ISRAEL PROGRAMS

HASBARA FELLOWSHIPS: Sample Itinerary

 

Monday - December 23, 2002
7:05 am Welcome
10:00 am Check in and Breakfast
12:00 pm Jerusalem: History and Politics
Zvi Raviv, Advisor to Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert
1:15 pm Lunch
2:00 pm Southern Wall Excavations
5:00 pm History of the Land of Israel
Ken Spiro, Aish HaTorah
7:00 pm Dinner with Caroline Glick,
Deputy Managing Editor of the Jerusalem Post
 
Tuesday - December 24, 2002
9:00 am Breakfast
10:00 Student Activism 1
Michael Eglash, Upstart Activist
12:00 pm History of the State of Israel
Ken Spiro, Aish HaTorah
1:30 pm Lunch
2:15 pm Visit Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital
2:30 pm Meet Terror Victims and Dr. Zangen
Chief Medical Officer in Jenin
4:30 pm Memorial at Frank Sinatra Cafeteria at Hebrew University
6:30 pm Dinner
7:30 pm Let's Meet
Elliot Mathias, Director of Hasbara Fellowships
 
Wednesday - December 25, 2002
6:00 am Early bird Breakfast
7:00 am Bus departs for North trip
10:00 am Meet Ishmael Khaldi
Israeli Bedouin
12:00 pm Lunch at Lavi Forest
2:00 pm Arbell Cliff Look-out
5:30 pm Check into Hotel and Dinner
8:00 pm Concordia Update and Our Campuses
Concordia students and Hasbara Fellowships staff
 
Thursday - December 26, 2002
7:00 am Breakfast
8:00 am Hike in Golan Heights
2:00 pm Lunch at Mt Ben Tal
3:00 pm Visit Strategic Sites on the Golan Heights
7:45 pm Dinner at Hotel in Tel Aviv
8:30 pm Ra'anan Gissin
Foreign Press Advisor to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
 
Friday - December 27, 2002
8:30 am Breakfast
9:30 am Middle East Update
Raphael Shore, Aish HaTorah
 
Free Shabbat
 
   
Sunday - December 29, 2002
9:00 am Breakfast
10:00 am Palestinian Media
Itamar Marcus, Palestinian Media Watch
11:30 am 7 Wonders of Jewish History
David Lichtman, Aish HaTorah
1:00 pm Lunch with Saul Kramer
Soldier from Jenin
2:00 pm Mock Israeli Elections
Elliot Mathias and Patrick Amar, Hasbara Fellowships
4:00 pm Shaping Israel's Image
David Olesker, Jer. Center for Comm. and Advocacy Training
6:00 pm Leadership and Courage
Rabbi Noah Weinberg, Founder and Dean of Aish HaTorah
7:00 pm Dinner
 
Monday - December 30, 2002
7:30 am Breakfast
8:30 am Bus departs for Gilo
9:00 am Tour of Gilo
10:30 am Gush Etzion Community Exhibit
12:00 pm Judea and Samaria
Shaul Goldstein, Mayor of Gush Etzion
1:00 pm Lunch
1:30 pm History of the Settlement Movement
Bob Lang, Former Advisor to Bibi Netanyahu
3:30 pm From the Heart of a Mother
Mrs. Sherry Mandel
5:00 pm Bus Returns to the Old City
5:30 pm Student Activism 2
Michael Eglash, Upstart Activist
7:00 pm Dinner
 
Tuesday - December 31, 2002
10:00 am World Perfect
Ken Spiro, Aish HaTorah
1:00 pm Lunch with Daniel Seaman
Israel Government Press Office
2:00 pm Panel from across the Political Spectrum
Nadia Matar, Women in Green
Stephen Curer, Meimad
Yariv Oppenheimer, Peace Now
4:00 pm Media Bias
Shraga Simmons, HonestReporting.com
5:30 pm Benny Elon
Member of Knesset
7:00 pm Dinner
8:00 pm Dealing with the Most Common Issues
Hasbara Fellowships Student Madrichim
 
Wednesday - January 1, 2003
10:30 am Breakfast
11:00 am Student Activism 3
Eric Esses and Michael Eglash, Upstart Activist
1:00 pm Natan Sharansky
Minister of Housing
2:00 pm Why the Jews? Looking at Anti-Semitism
Eric Coopersmith, Aish HaTorah
4:00 pm Benjamin Netanyahu
Foreign Minister of Israel
7:00 pm Dinner
8:00 pm Human Rights in the Middle East
Justus Weiner, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
 
Thursday - January 2, 2003
9:00 am Breakfast
10:00 am The Importance of the Land of Israel
Rabbi Noson Weisz, Aish HaTorah
11:30 am Israel/US Relations and the War on Iraq
Yoram Ettinger, Former Minister at Isr. Embassy in Washington
1:00 pm Lunch
3:00 pm Essentials of Activism
Hasbara Fellowships Student Madrichim
5:00 pm Bringing Palestinian Media Watch to Campus
Itamar Marcus, Palestinian Media Watch
7:00 pm Dinner
8:00 pm 5 Rules of Effective Advocacy
Neil Lazarus, Awesome Seminars
 
Friday - January 3, 2003
9:00 am Breakfast
10:00 am How to Teach "Middle East Unplugged"
Raphael Shore, Aish HaTorah
11:30 am Anti-Semitism on Campus
Irwin Cotler, Member of Canadian Parliament
4:00 pm Candle Lighting and Western Wall Experience
5:30 pm Family Shabbat Hospitality
 
Saturday - January 4, 2003
11:00 am Group Shabbat Meal
8:00 pm Final Banquet
 
Sunday - January 5, 2003
6:00 am Breakfast
7:00 am Bus leaves for Airport
 
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