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F EATURING

R OBERT S . S CHINE,

C URT C . AND E LSE S ILBERMAN P ROFESSOR OF J EWISH S TUDIES

&E RIC M ALTZMAN, C L ASS OF ’ 76

PRESENTS

Your guides for this tour are Middlebury alum Eric

Maltzman, Class of ’76, an Israeli Tour Guide licensed by the

Ministry of Tourism, and Robert S. Schine, the Curt C. and

Else Silberman Professor of Jewish Studies at Middlebury.

ERIC MALTZMAN, a native of New Jersey, graduated from

Middlebury in 1976 with a double major in Russian and

History. Following graduation, Eric worked for USIA in the

then Soviet Union. In 1978 he flew to Israel for a one-year

program sponsored by the World Union of Jewish Students,

but never used the return ticket. The following year he

became a member of the Kibbutz Merom Golan (on the

Golan Heights) and, like all Israelis, did mandatory service in

an infantry unit of the Israel Defense Forces. In 1991 he

married Tamar Spitzer, whose parents were among the

founding members of Kibbutz Ein Gev, on the shore of the

Sea of Galilee. In 1993 he was accepted as a member of that

Kibbutz, and lives there with Tamar and their three children.

Aside from being the expert operator of the kibbutz banana

plantation, Eric also earned his MA in History from the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1995, and completed the

18-month licensure course for tour guides, administered by the

Ministry of Tourism, in 2001. He has been guiding groups

around Israel ever since, in Hebrew, Russian, and English.

ROBERT S. SCHINE joined the Middlebury faculty in

1985, when the college established its first permanent position

in Jewish Studies. He holds the Curt C. and Else Silberman

Chair in Jewish Studies and teaches courses on the history of

Jewish thought from the Biblical to the modern period;

Classical Hebrew; and, for the last decade, a seminar on

“Zionism: Ideas and Realities,” which explores the intellectual

origins of Zionism and their manifestations in the modern

State of Israel. A frequent visitor to Israel, Robert has also

lived there extensively, first while on leave from Middlebury

in 2000–2001, during the political unrest known as the

Second Intifada; he is residing in Jerusalem during the first

half of the current academic year, 2011–12.

Eric and Robert will welcome you in Tel Aviv. ■

“Ancient history is modern history.”

This idea, commonly acknowledged in Israel, will be the

theme of the Middlebury College Alumni and Parent Tour to

Israel 2012. We will explore Israel at the turn of the millennia,

when Israel was merely an outlying province in the mighty

Roman Empire and also the matrix from which both Judaism

and Christianity sprang. We will experience modern Israel,

the State founded in 1948 as a consequence of the partition of

Palestine by the United Nations, and now a thriving, complex,

and fascinating country. This tour is non-denominational and

intended for everyone: Jews, Christians, Muslims, Buddhists,

atheists, and participants of any other persuasion. The only

pre-requisite is that you enjoy walking, for we will be on our

feet for hours at a time, in cities, in museums, at archeological

sites, and in smaller towns.

Israel is a tiny country — 263 miles north to south and ranging

from 9 to 71 miles east to west — but it is disproportionately

rich in history, in cultural and religious diversity, and even in

natural beauty. No single tour can do justice to the many

strata of its history, nor to the multiple lenses through which

the meaning of Israel’s history is understood. Nonetheless,

the itinerary for the Middlebury Israel tour will make an

ambitious start, by aiming to include less, not more, and

visiting sites that are connected by thematic threads.

These themes include:

■ Jewish and Christian origins in Israel and the interactionsof these two groups.

■ The Roman period: the Jewish Revolt against the Roman Empire and its disastrous — and also positive —consequences.

■ The European origins of Zionism and their enduringinfluence in Israeli life.

■ The founding of the modern State of Israel; the conflictsto which it gave rise; and the political controversies ofthe “right” text book for the teaching of this history.

■ The accomplishments of the Kibbutz movement, a lastbastion of living socialism.

■ The significance of the Holocaust for the State of Israel. ■ The status of minorities in the “Jewish State.”

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Wednesday, March 14 Depart from New York on anovernight flight to Tel Aviv.

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Thursday, March 15 Arrive mid-afternoon in Tel Aviv andtransfer to the Dan Panorama Hotel, where we stay overnight.A brief late afternoon orientation tour includes Old Jaffa.Gather this evening for welcome remarks by Professor RobertSchine and Eric Maltzman, followed by dinner at the hotel.

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Friday, March 16 After breakfast, drive along theMediterranean coast to visit the magnificent ruins of Caesarea,the main Roman port in ancient Palestine, built by Herod theGreat and named for his patron, Caesar Augustus. Continue toHaifa to see the famed Bahai Gardens. Set out for the region ofGalilee, stopping in the city of Akko, where there will be timefor a late lunch on your own before touring ancient Acre, aUNESCO World Heritage Site. Conclude the day in Tiberiasat the Leonardo Plaza Hotel on the shores of the Sea of Galilee,our home for the next three days. Dinner is at the hotel. Theevening’s lecture will be “The Strata of History in Tzipori-Sepphoris-Saffuriya” in preparation for the next day’s touring.

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Saturday, March 17 Continuing our study of Jewish andChristian life in the Roman Empire, drive to Tzipori, theancient Sepphoris, which was a center of Jewish and Christianlife and interaction. Until 1948 it was the Arab village ofSaffuriya. View the Roman mosaics, among them the “MonaLisa of the Galilee,” and the spectacular and fascinating mosaicfloor of the synagogue. After a picnic lunch, continue toNazareth to visit the Church of the Annunciation, the largestchurch in the Middle East. A drive along the eastern shore ofthe Sea of Galilee takes us to Kibbutz Ein Gev, where we willmeet with kibbutz members and dine at its restaurant, whichspecializes in fish. Sabbath alternative: walking in Tiberias.

