"Our approach will be to note the diversity of viewpoints that made Polish Jewish life the source of modern Jewish life - from Jewish socialist, to Yiddish culture, branches of Zionism, and various Hassidic communities. We will remind people that the Progressive movements (today Reform and Conservative Judaisms) started in the Polish lands beginning in 1803.
We will note Jewish involvement in film, literature, and the arts from Arthur Rubenstein to Julian Tuwim."
- Rabbi Haim Beliak, Exec. Dir. of Friends of Jewish Renewal in Poland, affiliated with Friends of Jewish Renewal, WUPJ & European Union for Progressive Judaism
Prof. Richard Hecht is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He offers courses in modern Jewish thought, and religion and culture. He is the author and editor of several books. His research interest include religion and politics in the
city of Jerusalem and the religious dimensions of contemporary art.
He has visited and given several presentations in Poland and the Czech Republic.
This Amazing Experience Includes:
4 nights Radisson Blu Sobieski Hotel Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
2 nights Hotel Kazimierzowka Kazimierz Dolny,
1 night Grand Hotel Lublinianka, Lublin, Poland
3 nights Hilton Garden Inn Krakow, Krakow, Poland
1 night Qubus Hotel Kielce, Kielce, Poland
1 night Overnight Train from Krakow to Prague, Krakow, Poland
3 nights Clarion Old Town Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
All touring and sightseeing per an agreed upon itinerary in a deluxe
air-conditioned vehicle with an English speaking guide
Overnight train from Krakow to Prague
Breakfast daily
Welcome dinner in Warsaw
Shabbat dinner at Beit Warsawa
Chopin concert
Shabbat dinner at the Galicia Museum, Krakow
Tour to the UNESCO Wieliczka Salt Mines outside Krakow
Dinner at a restaurant in Kazimierez with Klezmer performance in Krakow
Breakfast at a restaurant upon arrival in Prague
Meeting with members of Beit Simcha Prague
Farewell dinner in Prague
Transfers included if arriving/departing with the main group
Entrance fees as per itinerary
Porterage
These prices do not include:
Roundtrip airfare & departure taxes and fuel surcharges
(available soon)
Any border taxes or visas
Tips to guides, driver, and dining room waiters
($15.00 per person, per day-pre-collected)
Any items of a personal nature
Travel Insurance
(Highly recommended)
Optional Classical Music Concert in Prague
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