DATE
June 19 – 29, 2011

ELIGIBILITY
All full time faculty at any level or in any discipline may apply.

COVERAGE
Air, room, & board

APPLICATION DEADLINE
April 29, 2011

SAMPLE ITINERARY

Day 1
Departure from New York

Day 2
Arrival

• Visit Bar-Ilan University and tour facilities
  • Meet with President of Bar-Ilan University
  • Meet with representatives from the faculty and student body to discuss the place of high education in Israeli society
  • Group meetings of fellows paired with Israeli academics
  • Check in and Rest
• Introductory Panel Discussion on Israel’s Contributions to the World
• Optional Stroll on the Midrachov – Jerusalem’s Pedestrian Mall

Overnight: Jerusalem


Day 3

• Morning Discussion: Pioneering a Sustainable Future, participate in an open discussion with leaders from some of Israel’s premier renewable energy companies

• Visit Tel Aviv’s Florentine District and Neve Tzedek
• Stop at Independence Hall
• Visit Tel Aviv University and tour facilities
  • Meet with President of Tel Aviv University
  • Meet with representatives from the faculty and student body to discuss the place of high education in Israeli society
  • Group meetings of fellows paired with Israeli academics
• Visit Better Place – Israel’s solution for sustainable transport with electric vehicles

• Evening Cultural Program: Israeli Society through the Lens of a Camera, meet young film makers

Overnight: Tel Aviv


Day 4

• Architectural Tour of World Heritage sites in cooperation with the Israel National Commission for UNESCO or Tel Aviv’s Bauhaus District or Leisurely morning in a seaside café
• Dinner in Old Jaffa
• Evening Cultural Program: Israel Takes Center Stage, performance by the world-renowned Batsheva Dance Troupe

Overnight: Tel Aviv


Day 5
Depart for the North

• Visit Haifa University and tour facility – Meet with colleagues at Haifa University
• Tour of the Tefen Industrial Park
• Visit the Technion and tour facilities - Meet with colleagues at the Technion
  • Meet with representatives from the faculty and student body to discuss the place of high education in Israeli society
  • Group meetings of fellows paired with Israeli academics

Return to Jerusalem

Free Evening to Explore Jerusalem

Overnight: Jerusalem


Day 6
Travel South

• Visit to Kibbutz Nahal Oz and Sderot
• Visit to Nitzan, meet with former residents of Gaza now living in caravan villages
• Visit Ben Gurion University and tour facility
  • Meet with President of Ben Gurion University
  • Meet with representatives from the faculty and student body to discuss the place of high education in Israeli society
  • Group meetings of fellows paired with Israeli academics

• Travel to Tel Aviv
• Concert – Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

Overnight: Tel Aviv


Day 7

• Faculty Exchange
• Tour of Masada a UNESCO World Heritage site
• Swim in the Dead Sea
• Visit oasis Ein Gedi
• Evening Cultural Program: TBD

Day 8

• Faculty Exchange
  • Participant Presentations
• Experience daily life in a Druze Village on Mt. Carmel
• Tour of the Mediterranean Coast
  • Caesarea
  • Zichron
  • IDC Herzylia

Overnight: Jerusalem


Day 9

• Visit to the Knesset, meet with Knesset Members
• Wrap Up Discussion/Panel Bringing together the issues that were raised Independent Time for Shopping and Exploration
• Check out and Depart for the Airport