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45 Mount Zion congregants and some of their family members are joining Rabbi Spilker for this 15 day trip to Israel that includes:

* sites of nature – floating in the Dead Sea, kayaking the Jordan River, hiking through the largest geological crater in the world at Mitzpe Ramon
* sites of archaeology – Caesaria, Petra in Jordan, old city of Jerusalem
* meetings with people – our Federation partnership in Tiberias, Arab-Israeli Unity Walk of Jaffa, the Bereaved Parents group of Israelis and Palestinians; West Bank settlers
* study – at the Sholom Hartman Institute for Pluralism in Jerusalem
* museums – Rabin Center in Tel Aviv, Israel Museum, Western Wall Tunnel Museum
* connecting with Progressive Judaism – Shabbat in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and two nights at Kibbutz Lotan (a Reform Kibbutz devoted to ecological work) will allow for many conversations with progressive communities

And so much more!