LAST CALL for Chanuka tiyulim, as follows:

The Israel Center and Heartland Tours present... 
In the Footsteps of the Macabim 
Tuesday December 26th - 5th day of Chanuka 
Leave the Israel Center 8:30am • Return: 5:00pm 
Nebi Samuel: Is this the Mitzpeh where Yehuda HaMacabi assembled his forces before fighting the Greeks? 
Givat Yearim: Is this Modiin? 
Emmaus: Did the Greeks camp here? Is this one of the battle sites of the Macabim? 
Latrun: Is this where the Macabim are buried? 
Atab: Is this the site where the Sanhedrin announced Rosh Chodesh? Is there a connection to the Macabim? (some easy walking involved) 
Tel Tzova: Is this Modiin? 
All of these and more questions will be answered by our special guide: Era Rapaport 
Bring your own lunch and drinks 
Departing rain or shine • Itinerary is subject to change 
150NIS for members (165NIS for non-members) 

The Israel Center and Artzeinu present two special Chanuka tiyulim...
Monday, DEC 25 Depart: 8:00am Return: 8:30pm (approx.) 
GALIL 
Meron
Kever of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai 
Amuka
Kever of Rabbi Yonaton Ben Uziel 
Tsfat
Walk thourgh the old city, see the candle factory and the artist colony. Meet the artist, Noach Greenberg, and see a unique work of art with the yearly cycle of the holidays built inside. 
Bring your own lunch and snacks 
Regular price: $65 Chanuka discount price for tourists - $53 Special for OU members - $48 
Prices for people living in Israel: 170NIS Israel Center members: 150NIS 
If the group is smaller than 27 people, there will be a surcharge of 50nis per person)

Thursday, DEC 28 Depart: 8:45am Return: 7:30pm (approx.) 
NEGEV 
Biblical Be'er Sheva 
Avraham's Well 
Kever of the Baba Sali 
Crater 
collect colored sand 
Bring your own lunch and snacks 
Regular price: $73 Chanuka discount price for tourists - $58 Special for OU members - $54 
Prices for people living in Israel: 170NIS Israel Center members: 150NIS 
If the group is smaller than 30 people, there will be a surcharge of 40nis p.p.

and 

The Israel Center's Institute for Jewish Values Education 
invites you to a special SHABBATON 
Classical Values in the Modern Age 
Awe & Respect for G-d, Great People - Past & Present, Peers, Others... and Self 
Shabbat Parshat Vayigash 
Friday-Shabbat, January 5-6 
Chafetz Chaim Guest House 
Scholar-in-Residence: Rabbi Asher Meir, Center for Business Ethics and Social Responsibility, Machon Lev; author of Meaning in Mitzvot, a companion to Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 
400NIS p.p. dbl. occ. - call for further specifics 
Limited number of rooms - reserve now 

and 

We're going back to Eilat...
This time with Hebrew & English guiding and talks
5 days - 4 nights in Eilat SUN to THU, Jan 21st thru the 25th at the beautiful (4-star) Shalom Plaza Hotel Half-board • Mehadrin (not the whole hotel, but the part we will be in) 
Sde Boker, Nachal Zin Observation Point, Mitzpe Ramon, Carpentry Shop of the Crater, Mt. Hizkiyahu, Red Canyon, fish factory famous for "Denis" fish, unique palm trees, Um Rash Rash, glass-bottom boat, underwater observatory,Sea World, Oceanarium, Timna Park, Nachal Shlomo. Bus with us all the way, to & from, in & out, all around. Guide with us all the way (except for the return to Jerusalem). Evening programs, shiurim, lectures, talent show. 
1200NIS members 1300NIS non-members 

Call the TIYUL HOTLINE 
Dial the Israel Center's number 5-66-77-87, then press 211. You'll hear "thank you, one moment please", and then the phone system's music for 15 seconds. Then the Tiyul Hotline message begins. You can listen to the whole message and then press 2 to leave your message, or you can interrupt by pressing 2 right away and then leaving your message. 

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