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HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGE TOURS

TOUR PRICE: From JFK International Airport

$3,695 per person, based on double occupancy
Single Supplement: $695

This tour price reflects special group rates. Deposits received after January 19, 2010, will likely incur additional charges due to supplier contract terms.

TOUR PRICE INCLUDES:

  • Round trip air fare from New York JFK International Airport
  • Accommodations in hotels listed in itinerary, or similar
  • Breakfast and dinner daily
  • Services of experienced, English-speaking licensed guide
  • Sightseeing and entrance fees
  • Service charges and local taxes
  • Tips to guide, driver and hotel staff ($150)
  • Airline taxes and fuel surcharges, subject to change ($425)


ITINERARY:
Monday, April 26   Depart

This evening the group will depart the U.S. from New York’s JFK Airport to Tel Aviv.

Tuesday, April 27   Joppa / Tel Aviv

Drive to Joppa, the port city from which Jonah attempted to flee from the Lord. It was also in Joppa that God gave Peter the vision declaring all foods to be clean. Return to Tel Aviv for dinner & overnight at the Dan Panorama Hotel.

Wednesday, April 28   Northern Israel / Tiberias

See the magnificent harbor, theatre, and aqueduct of Caesarea Maritima, constructed during the reign of Herod. It was here that Peter explained the way of salvation to Cornelius. Mt. Carmel, Elijah’s confrontation with the prophets of Baal. Drive to the mound of Megiddo, har megiddo in Hebrew, which gave its name to Armageddon. Continue along the western side of the Sea of Galilee to climb the Arbel cliff for a spectacular view of the Lake of Galilee and the main sites of Jesus’ ministry. Drive to Tiberias for dinner and overnight at the Caesar Hotel.

Thursday, April 29   Upper Galilee / Golan Heights

The strategic Golan heights begins our day en route to the Upper Galilee where we will visit a Crusader fortress. Enjoy a nature walk at Tel Dan, visiting the high place where Jeroboam, son of Nebat, Caesarea Philippi (Banias), where Peter answered Jesus’ question, “Who do you say that I am?” See the Beit Alfa Synagogue, constructed in the fifth century. Return to Tiberias for dinner and overnight.

Friday, April 30   Sea of Galilee Area

Enjoy a boat ride on the lake. Drive to Kibbutz Nof Ginosar for a visit to the museum displaying a first century fi shing boat, which was found buried under an exposed section of the lake bed during a drought in 1986. Stop at the site of the Sermon on the Mount overlooking the Sea of Galilee. Walk down hill to Tabgha to visit the site of the multiplication of the fi sh and loaves. Continue by motor coach to Capernaum, a town used by Christ as a base during His ministry. Here you will see the remains of the fourth-century synagogue and the nearby house of Peter. Also stop to see the remains of Chorazim and Bethsaida, cities condemned by Jesus for their lack of faith. Dinner and overnight in Tiberias.

Saturday, May 1   Dead Sea

Begin the day at Yardenit, the traditional baptism site on the southern tip of the Sea of Galilee where the sea runs into the Jordan River. Traveling south today through the Jordan Valley, earth, the Dead Sea. Along the way, we’ll be making several stops, including the Decapolis City of Beit Shean, where the Philistines fastened the bodies of Saul and his sons to the wall of the city. This is a site of an extensive archaeological excavation and restoration project. Continue along the Jordan River to Qumran to view Cave # 4, which contained the greatest quantity of the Dead Sea scrolls discovered at Qumran. Enjoy a swim in the Dead Sea. Don’t worry if you can’t swim, the salt content is so high that it is impossible to sink! Overnight at Moriah Classic.

Sunday, May 2   Dead Sea - Jerusalem

Visit the Judean Wilderness where David hid from Saul at En Gedi, and the last of the Jewish rebels died on the mountaintop fortress known as Masada. Visit both areas this morning and then it’s up to Jerusalem! In Jerusalem, we’ll visit Yad Vashem with its latest addition including the Holocaust Museum, the Hall of Names, and the Museum of Holocaust Art. Overnight at the Ramada Jerusalem.

Monday, May 3   Jerusalem

Today we begin our exploration of Jerusalem. First visit the Mount of Olives and view the city. Enter and walk in the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus retreated for quiet prayer. We then enter the Old City, where the experience of seeing the Southern Steps, the Pinnacle of the Temple, the Western Wall, the Rabbi’s Tunnel, and the Temple Institute, will make this one of the most memorable days of your life! Return to the Ramada for dinner and overnight.

Tuesday, May 4   Jerusalem

Begin the morning at the Temple Mount where Abraham was called to sacrifice his son, Isaac. See the Pool of Bethesda where Jesus cured the man who had infirmities for 30 years. Visit St. Anne’s Church known for its spectacular acoustics, and Gabatha the judgment seat of Pilot. Continue to the New City to the Israel Museum housing the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Shrine of the Book, and the Model City of Jerusalem. Stop at Yad Hashmona Biblical Garden. Return to the Ramada Jerusalem for dinner and overnight.

Wednesday, May 5   Jerusalem

This morning explore the City of David, see the excavations at the Pool of Siloam, visit the Upper Room and see David’s Tomb. Walk along the Roman Cardo in the Jewish Quarter, and visit the Burnt House, a reconstruction of a luxurious house from the Second Temple period. This afternoon we’ll share Communion at the Garden Tomb. Enjoy a special farewell dinner at our hotel. There will be time to freshen up before our transfer to Ben Gurion Airport for our overnight flight.


Thursday, May 6    Arrive U.S.A.

Arrive at JFK Airport early this morning, and make your connections for home.

Meet Your Host
Dr. Al Reichman comes from a long line of orthodox rabbis. He was first exposed to the Gospel when a friend invited him to attend a Vacation Bible School. Two of his sisters attended a youth camp sponsored by the same church and came home having accepted Jesus as their Savior. Al and his sisters began to attend church. It was not until he was a teenager that Al finally came to accept Jesus as his Messiah. Al realized that everything he had been taught about Jesus was true. Trusting Jesus as his Messiah however, came with a high personal cost. His father mourned him as dead and never spoke to him again.

Al and his wife, Michele, served for 17 years in a pastoral ministry and are now on staff with Chosen People Ministries, where Al serves as National Ministries Representative and Southwest Regional Director. His duties include traveling to churches all across the country sharing his burden of taking the Gospel “to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.” He has led many groups to Israel and is anxious for you to see the land he loves so much.

“I would highly recommend you joining Dr. Reichman’s next tour to Israel. Being a Jewish believer Dr. Reichman has the ability to see both the Old Testament and the Land of Israel from a Jewish perspective. He gives you the unique opportunity to see the New Testament live out of the roots of the Old Testament as only a Jewish person can. In my opinion, you would be cheating yourself to come away from Israel without this valuable perspective.”
-- Pastor Harold Marcilliott, Littleton, CO



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For further information, contact:
Dr. Al Reichman
PO Box 330337
Fort Worth, TX 76163
Tel: (817) 370-5494
Email: DrWanderingJew@aol.com

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