Gush Fridays Schedules - June 19, 2009


    Cherry Festival Kibbutz Rosh Tzurim

    10:00 - 15:00
    From Jerusalem - via Gilo-Gush Etzion Tunnel Highway

    From Beit Shemesh - highway 38 south to the Eyla Junction, left to highway 375, to Etziona Junction, right to highway 367, straight up to Gush Etzion. Approximately 15 kms.


    June 19, 2009


    Free Hike
    Path of the Patriarchs
    , guided tour by reservation, only 60 places

    02-9410124

    Meeting place - parking lot Alon Shvut Elementary School

    8:45-11:00. Bring hat and water.

    End of tour at Biyar Aqueduct, refreshing dip, entrance fee.

    For coupon - www.baitisraeli.co.il/tour


    Herodion – tour with Professor Ehud Netzer, head archaeologist who discovered Herod's Tomb.

    Reservation only - 057-7761143. 9:00-11:00

    Meet at entrance to Herodion. Bring hat and water

    An additional tour will take place 12:00-14:00 with a guide from the Herodion National Park

    For coupon - www.baitisraeli.co.il/tour

    Free entrance, for those participating in the Scavenger Hunt.


    Winery – Lecture: "Pre Nuptual Agreements"

    Rabbi Elyashiv Knohl and Rabbinical Advocate Rachel Levmore discuss the issues at hand, agunot, agreements, and the issues of refused divorce.

    02-9932437

    10:00-11:00

    Free, no reservation necessary

    Guided tours and purchasing of wine on premises


    Meet the Poet "Pichi" Yoram Ben Meir 10:30 – 11:30 on the grass by the old Judaica Center


    Playback Theatre

    Improvisational theatre in which audience or group members tell stories from their lives and watch them enacted on the spot; with actors from Gush Etzion.

    02-9932437 11:30-12:30 10 NIS

    On the grass by the old Judaica Center


    Hike with the Kfar Etzion Field School Through natural springs and new trails

    02-9410124 by reservation only

    9:00-14:00. Bring hat and water

    Those arriving late - please call 02-9935133 for exact location of group