Day 1 - Arrive in Cairo, EgyptDay 2 - Full day in Cairo, EgyptDay 3 - Goodbye to CairoDay 4 - Hello JordanDay 4 - Hello Jordan Part 25. Day 4 - Hello Jordan Part 3Day 5 - Petra highlightsDay 6 - Caesarea, IsraelDay 7 - Caesarea, IsraelDay 8 - TiberiasDay 8 - Tiberias / CapernaumDay 9 - The JordanDay 10 - JerusalemDay 11 - Jerusalem Part 2Day 12 - Qumran, Masada, and the Dead SeaDay 13 - Carmel Ha'ir, Mahane Yehuda,and Yad Vashem
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Staying behind in Israel are those who will attend two days of teaching by Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, founder and president of the International Fellowship of Christian and Jews. Beginning Thursday morning, the tour will head to Yahalom Army Base near Tel Aviv before spending Thursday night in Herzelia.
The fond goodbyes – exchanged between tour members who, for the most part, had not known each other before this trip – followed a late afternoon somber visit to Yad Vashem, Israel’s memorial to the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust.
Addressing Fellowship supporters in Yad Vashem’s Hall of Remembrance, Rabbi Eckstein stressed that Christians must join Jews in making certain that the Holocaust is never repeated.
The rabbi, joined by David Sherwood, representing Jews, and Brandon Branco, representing Christians, placed a floral wreath at the memorial commemorating the Warsaw Poland Ghetto Uprising.
VISIT TO LIFELINE FOR THE ELDERLY: Tour members were impressed with an early morning visit to see some of the 300 artisans who work at Yad LaKashish (Lifeline for the Elderly), one of 250 projects sponsored by The Fellowship.
The Lifeline for the Elderly project in Jerusalem helps Israeli residents – primarily those ages 65 to 90 from the former Soviet Union – to become productive members of Israeli society by offering them an opportunity to work four hours each day producing an art or craft in exchange for a small monthly stipend, a bus pass to and from work, a free hot lunch, a snack, and subsidized dental and eye care.
Journey Home Tour participants observed the elderly painting note cards, scarves and ceramics; doing metal work; knitting stuffed animals and booties; and creating jewelry before visiting Yad LaKashish’s gift shop to purchase many of the handmade items as gifts and souvenirs.
PRIORITIZING DIGNITY: Following a walk through the hustle and bustle of Jerusalem’s chaotic main marketplace, tour participants visited Carmei Ha’ir Soup Kitchen, another Fellowship project.
Carmei Ha’ir is unlike the majority of soup kitchens where dignity is checked at the door – instead, it operates as a restaurant and permits those who are needy (including 80 Holocaust survivors) to eat alongside those who are able to pay. The needy are given gift cards to pay for their meals, allowing them to retain their dignity.
The Fellowship also donated a refrigerated van to Carmei Ha’ir to daily transport 1,380 sandwiches to some of Jerusalem’s neediest school children, plus $50,000 to subsidize the cost of the sandwiches. The sandwiches are distributed by school principals in such a way that the dignity of the children is preserved.
Shalom from Jerusalem: This is the final installment of the daily journal for this year’s tour. Shalom … and see you next year in Jerusalem when The Fellowship sponsors its 2011 Journey Home Tour!
2011 Journey Home Tour Dates are October 29 – November 8, 2011 for the Israel portion of the tour. An extension trip to Egypt that will include a three day Nile riverboat cruise will take place November 8 – 15, 2011. Additional information and registration forms for the 2011 Journey Home Tour can be found at www.ifcj.org/tour.
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