Tamid of Hebrew College:
Adult Learning Travel Experiences

Travel to Prague, Vienna, and Budapest

Together, we will explore and trace the story of Ashkenazi Jewry, using the major centers of Prague, Vienna and Budapest to remember and learn about the past and ultimately to better understand the complex nature of our own contemporary Jewish identity, belief and practice.

Central Europe was the cradle and center of Ashkenazi Jewish civilization until the 13th and 14th centuries. In the wake of the Crusades, the Black Plague and unrelenting Christian persecution, expulsions and massacres, the center of European Jewish life and creativity shifted eastward to Poland. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, as Jews grappled with the new challenges presented by emancipation and freedom, the German speaking Jewish communities evolved new models of Jewish living, laying the groundwork for the development of the Reform, Conservative and Modern Orthodox movements. The Nazis and their allies destroyed the Jewish communities of Austria, Czechoslovakia and Hungary, but their legacies are still alive and relevant in contemporary Jewish life.

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Learn more about the trip

• Itinerary
• Pricing
• FAQs
• Pre-trip course with Rabbi Leonard Gordon. Registration for this spring course will be open in December. All those who have expressed interest in the trip will receive a direct invite to attend this course.

*As of July 10, 2024. Subject to change

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Dates: November 10-12, 2024
Led by: Hebrew College and Etgar 36
Pre-Trip Learning: “How did we get here? Civil rights, social justice, and race in American Jewish History” (August 2024)
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Itinerary

SUNDAY

8:15 AM
Meet in front of Ebenezer Baptist
Introduction to the journey and tour Historic Auburn Ave. & tomb Church

9 AM 
Church Services at Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church

10:15 AM
Tour Auburn Ave and King Center Neighborhood and Tomb
Explore the area that Dr. King was born, grew up, and is buried in. See Old Ebenezer Church where 3 generations of King family preached. End our journey by paying our respects at Dr Martin Luther & Coretta Scott King’s tomb.

11 AM
Lunch at Ponce City Market

Noon
Depart for Montgomery

1:45 PM
Equal Justice Initiative’s Memorial to Peace & Justice
Reflect on an often -overlooked tragedy at the first national memorial for victims of lynching

3 PM
Equal Justice Initiative’s Legacy Museum
Explore the evolution of racial oppression from slavery to mass incarceration

5 PM
Southern Poverty Law Center Memorial

Evening Dinner
Fairfield Inn, Montgomery, AL

MONDAY

Continental Breakfast at hotel

7:30 AM
Bus will be open for participants to put bags on the bus

8 AM
Leave for downtown

8:15 AM
Contextualization talk of events leading to Rosa Parks arrest and bus boycott

9 AM (CST)
Rosa Parks Museum
Stand where the Civil Rights movement began and learn about the Montgomery Bus Boycott

11 AM
Lunch at Martha’s Place

12:45 PM
Depart for Selma

2 PM
Tour of Selma & Walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge
Meet with someone who was took part in the Bloody Sunday march at 11 years old. Hear their story. Learn about Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and his involvement in the struggle. End by walking in their footsteps across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

4 PM
Depart for Birmingham

5 PM
Evening Dinner
Dinner on own in downtown Birmingham.
Bus will leave downtown to go to hotel at designated time
Hotel: Fairfield Inn Colonnade, Birmingham, AL

TUESDAY

Continental Breakfast at hotel

7:45 AM
Bus will be open for participants to put bags on the bus

8:15 AM
Depart for downtown Birmingham

8:45 AM
Context talk by Etgar 36. Introduction of Birmingham and it’s crucial role in the Civil Rights Movement.

9 AM
Walking tour of Freedom Park & 16th Street Baptist Church
Get a walking tour by a Reverend who was a Civil Rights worker in Birmingham in the 50s & 60s and was arrested and had the dogs & hoses turned on him. See the historic church where 4 girls died in a bombing.

10:30 AM
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Explore museum about the Civil Rights movement

11:45 AM
Depart for Lunch at Pizitz Food Hall

12:30 PM
Depart for Atlanta Airport

7 PM
Earliest flights out of Atlanta

Tour Dates: May 5-14, 2024 (9 days)
Led by: Hebrew College & Keshet Educational Journeys
Instructor: Rabbi Lenny Gordon
Pre-Trip Learning: “The Glory Of Sepharad (Spain): The Surprising Story of The First Modern Jews” with Rabbi Lenny Gordon (Fall 2023 & spring 2024)

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Trip Highlights

LEARNING & CULTURE

• On-site learning throughout the program
• Tapas & Flamenco Show

MADRID (TOLEDO)

• Ibn Shushan (Santa Maria La Blanca) & Shmuel Halevy synagogues in Toledo
• Guided tour of the Prado Museum’s highlights
• Meeting with Rabino Haim Casas-the first Spanish born Rabbi in over 500 years

CORDOBA

• The magnificent La Mezquita mosque in Cordoba
• Cordoba: Ladino concert in Casa de Sefarad; synagogue, La Mezquita Cathedral-Mosque
• Lucena (Eliossana)-the Pearl of Sepharad

GRANADA

• The Alhambra fortress/palace and Generalife gardens

BARCELONA (CATALONIA)

• Tour through the Call (Jewish neighborhood) of Barcelona
• Visit to La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, the cathedral designed by Gaudi
• Jewish Museum of Girona & the ancient mikveh in Besalu