KMS Poland Trip

Pricing, Itinerary & Other Information Tuesday, July 3 - Monday, July 9, 2017

- Summer 2018 -

Heritage Seminars are unique educational experiences

which study Jewish history and Jewish ancestral roots in Eastern Europe. Heritage Seminars is accredited by the Rothberg International School at Hebrew University. Through extensive visits to the destroyed centers of Jewish culture and scholarship and a course of creative academic study that takes place throughout the seminar, participants in Heritage programs strengthen their Jewish identity, awareness, and

commitment to the Jewish people and the State of Israel. All programs include orientation and advance preparation. Heritage excels at meticulous planning in the areas of educational curriculum, logistics, staffing, kosher food services, medical personnel, and security. To date, we have served the educational needs of over 14,000 participants since our inception in 1990. In addition to 35 One Year Programs in Israel, Heritage has served the needs of a growing list of adult and family programs. Participants visit primary sites in Warsaw, Krakow, Lublin, Galicia as well as Treblinka, Majdanek, Belzec, Plaszow, Auschwitz and Birkenau. Programs originating from the USA are encouraged to add Israel to their seminar. Heritage is accredited by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

David Bernstein is the Dean of Pardes. He holds a B.A. and M.A. in History and a Ph.D. in Religious Education from New York University. He

also attended Yeshivat HaMivtar. David has been the Dean of Pardes since 1998. Previously, he was the director of Midreshet Lindenbaum, popularly known as Brovender’s, for 12 years. David was a Jerusalem Fellow at the Mandel School for Jewish Education in Jerusalem from 1996-1998.

Before making Aliyah in 1984, David was the director of informal education at the Ramaz Upper School in New York City, where he created and taught a 2-year curriculum integrating world and Jewish history.

Michael Berl holds a BA in Political Science from Yeshiva University and an MA in Theater Arts from Brooklyn College. For 13 years he was

Director of Student Activities and Music Director at the Ramaz School before making Aliyah in 1985. For many years, he served as Music and Program Director at Camp Massad, a resident staff member of Yeshiva University Leadership Seminars, and Director of Fine Arts at Camp Morasha for over a decade. Upon Aliyah he was appointed Associate Director of the Israel Council of Young Israel, and Music/Drama Instructor at the American International School in Kfar Shmaryahu. In 1986 he became Director of the Beit Hillel Theater Workshop at Hebrew University, a position he holds until today. From 1987-1990, he was the programmer for the March of the Living in their main offices in Tel Aviv. He has served as the Director of Heritage Seminars since its inception in 1991.

- TRIP HISTORIAN - - TRIP DIRECTOR -

Heritage Seminars - In Cooperation with Following by Tour Plus

Heritage Seminars Kemp Mill Synagogue to Poland

TENTATIVE Draft #1– As of November 14

Date Time Itinerary

Tuesday, July 3 9:9:30 Group Assembles at Chopin International Airport

11:30-1:30 1:30-2:30

The Story Begins – Warsaw Jewish Ceme-tery Lunch

2:45-3:45 Warsaw Ghetto Wall

4:00-5:30 Heroism Street

5:45- 6:45 Nozyk Synagogue – Meeting with Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich (* if available) Mincha

7:00 Dinner / Maariv

8:45 Check In Hotel

Date Time Itinerary

Wednesday- July 4 7:00 Tefillat Shacharit

7:30 Breakfast

8:30 Departure

9:00-12:00 3:00-5:00

New MUSEUM (POLIN) Tikocyn, Mincha, and Lupachowa Forest

6:30-8:00 Treblinka Bus Film: Escape from Sobibor

9:45 Dinner Processing Session #1- First Impressions

OV- Warsaw

Date Time Itinerary

Thursday- July 5 6:00 Tefillat Shacharit

6:30 Breakfast

7:30 Departure

10:30-1:30 2:00-3:30

Majdanek and Commemorative Ceremony Yeshiva of Chachmei Lublin / Shiur/ Min-cha

5:30—7:oo

Lezajsk The Mystique of the Rebbe Elimelech at

8:00 Check In - Rzsesow

Dinner, Maariv, and Processing Session #2 OV - Rzeszow

Date Time Itinerary

Friday-July 6 6:00 Tefillat Shacharit

6:40 Breakfast

7:30 Departure

8:00-9:30 Markowa

Bus Film: Schindler’s List – Part I

11:00-12:45 Tarnow & Lunch

1:15-2:15 4:00 6:45

Zbilatowska Gora = In Tribute to the Chil-dren Preparation for Shabbat Candle Lighting-6:45 (Candle lighting technically 8:33)

