Touring and Activities
In addition to two complimentary tours (signup required!) described below, some activites are listed below.
Museums
If you arrive early enough on Tuesday or are around on Sunday you may want to consider:
- The Diaspora Museum at Tel Aviv University
http://www.bh.org.il/default.aspx
- The Palmach Museum (near the campus; reservations required) -
http://www.palmach.org.il/show_item.asp?itemId=8572&levelId=42850&item
Dance
Israel’s modern dance scene has achieved world-class acclaim. On Friday, if you skip the conference lunch, you can easily make it by taxi to the “Deca Dance” (review, clip) performance of Bat Sheva at the Suzanne Dellal Center at 2 PM (tickets [not many left!])..
Complimentary Tours
2 Complimentary tours will be offered:
Tel-Aviv
On Friday 15th a 3-4 hours walking tour of the “White City” and Jaffa will be offered to participants.
The first stop will be Tel-Aviv’s “White City”. On July, 2003, UNESCO proclaimed the "White City," the unique urban and historical fabric of Tel Aviv, as a World Cultural Heritage site. The tour focuses on the architectural styles of the 1930s – most notably the International, or Bauhaus, style – in one of the White City's main concentrations, along Rothschild Boulevard. Telling the story of Tel Aviv from its early years till today, this tour presents a wonderful opportunity to savour the experience of life, past and present, in the first Hebrew city. The second stop will be Jaffa. The tour embraces the picturesque Flea Market, archaeological sites, the view of Tel Aviv from the Crest Garden (Gan Hapisga), and the renovated alleys and buildings of historic Old Jaffa.
A bus will depart the conference venue for the tour at 16:40 and will return participants to the conference hotel afterwards.
Jerusalem
On Saturday 16th a full day tour of the Jerusalem will be offered to participants, if a sufficient number of attendees sign up.
The precise details of the tour are still being arranged. The tentative plan will include a stop at the Israeli Museum, where a 1.5 hour tour of the museum’s highlights will start the visit. Then, participants will have about 1 hour of free time to explore the museum’s varied collections. The Israel Museum is the largest cultural institution in the State of Israel. Among its highlights are the Shrine of the Book, designed by Armand Bartos and Frederick Kiesler, which houses the Dead Sea Scrolls, as well as rare early medieval biblical manuscripts, and the model of Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period, which reconstructs the topography and architectural character of the city as it was prior to its destruction by the Romans in 66 CE, and provides historical context to the Shrine’s presentation of the Dead Sea Scrolls. After lunch the tour will proceed to the old city for a 2-3 hours guided tour of the old city.
Tel Aviv Tourism
See the links section for online tourism guides of Tel Aviv.
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In addition to two complimentary tours (signup required!) described below, some activites are listed below.
Museums
If you arrive early enough on Tuesday or are around on Sunday you may want to consider:
- The Diaspora Museum at Tel Aviv University
http://www.bh.org.il/default.aspx
- The Palmach Museum (near the campus; reservations required) -
http://www.palmach.org.il/show_item.asp?itemId=8572&levelId=42850&item
Dance
Israel’s modern dance scene has achieved world-class acclaim. On Friday, if you skip the conference lunch, you can easily make it by taxi to the “Deca Dance” (review, clip) performance of Bat Sheva at the Suzanne Dellal Center at 2 PM (tickets [not many left!])..
Complimentary Tours
2 Complimentary tours will be offered:
Tel-Aviv
On Friday 15th a 3-4 hours walking tour of the “White City” and Jaffa will be offered to participants.
The first stop will be Tel-Aviv’s “White City”. On July, 2003, UNESCO proclaimed the "White City," the unique urban and historical fabric of Tel Aviv, as a World Cultural Heritage site. The tour focuses on the architectural styles of the 1930s – most notably the International, or Bauhaus, style – in one of the White City's main concentrations, along Rothschild Boulevard. Telling the story of Tel Aviv from its early years till today, this tour presents a wonderful opportunity to savour the experience of life, past and present, in the first Hebrew city. The second stop will be Jaffa. The tour embraces the picturesque Flea Market, archaeological sites, the view of Tel Aviv from the Crest Garden (Gan Hapisga), and the renovated alleys and buildings of historic Old Jaffa.
A bus will depart the conference venue for the tour at 16:40 and will return participants to the conference hotel afterwards.
Jerusalem
On Saturday 16th a full day tour of the Jerusalem will be offered to participants, if a sufficient number of attendees sign up.
The precise details of the tour are still being arranged. The tentative plan will include a stop at the Israeli Museum, where a 1.5 hour tour of the museum’s highlights will start the visit. Then, participants will have about 1 hour of free time to explore the museum’s varied collections. The Israel Museum is the largest cultural institution in the State of Israel. Among its highlights are the Shrine of the Book, designed by Armand Bartos and Frederick Kiesler, which houses the Dead Sea Scrolls, as well as rare early medieval biblical manuscripts, and the model of Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period, which reconstructs the topography and architectural character of the city as it was prior to its destruction by the Romans in 66 CE, and provides historical context to the Shrine’s presentation of the Dead Sea Scrolls. After lunch the tour will proceed to the old city for a 2-3 hours guided tour of the old city.
Tel Aviv Tourism
See the links section for online tourism guides of Tel Aviv.
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