Rules, Regulations, and What to Bring
Heritage Seminars will have a profound impact on your perspectives regarding Israel, Judaism, and on you. You will be searching out the past, your roots, and your heritage, in order to understand, identify, and bond with a past that is no more. It is our hope that this seminar will impart knowledge and pride in our people and in our Heritage.
Please Read Carefully:
Heritage Seminars reserves the right to cancel a student's participation in the seminar at any time due to violations of rules and regulations, security or medical reasons, or behavior deemed inappropriate by Heritage. Said student will be sent back their point of origin, will not receive any refund of fees, and will be responsible for all related expenses incurred by Heritage Seminars due to dismissal from the program.
Heritage Seminars is acutely aware of the need to guarantee the safety and welfare of all our participants. While we do not foresee any security- related problems, we take all the necessary precautions to guarantee your safety. We ask that you read the section in your guidebook regarding security carefully, and observe all security rules and regulations.
Security:
1. Room service is forbidden.
2. Do not use the phone in the hotel room. The hotel charges are prohibitive. Use the phone in the lobby.
3. Do not speak to "friendly" strangers in the lobby, or reveal itinerary or timetable information.
4. Do not ask for anything to be delivered to your room or accept delivery of anything to your room.
5. Do not accept mail or packages from strangers for delivery to "relatives" in Israel or in America.
6. Lock your room at all times - even during brief visits to the rooms of other students. When leaving, always take your passport, money, plane tickets and any special medication that you have.
7. Report to the security agent any suspicious items or any suspicious individuals in the hotel.
8. Avoid illegal monetary transactions.
9. Never leave your passport, tickets or money on the bus.
10. Always know in which room the security person, the Doctor, and the Director of Heritage can be found.
12. Never leave the group during the daily tour.
13. No smoking, drinking or use of drugs of any kind without the resident physicians authority.
14. Notify your parents that contact with them by telephone will be difficult.
Medical:
All students attending Heritage Seminars are covered by medical insurance. Students are advised to bring medications that are prescribed to them. Heritage Seminars is accompanied by an attending physician.
In the event of medical emergency, do not move the injured party. Only authorized medical personnel may administer medication and medical attention. Have your medical information with you at all times. Avoid drinking water from the tap for the first day of the trip. Boiled water, mineral water, and coca-cola are all fine.
Food:
1. All food served on Heritage Seminars is Strictly Kosher- Glatt Mehadrin, under the supervision of Rabbi Landau of Bnei Brak.
2. Eggs, mineral water, juice, margarine, vegetables and fruit are purchased in Poland and have been checked for Kashrut.
3. Cheese, bread, milk, peanut butter, tuna, corn flakes, and all meat products come from Israel.
4. Bring nosh, chocolate and high protein food. Heritage will supply mineral water daily.
About the Itinerary:
The itinerary developed by Heritage Seminars reflects the collective experiences of the educational staff, and the input of students who have attended the program. All itineraries are subject to change without notice due to: weather-related conditions, changes in flight schedules, hotel availability, security or medical related issues. The decision to change or cancel any part of the itinerary will be made only by the Director, after consultation with the educational staff, security personnel.
A Word about the Camps:
There is no way to prepare fully for such a visit, nor is there a way to predict reactions to the camps. Some students will approach the camps as an academic investigation, while others will tour the camps alone, expressing visible signs of emotion. All reactions - or the lack of them - are normal and to be expected. You will need "space" to absorb and collate the experience on your own terms.