins

2:00pm IDT

Shabbat Learning Sessions - Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Portland And New England) Cohort LocationsRabbi David Russo Shabbat Learning Sessions - Cincinnati 19 - Those were the days: Two Jewish Approaches to Jewish Nostalgia Cohort LocationsRabbi Elhanan Miller Shabbat Learning Sessions - Rochester 19 - Back to the Future: The Day Moshe Failed His Torah Class Cohort LocationsGila Fine Shabbat Learning Sessions - Seattle 19 - Rabbinic Innovation Post Destruction: Kedusha (Holiness) without the Mikdash (Temple) Cohort LocationsRabbi Rahel Berkovits

3:30pm IDT

Optional Afternoon Walking Tours Around Jerusalem Free Time in Jerusalem

6:30pm IDT

Optional Seudah Shlishit (dinner) - Sign up in advance required at Makor-IGT Desk Ballroom

8:15pm IDT

Havdallah - Ending Shabbat Together (Mandatory) Courtyard - Orient Hotel

9:00pm IDT

Free Time in Jerusalem
 
Sunday, July 10
 

7:00am IDT

Breakfast Ballroom Optional Shacharit (morning prayers) at Local Synagogues

8:00am IDT

Check out of Hotel - Leave Baggage in Rooms

8:30am IDT

Morning Beit Midrash - How Do We as the Jewish State Welcome the Stranger? BallroomMinister Pnina Tamanu Shata

10:00am IDT

Board Buses for Immigration Experiences (leave Jerusalem) Exploring How Israel Builds Inclusive Communities - Ethiopian Track (Cincinnati, Rochester Seattle) Exploring How Israel Builds Inclusive Communities - Ukrainian Track (New England, Portland)

3:00pm IDT

Processing Your Morning in City Cohorts - at Hotel in Tel Aviv David Intercontinental

4:00pm IDT

Collect Bags and Check Into Rooms David Intercontinental

5:00pm IDT

Israel and her Land - Farm experience exploring Shmita – the Sabbatical YearHedai Ofaim • Shai Tzabari
 
Monday, July 11
 

7:00am IDT

Breakfast Ballroom Optional Shacharit (morning prayers) at Local Synagogues

8:00am IDT

Morning Beit Midrash - Changing Paradigms in Israeli Society David IntercontinentalRabba Yaffa Epstein • Rabbi Menachem Bombach

10:00am IDT

Innovation in Tech and Science Innovation in the Arts Jewish Innovation Social Innovation

3:00pm IDT

The Art of Diffiult Conversations - Processing the Week Ballroom

5:30pm IDT

Reception for the Graduating Classes (Seattle, Cincinnati and Rochester) - With Rabbi Elka Abrahamson David IntercontinentalRabbi Elka Abrahamson

6:00pm IDT

Free Night in Tel Aviv
 
Tuesday, July 12
 

7:00am IDT

Optional Shacharit (morning prayers) at Local Synagogues

7:30am IDT

Breakfast Ballroom

8:30am IDT

Board Buses for the ANU museum David Intercontinental

10:00am IDT

Global Jewish Peoplehood - Meeting Our Israeli Counterparts ANU: Museum of the Jewish PeopleDr. Ruth Calderon • Alon Friedman

1:00pm IDT

Free afternoon in Tel Aviv

4:00pm IDT

Board Buses for the Peres Center

5:00pm IDT

Commencement Ceremony for Seattle 19, Rochester 19 and Cincinnati 19 Peres Center for Peace and InnovationRabbi Elka Abrahamson • Angie Atkins • Rabba Yaffa Epstein • Rabbi Jay Moses

6:30pm IDT

Closing Banquet Peres Center for Peace and Innovation

8:30pm IDT

Busses Depart for Ben Gurion - L'hitraot! Peres Center for Peace and Innovation
 
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