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Parental Information

Heritage Yeshiva Seminars

 5772- 2012

 

Heritage Prague Option- March 25-26

Heritage Seminar to Poland

March 26- April 2

 Poland Seminar $2,185

Prague Option $375

 

NON – REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT FEE: $300

APPLICATION AND DEPOSIT DEADLINE - DECEMBER 15, 2011

FINAL PAYMENT DUE- JANUARY 15. 2012

 

Late Registration Fee after EACH DEADLINE- $100

Heritage Seminars will not refund any fees

after February 25

 

All USA Dollar CHECK Deposit fees are to be payable to: HERITAGE SEMINARS

Deposits are to be made by CHECK or CASH ONLY –directly to the Heritage Jerusalem office.

No Credit Cards accepted for Deposits

Final Payments may be made by CHECK,

CREDIT CARD or ON-LINE PAYMENT

 

 

The Heritage Yeshiva Seminar Itineraries 2012 – Tentative

 

Enclosed are the tentative itineraries for the Heritage Yeshiva Seminar.

They are subject to minor revisions and changes until March 1, where

upon we will forward the final version of the program.

 

BUSES 100-101  Vicky Berglas, Historian

Midreshet Moriah, Shaalvim for Women

Tuesday, March 27

9:00-10:30

Arrival in Warsaw and Departure for Gora Kalvaria

11:15-12:45

Gora Kalvaria

3:45-5:30

6:30-8:30

Jedwabne

Tykocyn/ Lupachowa Forest

11:00

Dinner/ Check In to Hotel

OV – Warsaw

Wednesday, March 28

6:00-7:45

Wake-Up and Tefillah and 6:45 - Breakfast

7:45-10:15

Warsaw Cemetery

10:45-2:30

Ghetto Areas/ Heroism Street-Mila, Umshlagplatz

4:30-6:00

10:30

Treblinka and Ceremony

Check In to Hotel in Lublin, Dinner

OV- Lublin

Thursday, March 29

5:15

Wakeup /6:00 Tefillah/ 6:30 Breakfast

7:30-11:00

Majdanek

12:00-1:00

Lublin Ghetto

1:15-2:30

5:30-7:30

8:30-10:00

12:00

Yeshiva of Chachmei Lublin / Shiur

Markova

Lezajsk- The Rebbe Elimelech

Check in Tarnow – Hotel Dinner

OV- Tarnow

Friday, March 30

6:00

8:15-9:45

11:00-1:00

3:30-4:30

Early Wakeup / Tefillah/ 6:45 Breakfast

Zbilatovska Gora

Bobowa

Sara Schneier Gravesite

4:30

Check in / Preparation for Shabbat

6:00

Departure for Kabbalat Shabbat via Remah Synagogue

6:45

Kabbalat Shabbat – Krakow Temple

9:00-11:00

Seudat Shabbat

OV- Krakow

Saturday, March 31

8:00- 11:30

11:45-1:00

Tefilot  Shabbat- Krakow Temple / Kiddush

Krakow Synagogue Tour: Kupah, Isaac, Alta  and Beit Yaakov

1:30- 3PM

Seudat Shabbat

3:15-4:00

4:00-5:45

Mincha

Optional Old Town Tour  or Menucha

6:15

8:00

9:00-11:30

Seudah Shlishit 

Maariv and Havdalah (7:59 PM)  

Special Session / Melave Malka at the original Beit Yaakov School

OV- Krakow

Sunday, April 1

6:00

9:30-10:15

11:00-1:30

Wake-Up / Tefillah/ 6:30- Breakfast/ 7:45 Departure

Ceremony and Brov Am Silent March to Birkenau

Auschwitz I

2:30-8:30

Birkenau and Closing Session

 

Dinner in Airport

 

Heritage Yeshiva Seminars 2012 – BUSES 102               Dr. David Bernstein, Historian

