Wednesday, May 27
We begin our day with a guided tour in the Museum and memorial to the 1.5 million Jewish soldiers in the Allied armies in WW2 (250,000 fell in battle). I have been on this tour. It is a must-experience.
We then proceed to Rishon LeZion, where we will have a guided tour of the world's premier water treatment plant.
We will learn how Israel has grown from a water-poor country to a water superpower.
We will have lunch at the mall in Rishon.
Meet at the Inbal hotel at 8:30
Return approx. 5:00
250 shekels
Limited space
Tuesday, June 16.
The Tour of Return
The great return is underway, BH!
The biblical northern Shomron was declared "Judenrein" by the Israeli government in 2005 as four Jewish villages were razed to the ground.
The large, empty Northern Shomron, home to four flourishing Jewish villages, with few Arab neighbors, met the same fate at the time as the larger Jewish settlement area in Gaza.
Sharon never explained why he "threw it in " along with Gaza as a further gift to our enemies, but he was determined.
Chomesh saw the first heart-wrenching destruction and expulsion in 2005.
They were the first Jews to return last year, and once a thriving community
Our group had the honor of being one of the first visitors to that restored village in Shomron.
It is an experience not to be forgotten
Recently, its neighbor up the road is welcoming its people back, too.
The ruins of Sanur are being rebuilt by the enthusiastic pioneers who never stopped dreaming of a return.
We will, please God, be the first English-speaking group to visit these special Jews and celebrate with them in the midst of the rebuilding.
(Hopefully, we will do the same for the remaining two)
Not far from these villages is the biblical Mount Eval and the altar of Joshua overlooking Shechem.
The connection between Joshua's entrance into the promised land to reaffirm the covenant, and the pioneers of today in the same area is clear and enthralling.
There are plans to build a museum around this unique biblical site.
Hopefully, future VIPs will be brought there and not whisked off to "Yad Vashem" to gain pity.
Joshua will provide the original and correct understanding as to why we returned to our land and will never leave again.
We will have a local English-speaking guide from the Shomron field school.
We will travel to and from Yerushalayim in a (costly) bulletproof bus.
This tour requires military coordination and accompaniment, and so there is a theoretical chance for late cancellation due to security considerations on their part.
We will meet at the Inbal hotel at 9:00. Return approx 6:00
320 shekels
Bring lunch
Limited seating.
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