Orthodox Union Events
Nine Days Mission to Poland
Date:
20 Jul, 2009
Description:
Join the OU for a truly transformative Poland Experience during the Nine Days, July 20-28, 2009.
Optional Israel Extension, July 28-August 4, 2009.
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After receiving countless requests through the years from individuals and shuls throughout the Orthodox community, the Orthodox Union will at long last provide an extraordinary life-altering Poland experience for adults. Join OU President Stephen Savitsky, incoming OU Executive Vice President Rabbi Steven Weil, and Guide/Scholar-in-Residence Rabbi Mordechai Smolarcik for a truly transformative Poland experience.
Timed to coincide with the Nine Days and NCSY's famed JOLT trip, this deeply meaningful mission promises to reinforce our understanding of churban as we visit sites whose names are burnt into Jewish consciousness and travel through what was once the heartland of Yiddishkeit, Torah scholarship, and a life that is lost. Though adults traveling on this mission will have a travel schedule that is separate and apart from NCSY's JOLT teen trip, an especially memorable and life-affirming Shabbos and Havdalah will be held together with the teens in the Ramoh Shul in Krakow.
Highlights of the mission will include; Krakow, Ger, Lizensk, Lublin, Tiktin, Warsaw, Auschwitz, Belzec, Birkenau, Majdanek, Plashov, Treblinka, the Nozyc Shul, the Ramoh Shul, the Schindler Factory, the first Bais Yaakov school, the famed Yeshivat Chochmei Lublin, and kevarim of the Ramoh, the Netziv, the Chiddushei HaRim, the Sfas Emes, the Tosfos Yom Tov, the Chozeh of Lublin, R' Elimelech of Lizensk, and R' Chaim Brisker.
For an additional fee, participants will have the option of using their last day in Poland to take a day trip to a city within Poland that is personally meaningful. Also, an Israel extension from July 28-August 4 is available for those wishing to culminate their experience by spending Tisha B'Av and Shabbos Nachamu in Jerusalem.
5-Star Accommodations. Space on this trip is extremely limited and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
Schedule:
Tentative Itinerary - Subject to Change
Monday, July 20
Depart for Warsaw from New York
Tuesday, July 21
Arrive to Warsaw from New York
Mincha at Nozyc Shul
Remnants of the Warsaw Ghetto Wall
Jewish Warsaw
Overnight Novotel Warsaw Centrum
Wednesday, July 22
Tiktin Shul
Kivrei Kadishim in the Forest
Tiktin Cemetery
Mincha
Treblinka
Overnight Novotel Warsaw Centrum
Thursday, July 23
Ger
Drive to Lublin
Majdanek
Yeshivas Chochmei Lublin
Old Cemetery
Nightime Walk to Old Jewish Quarter
Overnight Lublianka Grand Hotel
Friday, July 24
Beljitz
Lizensk
Prepare for Shabbos in Krakow
Kabbalos Shabbos at Ramoh Shul
Overnight QUBOS Hotel Krakow
שבת
Shacharis at Ramoh Shul w/JOLT NCSY
Jewish Quarter
Encounter w/Righteous Gentile
Afternoon Tour Wawel Castle/Town Square
Mincha at Ramoh Shul
Havdalah with teens w/JOLT NCSY
Overnight QUBUS Hotel Krakow
Sunday, July 26
Auschwitz Jewish Center
Auschwitz Mueseum
Birkenau
Overnight QUBUS Hotel Krakow
Monday, July 27
Tour of Jewish Krakow or
Day of Personalized Travel
Overnight QUBUS Hotel Krakow
Tuesday, July 28
Depart for NY from Warsaw
Arrive in NY from Warsaw
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Optional Israel Extension
Tuesday, July 28
Depart for Israel from Krakow
Arrive in Israel from Krakow
Wednesday, July 29 (Erev Tisha B'Av)
Erev Tisha B'Av Kinnos with R'Weil
Thursday, July 30 (Tisha B'Av)
Friday, July 31
Shabbos Nachemu, August 1
Sunday, August 2
Yom NCSY BBQ & Concert
Monday, August 3
Tuesday, August 4
Depart for New York from Israel
Arrive to New York from Israel
Contact:
To receive more information and a detailed mission packet, kindly call 212-613-8374 or send an email to (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) with your first and last name, cell phone #, home phone #, and business phone #.