MMY, Migdal Oz

Tuesday, March 27

9 AM

Arrival in Warsaw

10:30-1:30

Warsaw Cemetery – The Story Begins

4:15-7:30

Tikocyn and Lupachowa Forest

10:15

Dinner/ Check In to Hotel

OV- Warsaw

Wednesday, March 28

6:00

Wake Up / 6:45 Breakfast

8:30-11:00

Ghetto Areas

1:15-5:00

Treblinka and Ceremony

8:30-9:30

9:30

Check In to Hotel in Lublin, Dinner

Processing Session

OV- Lublin

Thursday, March 29

6:00

Wakeup and Tefillah/ 6:45 Breakfast

8:30-12:00

Majdanek

12:30-2:30

Yeshiva of Chachmei Lublin

5:00-7:00

Lezajsk- The Rebbe Elimelech

9:00

10:00

Check in to Hotel in Tarnow / Dinner

Processing Session

OV- Tarnow

Friday, March 30

6:00-6:45

6:45-8:00

8:30-12:00

2:30-4:15

Wakeup and Tefillah

Breakfast and Departure

Tarnow / Zbilatovska Gora

Krakow Remah and Cemetery

4:30

Check in / Preparation for Shabbat

6:00

Departure for Kabbalat Shabbat

6:45

Kabbalat Shabbat – Krakow Temple

9:00-11:00

Seudat Shabbat

OV- Krakow

Saturday, March 31

8:00- 11:30

12:00-1:15

Tefilot  Shabbat- Krakow Temple / Kiddush

Faith Session

1:30- 3PM

Seudat Shabbat

3:15-4:00

4:00-5:45

Mincha

Optional Old Town Tour  or Menucha

6:15

8:00

9:00

Seudah Shlishit

Maariv and Havdalah ( 7:59)

Evening Activity: University Students Session

OV- Krakow

Sunday, April 10

6:00

6:30-8:00

9:30- 10:15

10:45-3:00

Wake-Up / Tefillah

Breakfast and Departure

Ceremony and Brov Am Silent March to Birkenau

Birkenau Seminar

4:00-6:30

Auschwitz I

7:00-8:30

Closing Session: Auschwitz I

Dinner in Airport

 

Heritage Yeshiva Seminars 2012 – BUSES 103-104      Rabbi Y. Rubenstein, Historian

Tiferet, Nishmat Amit, Maayan, Michlelet Esther, Ba’er Miriam

Tuesday, March 27

9 AM

Arrival in Warsaw

1:00-2:30

Tykocin and Lupachowa Forest

4:30-6:00

8:00-9:00

Treblinka and Ceremony

Gur

10:15

Check In to Hotel. Dinner/ Meet with Chief Rabbi ( * If Available) /OV – Warsaw

Wednesday, March 28

6:00

Wake-Up and Tefillah/ 7:15-Breakfast

8:30-10:15

11:00-12:30

Warsaw Cemetery + WC Stop

Ghetto  Wall and Warsaw Ghetto Areas

12:45-2:00

Heroism Street- Umshlagplatz, Mila 18, Rappaport

4:30-7:00

7:15-8:00

8:15

Lublin Areas and Ghetto

Yeshiva of Chachmei Lublin / Shiur and Chevruta

Check In to Hotel / 8:15 - Dinner /Processing Session / OV- Lublin

Thursday, March 29

6:30- 7:15

7:15- 8:30

Wakeup and Tefillah

Breakfast and Departure

8:45-9:15

9:45-1:00

Jewish Cemetery

Majdanek

3:00-4:30

Lezajsk- The Rebbe Elimelech

6:00-7:00

Markova

8:30

Check inHotel in Tarnow / Dinner /Processing Session/ OV – Tarnow

Friday, March 30

6:00-6:45

6:45-8:00

8:30-9:30

12:00-1:30

1:45-2:30

3:00-4:00

Wakeup and Tefillah

Breakfast and Departure

Tarnow

Remah Synagogue and Cemetery

Ghetto Area

Plazsow ( S. Schneir and A.Goeth Basement)  

