DATE
June 9-17, 2010

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

COVERAGE
Air, room, & board

APPLICATION DEADLINE
April 30, 2010

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 Political/Diplomatic Challenges Facing Israel: 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
• Evening Cultural Program: Israeli Society through the Lens of a Camera, meet young film makers:

Overnight: Tel Aviv


Day 4

• Optional Architectural Walk in 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
• Tour of the Lebanon Border with Military Experts
• 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
• Understanding the Impact of the Security Fence
• Visit the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in Hertzliya and tour facilities
  • Meet with President of the IDC
  • 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

• Gaza: From the Withdrawal to Today Experts will lead tours and initiate discussion of the effects on both sides of the fence
• Visit to Kibbutz Nahal Oz and Sderot
• Visit to Nitzan, meet with former residents of Gaza now living in caravan villages
• Meet with military personnel for a briefing of Israel’s challenges in the south
• Meet with expert on Palestinian affairs to discuss what is happening on the other side
• 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
• Evening Panel Discussion: Covering the Conflict, a panel of Israel’s leading Arab Affairs correspondents will analyze the region’s most complex issues

Overnight: Tel Aviv


Day 7

• Faculty Exchange
• Evening Cultural Program: TBD

Day 8

• Faculty Exchange
  • Participant Presentations

Overnight: Jerusalem


Day 9

• Visit to the Knesset, panel of Knesset Members from across the political spectrum
• Wrap Up Discussion/Panel Bringing together the issues that were raised Independent Time for Shopping and Exploration
• Check out and Depart for the Airport