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Sunday, March 18 Spend the morning in the area around theSea of Galilee. Beginning in ancient Gamla on the GolanHeights, we will follow the first-century Jewish historianJosephus’ description of a Roman siege of this hilltop town asrecorded in The Jewish War, his account of the Great Revoltagainst Rome. Josephus will return as our guide later duringour program. Visit Mt. Bental, which provides a wonderfulpanorama of the Syrian border; Katzrin, where there will betime for lunch on your own; and Rosh Pina to see a short movieon the town’s history. Then continue to Tzefat (Safed), home ofthe Kabbalistic school of Isaac Luria in the 16th century.Return to Tiberias, where dinner is at the hotel. This evening’sseminar extends, in spirit, our visit to Tzefat, with an explorationof “Isaac Luria’s Mystical Big Bang.”

Ruins of Caesarea.

The Dead Sea.

Dome of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.

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Monday, March 19 After a visit to the Kfar Haruv Peace Vista,the remainder of the morning focuses on sites around the Sea ofGalilee associated with Christianity: Capernaum, Tabgha, andthe Mount of Beatitudes. In the early afternoon, drive souththrough the Jordan Valley to Ein Bokek, where we will stay fortwo nights at the Daniel Hotel on the shores of the Dead Sea.Dinner is at the hotel.

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Tuesday, March 20 Today we concentrate on sites important toJewish history from the Great Revolt (66-70 C.E.). Begin atMasada, where a cable car will take us to the top of this breath-taking, ancient fortress, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Masada was first known only from Josephus’ Jewish War, in whichhe described the collective suicide of its defenders, who preferreddeath over surrender to the Romans. From there, we will set outfor Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found in the 1940sin caves set in the high cliffs near the sea. See the ruins of theancient town, home to the ascetic sect of the Essenes. It was alsooverrun by the Romans during the Great Revolt. There will betime for lunch on your own before we continue to Ein Gedi, theoasis where waterfalls irrigate lush wadis near the shore of theDead Sea. The late afternoon is at leisure, and you may wish toswim (more accurately, float) in the buoyant mineral-rich waters ofthe Dead Sea. Dinner is at the hotel.

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Wednesday, March 21 Depart for Jerusalem, where we willstop at the Mount of Olives for a panoramic view over the city.See the Temple Mount (or Noble Sanctuary), sacred to Jews,Muslims, and Christians; then walk in the Old City, visiting theChurch of the Holy Sepulcher and Via Dolorosa. There will betime for shopping in the colorful Arab market. Conclude at theDan Boutique Hotel, where we stay for four nights. JonathanPrice, Professor of Classics at Tel Aviv University, presents a lectureon “Josephus in Jerusalem,” followed by dinner at the hotel.

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Thursday, March 22 Jerusalem remains one of the world’smost historic cities and central to the three great monotheisticfaiths: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Begin the morning atthe City of David, a site actively being excavated and the subject of political controversy. Then see the Western Wall andtake the tunnel tour. Following free time for lunch, a walk takesus through the Jewish Quarter, with stops at the “Burnt House”from the Roman siege of Jerusalem, the Cardo, and MountZion. Dinner is at leisure. An optional evening walking tour isoffered to the nearby historic German Colony, whose mainthoroughfare, Emek Refaim Street, boasts several good restaurants.

Ruins at Masada and view of mountain desert ridges. The Dome of the Rock.

Historical Museum designed by Moshe Safdie, Yad Vashem.

The Western Wall at night.

P RO G R A M R AT E $ 4 , 9 9 5(Per Person, Double Occupancy)

S I N G L E S U P P L E M E N T $ 1 , 1 2 5

R AT E I N C LU D E S

■ Ten nights hotel accommodations as per itinerary

■ Buffet breakfast daily, one lunch, and nine dinners; bottled waterand coffee/tea with all meals; local wine with dinner

■ Escorted sightseeing by motorcoach and entrance fees for visits

■ Airport / hotel transfers and porterage

■ Taxes and service charges; gratuities to guides and drivers

Not Included in Rate International airfare; passport fees; alcoholic beveragesother than local wine at dinners; personal items and expenses; airport transfers forthose not on suggested flights; baggage in excess of one suitcase; trip insurance; anyother items not specifically mentioned as included.

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Friday, March 23 Begin the morning at the Herzl Museum,which presents not only the life of Theodore Herzl but a historyof the Zionist movement. A short walk brings us to Yad Vashem,the memorial to the victims of the Holocaust, where our visitsinclude the Avenue of the Righteous, the poignant Children’sMemorial, and the Historical Museum designed by Moshe Safdiein 2005. This afternoon we will make our way through the pre-Shabbat hustle and bustle of the Mahane Yehuda market, andreturn to the hotel before Shabbat arrives in Jerusalem. A Shabbatdinner is served at the hotel.

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Saturday, March 24 Spend the morning at the Israel Museum,whose collections include the famed Dead Sea Scrolls discoveredin Qumran, the Billy Rose Sculpture Garden, and contemporarygalleries. Continue to the village of Ein Karem, now a neigh-borhood of Jerusalem, to see the Church of St. John the Baptist,built on what tradition holds to be his birthplace. In the after-noon, visit Bethlehem, stopping on the way at the SheroverPromenade in south Jerusalem for a vista of the Old City, EastJerusalem, and the “separation wall.” Gather for our farewelldinner at the hotel. Sabbath alternative: walking tour on your own.

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On the front cover: View of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives.