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