Temple Isaiah and St Marks have been developing a mutually inspiring and blessed relationship over the past several years, especially by working together for the well-being of others. We are exciting about what we can experience together in this interfaith journey through Israel.
An interfaith tour offers wonderful possibilities for our two congregations, and for our relationship together, that are not possible when we tour only by ourselves. We also recognize that there is potential for unintended misunderstandings or confusion.
To help us all profit from and enjoy our experience together to the utmost -- and to help minimize unintended misunderstandings or confusion, our rabbi and rector will hold sessions in common for all potential participants. These sessions will help orient one another to some of the common links between our two faiths, as well as helping us become more aware of important differences, including language and symbols.
These sessions will be announced later, most likely to be held in the spring of the year we travel. Please be aware that these orientation sessions will not be optional, but will be required for all participants.
An interfaith experience for
and co-led by the Rabbi and Rector:
the Rev. Mark Panoff, Rabbi,
the Rev. Dr. Richard Laribee, Rector,
and Ayelet Tours
Come deepen your faith with us as we visit the land of the Bible -- the land of our common heritage!
Here's the general Plan: (We'll post more specific details at a later date).
Day 2: Arrival, getting settled, and shabbat dinner in Jerusalem.
Day 3: Shabbat and walking tour of the Old City in Jerusalem .
Day 4: Sunday and more Biblical sites in Jerusalem.
Day 5: Bethlehem / Dead Sea. Last night in Jerusalem
Day 6: Jordan Valley. Overnight in kibbutz in Galilee.
Day 7: Golan / Capernaum / Kinneret. Overnight in Galilee.
Day 8: Galilee. Overnight in Tel Aviv.
Day 9: Tel Aviv. Overnight in Tel Aviv.
Day 10: Shabbat shaloam. Farewell dinner and overnight flight
Day 11: Arrival in US.
Ayelet tours comes very highly recommended to us. They are well-experienced in handling all the details of Israel tours, not only for Jewish congregations, but also for Christian and interfaith groups.
Please view the following 8-minute video, prepared specifically for Jewish congregations. Although an interfaith experience will differ in someways, this video should give you an excellent idea of some of what we will experience on this trip. To view it, click here.