7:00 Departure for Isaac Synagogue

7:30 Kabbalat Shabbat with Krakow Communi-ty

9:00 Seudat Shabbat

Oneg Shabbat

Date Time Itinerary

Shabbat – July 7 From 7:30 Coffee/ Tea/ Cake

8:45 Departure for Isaac Synagogue

9:00 Tefillot Shabbat

11:15 Kiddush

12:00 -2:00 2:00 -2:30

Krakow Synagogue Tour JCC, Alta, Kup-pah, Temple, Kovea Itim Mincha – Remah Synagogue

2:45 Seudat Shabbat

4:00- 6:00 6:00- 8:00 8:00-8:45 8:45 9:50 10:15

Menuchat Shabbat City Tour of Krakow Special Session: Paulina the Righteous Gentile* * If Available Seudah Shlishit and Processing Session #3 Maariv and Havdalah (9:58 PM) Galicia Museum

Date Time Itinerary

Sunday – July 8 7:00 730 8:30 9:00-10:00

Tefillat Shacharit Breakfast Departure Remah Cemetery

10:15-11:15 11:30-12:15

Ghetto area and Apothecary Schindler Factory

12:30-2:00 Plazsow

4:00-5:00 Kielce

7:00- 7:45 Beit Yaakov – Jewish Education for Women

8:00 9:15

Dinner Old Town Walk

Date Time Itinerary

Monday – July 9 6:30 Tefillat Shacharit

7:00 Breakfast

8:00 Departure

9:30-9:45 Silent March to Birkenau

10:00- 1:15 Birkenau

2:00-4:30 Auschwitz I with Auschwitz Specialist Dinner and Closing Remarks Departure From Krakow * * SUBJECT TO FLIGHT TIMES

KMS Poland Trip

About Heritage Seminars

- Summer 2018 -

Heritage Seminars in cooperation with Be’ikvot – Following by Tour Plus, invites the Kemp Mill Synagogue community for this singular and unforgettable experience in Poland together with Historian, Dr. David Bernstein.

Heritage was conceived with special emphasis on exploring the richness of Jewish life before WW II and analyzing the demise of that lifestyle during the Holocaust. Heritage excels at meticulous planning in the areas of educational curriculum, logistics, staffing, kosher requirements, medical personnel, and security. To date, we have served the educational needs of over 14,000 participants since our inception in 1990.

Heritage Trip Includes:

• 6 Nights/7 Days in Poland – 4* Hotels during the week/5* Hotel over the weekend

• Resident Historian – Dr. David Bernstein

• Halls for Processing Sessions – 3 times over the duration of the mission.

• Full Board – Kosher Mehadrin

• Bottled mineral water, and refreshments throughout the duration of the mission

• Deluxe Tourist Bus with Wi-Fi, Video and WC

• Local Polish security + additional security on Shabbat.

• Doctor

• Entries to sites as per itinerary, according to regular opening hours, tips, and other services

• Sweatshirt and map

KMS Poland Trip

Trip Costs & Deposits

- Summer 2018 -

Trip Fees*

• Per Person Cost: $2600

Single Supplement: $500 if rooming alone

• Deposit: $500 per person ($300 non-refundable)

Payable to Heritage Seminars by February 15, 2018

(credit card or wire transfer)

• Balance after deposit: Payable to Heritage Seminars by April 15, 2018

(credit card or wire transfer)

Cancellation & Refund Policy:

• 60 Days before departure: 50% of final balance refundable

• 30 Days before departure: 25% of final balance refundable

• 14 days before departure: No refunds

*Trip Fees do not include cost of flights or medical/travel insurance

Additional Fees

• Registration Fee: $100 per person (non-refundable)

Payable to KMS by January 15, 2018

• Non-KMS-Member Fee: To be determined

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Tikocyn

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Lublin

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Lezajsk

Rzeszow

Marko

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Tarnow

Krako

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Kielce

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Auschwitz-Birkenau

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