Belarus-Lithuania
August 23-30, 2009
Day 1. Arrival – Minsk
· Arrival to the airport
· Visit Khatyn – an impressive memorial for hundreds of villages burnt in Belarus in WWII
· Check-in in the hotel
· Sightseeing of Jewish and general sites in Minsk
· Dinner at Minsk Synagogue
Day 2. Minsk – Volozhin – Radin - Lida - Minsk
· Visit the site of famous Yeshiva of Volozhin
· The old cemetery of Volozhin and the grave of R’ Chaim Volozhiner
· Drive to Radin
· Former Yeshiva and Synagogue building
· The grave of Chafetz Chaim and other prominent rabbis
· Tribute to the Jewish community of Lida
· On the way back to Minsk visit Ivieh an example of a former shtetl
· Dinner at Minsk Synagogue
Day 3. Minsk – Mir – Slonim – Grodno - Druskenik
· Morning drive to Mir
· Visit the famous Mir Yeshiva and the prayer houses around
· Visit the Jewish cemetery in Mir with the grave of the famous mashgiah R’ Yerucham Levovich
· The palace and the fortress of the princes Radziwill in Mir
· Drive to Slonim to visit the abandoned but still beautiful Siynagogue
· Drive to Grodno
· The Great Synagogue of Grodno
· The area of the Ghetto in Grodno
· Transfer to Lithuania; health resort Druskenik
Day 4. Druskenik – Alytus – Kovna
· Morning for relax in a beautiful neighborhood
· Jack Lipshitz the famous sculptor from Druskenik
· Visit Alytus with its impressive memorial for the Jews perished during the Shoah
Drive to Kaunas (Kovna) second large city of Lithuania
General sightseeing of Kaunas
Avraham Mapu, Ludvig Zammenhof and Leah Goldberg in Kovna
Visit the only Synagogue in Kovna and the Children’s Memorial in its court
Laisves aleja – the main pedestrian street in Kovna
Day 5. Kovna – Keidan – Ponivezh - Vilna
Slobodka - Jewish suburb of the city
Kovna Ghetto area
Ninth Fort - death site of European Jewry
Drive to Keidan - a citadel of Radziwil family
Vilna Gaon and Keidan
Three Synagogues in Keidan
· Visit Ponivezh to see the building of the Yeshiva founded by R’ Kahaneman
Arrival to Vilna and check-in the hotel
Day 6. Vilna
· General sightseeing of Vilnius
The President's Palace
Old Vilnius University
· Visit to the Jewish State museum of Lithuania
· The Jewish Cemeteries of Vilna
· The grave of the Gaon of Vilna and other prominent personalities
· Visit the "Cheap Houses" built by baron Hirsch for poor Jewish people
· Building of the world famous printing house "Widow and Brothers Romm"
· Kabbalat Shabbat with the members of the local Jewish community
· Dinner at Beit Chabad
Day 7. Vilna (walking)
Visit to the only Synagogue in Vilna “Taharat Ha’kodesh”
· Tour of the Old town
The Old Jewish quarter
The Great Vilna Synagogue; the shulhoyf
Vilna Gaon - the Great Jewish scholar
Mordechay Antokolsky – famous Jewish sculptor from Vilna
Large Ghetto, Abba Kovner, Itzik Vittenberg
· Dinner at Beit Chabad
Day 8. Vilna – Ponar – Trakai - departure
Visit to Ponar Memorial
Drive to Trakai with its insular medieval castle
Karaite museum, Kenesa and the old Karaite cemetery
Trakai National Park
Drive to the airport
August 23-30, 2009
Day 1. Arrival – Minsk
· Arrival to the airport
· Visit Khatyn – an impressive memorial for hundreds of villages burnt in Belarus in WWII
· Check-in in the hotel
· Sightseeing of Jewish and general sites in Minsk
· Dinner at Minsk Synagogue
Day 2. Minsk – Volozhin – Radin - Lida - Minsk
· Visit the site of famous Yeshiva of Volozhin
· The old cemetery of Volozhin and the grave of R’ Chaim Volozhiner
· Drive to Radin
· Former Yeshiva and Synagogue building
· The grave of Chafetz Chaim and other prominent rabbis
· Tribute to the Jewish community of Lida
· On the way back to Minsk visit Ivieh an example of a former shtetl
· Dinner at Minsk Synagogue
Day 3. Minsk – Mir – Slonim – Grodno - Druskenik
· Morning drive to Mir
· Visit the famous Mir Yeshiva and the prayer houses around
· Visit the Jewish cemetery in Mir with the grave of the famous mashgiah R’ Yerucham Levovich
· The palace and the fortress of the princes Radziwill in Mir
· Drive to Slonim to visit the abandoned but still beautiful Siynagogue
· Drive to Grodno
· The Great Synagogue of Grodno
· The area of the Ghetto in Grodno
· Transfer to Lithuania; health resort Druskenik
Day 4. Druskenik – Alytus – Kovna
· Morning for relax in a beautiful neighborhood
· Jack Lipshitz the famous sculptor from Druskenik
· Visit Alytus with its impressive memorial for the Jews perished during the Shoah
Drive to Kaunas (Kovna) second large city of Lithuania
General sightseeing of Kaunas
Avraham Mapu, Ludvig Zammenhof and Leah Goldberg in Kovna
Visit the only Synagogue in Kovna and the Children’s Memorial in its court
Laisves aleja – the main pedestrian street in Kovna
Day 5. Kovna – Keidan – Ponivezh - Vilna
Slobodka - Jewish suburb of the city
Kovna Ghetto area
Ninth Fort - death site of European Jewry
Drive to Keidan - a citadel of Radziwil family
Vilna Gaon and Keidan
Three Synagogues in Keidan
· Visit Ponivezh to see the building of the Yeshiva founded by R’ Kahaneman
Arrival to Vilna and check-in the hotel
Day 6. Vilna
· General sightseeing of Vilnius
The President's Palace
Old Vilnius University
· Visit to the Jewish State museum of Lithuania
· The Jewish Cemeteries of Vilna
· The grave of the Gaon of Vilna and other prominent personalities
· Visit the "Cheap Houses" built by baron Hirsch for poor Jewish people
· Building of the world famous printing house "Widow and Brothers Romm"
· Kabbalat Shabbat with the members of the local Jewish community
· Dinner at Beit Chabad
Day 7. Vilna (walking)
Visit to the only Synagogue in Vilna “Taharat Ha’kodesh”
· Tour of the Old town
The Old Jewish quarter
The Great Vilna Synagogue; the shulhoyf
Vilna Gaon - the Great Jewish scholar
Mordechay Antokolsky – famous Jewish sculptor from Vilna
Large Ghetto, Abba Kovner, Itzik Vittenberg
· Dinner at Beit Chabad
Day 8. Vilna – Ponar – Trakai - departure
Visit to Ponar Memorial
Drive to Trakai with its insular medieval castle
Karaite museum, Kenesa and the old Karaite cemetery
Trakai National Park
Drive to the airport
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