4:30

Check in to Krakow/ Preparation for Shabbat

6:00

Departure for Kabbalat Shabbat

6:45

Kabbalat Shabbat – Krakow Temple

9:00-11:00

Seudat Shabbat -OV- Krakow

Saturday, March 31

8:00- 11:30

11:45-1:00

Tefilot  Shabbat- Krakow Temple / Kiddush

Krakow Synagogue Tour: Kupah, Isaac, Alta

1:30- 3PM

Seudat Shabbat

3:15-4:00

4:00-5:45

Mincha

Optional Old Town tour or Menucha

6:15

Seudah Shlishit

8:00

9:00

Maariv and Havdalah (7:59)

Departure for Evening Activity: Zbilatovska Gora Mass Graves / OV- Krakow

Sunday, April 1

5:30

9:00-9:30

9:30-10:15

11:00-2:00

3:15-5:30

Early Wake Up / 6:15 Breakfast / 7:30 Departure

Hadracha at Judenrampa

Ceremony and Silent March to Birkenau

Auschwitz I

Birkenau

6:30-8:00

Closing Session: Auschwitz JC

 

Dinner in Airport

Heritage Yeshiva Seminars 2012 – BUS 200/ 201 Rabbi Avraham Krieger – Historian

Netiv Aryeh, KBY

Tuesday, March 27

9 AM 1

Arrival in Warsaw

10:30-12:30

Warsaw Cemetery

1:00-1:30

4:00-6:00

8:00-9:30

11:00

Heroism Street

Treblinka

Gora Kalvaria (Gur)/ Maariv

Check in Lublin/ Dinner  - OV- Lublin

Wednesday, March 28

6:00-7:45

Wake-Up / Shacharit / Breakfast/ Departure

8:45-10:45

Kotzsk

11:45-1:00

Yeshiva Chachmei Lublin

1:30-4:30

4:30-5:00

6:00-7:00

9:30

10:30

Majdanek

Majdanek Ceremony

Choseh of Lublin Cemetery

Check in – Zamosc/ Dinner

Processing Session- OV- Zamosc

Thursday, March 29

6:00-7:45

Wake-Up / Shacharit / Breakfast/ Departure

8:30-10:15

Belzec

12:30-2:00

Lezajk

3:30-4:30

7:30-8:30

10:30

Bzesov

Zbilatovska Gora

Check in / Dinner/ Maariv OV- Krakow

Friday, March 30

5:00- 7:00

8:30-9:00

9:00-12:30

1:30-3:00

5:00

6:20

Early Wakeup/ Shacharit/ Breakfast/ Departure

Silent March

Birkenau

Auschwitz I

Preparation for Shabbat

Depart for Kabbalat Shaabat

6:45

Kabbalat Shabbat – Krakow Temple

9:00-11:00

Seudat Shabbat/ Tish/ Reflections of a Witness

OV- Krakow

Saturday, March 31

8:00- 11:30

11:30-1:30

Tefilot  Shabbat- Krakow Temple  

Kiddush and Seudat Shabbat

1:15-2:00

Mincha in Temple

2:00-2:45

3:00-4:30

Shiur: Emunah

Synagogue Tour

6:30

8:00

9:30

Seudah Shlishit

Havdalah (7:59)

Departure for Evening Activity: Remah Synagogue and Cemetery

OV- Krakow

Sunday, April 1

4:00-5:00

Early Wake-up and Departure for Lodz/ Shacharit on route

10:00-3:30

Lodz

3:30-9:00

Chelmo and Dambia on Route to Lodz

 

Dinner at Airport

 

 

Heritage Yeshiva Seminars 2012 – BUS 202 Tzvi Wilner-  Historian

OJ, Etz Chaim, Orayta, LTA

Tuesday, March 27

9 AM

Arrival in Warsaw

10-12:00

Warsaw Cemetery

12:30-2:00

4:00-6:00

8:00

9:30

10:30

Heroism Street

Treblinka

Gur

Check in Lublin/ Dinner

Family Ties Session  /OV- Lublin

Wednesday, March 28

6:00-7:45

Wake-Up / Shacharit / Breakfast/ Departure

8:45-10:45

Kotzsk

11:45-12:45

Yeshiva of Chachmei Lublin

1:30-4:30

4:30-5:00

6:00-7:00

9:00

10:00

Majdanek

Majdanek Ceremony

Choseh of Lublin Cemetery

Check in – Zamosc/ Dinner

Processing Session /OV- Zamosc

Thursday, March 29

6:00-7:45

Wake-Up / Shacharit / Breakfast/ Departure

8:30-10:15

Belzec

12:30-2:00

Lezajsk

3;00-3:45

5:30-6:30

9:00

Lancut

Zbilatovska Gora

Check in / Dinner/ Maariv/ Session/OV- Krakow

Friday, March 30

5:00- 7:00

8:30-9:00

9:00-12:45

5:00

6:20

Early Wakeup/ Shacharit/ Breakfast/ Departure

Silent March

Birkenau / 1:30-3:00 Auschwitz I

Preparation for Shabbat

Depart for Kabbalat Shaabat

6:45

Kabbalat Shabbat – Krakow Temple

9:30-11:00

Seudat Shabbat/ Tish/ Reflections of a Witness

OV- Krakow

Saturday, March 31

8:00- 11:30

11:30-1:30

Tefilot  Shabbat- Krakow Temple  

Kiddush and Seudat Shabbat

1:15-2:45

Mincha in Temple/ Shiur: Emunah

3:00-4:30

Synagogue Tour

6:30

9:00

Seudah Shlishit  (7.59)- Havdalah

Departure for Evening Activity: Remah Synagogue and Cemetery

Sunday, April 1

4:00-5:00

Early Wake-up and Departure for Lodz/ Shacharit on route

10:00-3:30

Lodz

3:30-9:00

Chelmo and Dambia

 

Dinner at Airport

 

Heritage Seminars Important Information and Phone Numbers

 

 Michael Berl-Director, Heritage Seminars

In Poland- 0048-606- 226-150

Israel Cell- 0544-872-094

 

Ayelet Youngster, Gesher Tours

03-532-0286

0544-323-383

  

Heritage Seminars are unique educational experiences which study Jewish ancestral roots, research the sources of Jewish life in Eastern Europe and identify with our heritage.

Heritage Seminars was conceived as a seminar with special emphasis on the richness of the cultural contributions of Eastern European Jewry before the war and their demise during the Holocaust. Heritage is not simply a "concentration camp" tour- although extensive study time takes place at Treblinka, Belzec, Majdanek, Plaszow, Auschwitz and Birkenau. Full study days are spent in Warsaw, Cracow, Lublin the "shetlach" of Galicia. Evening programs and analysis takes place day. All programs include orientation and advance preparation.

Heritage Seminars excel at meticulous planning in the areas of curriculum, resource materials, logistics, staffing, strict kashrut requirements, medical, security and orientation.

Heritage Seminars is staffed by a noted group of historians and educators. All seminars are accompanied by holocaust witnesses, resident medical and Israeli security staff.

Application and Deposit Deadline: December 15, 2011

Final Registration Deadline: January 15, 2012

Late fee registration for both deposit deadlines and final registration $100

Fees include air, land arrangements. Mehadrin meals, medical and security staff, gratuities. Educational materials, and orientation program. Heritage Seminars reserves the right to change resitration fees at any time prior to departure in the event of significant changes in flight fees, fuel costs, hotel fees, or changes in the EURO or DOLLAR that warrant such a change.

Non-refundable $300 deposit to be rendered by CHECK, payable to Heritage Seminars, CASH, or NIS-CASH. Please do not remit deposits by credit card.

Final payments to be rendered by CHECK, CREDIT CARD or ON-LINE PAYMENT. Please check "How to apply" section for forwarding address of final payment, OR click the "Heritage Payment Link", on the homepage to pay on-line. 

NO POST-DATED CHECKS WILL BE ACCEPTED AS PAYMENT.

Registration will be considered complete only after all payments are completed and all checks cleared.

Heritage Seminars reserves the right to cancel, alter or change any aspect of the seminar without prior notification to the registrant. This includes the quoted fees to participant in the event that air and/or land fee changes precipitate such a change.

Rules & 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:

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 Michael Yamer.

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.

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.

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