| Warren -
I visited Israel with AJC and they do a fabulous job. They are very organized
and will tell you exactly what kinds of preparations to make. If they still
offer a program where you meet with an Israeli of your own profession, that's
when you may be able to meet up with fellow Digits; I spent a half day at the
Jerusalem office and it was one of the best parts of my trip!! I'm jealous...
If you are lucky enough to have one of their best ACE guides, Michael Enav,
you are twice blessed!
Waky
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| Warren,
As Waky says, AJC does a fabulous job. In each city, your guide will
more than likely invite you to dinner (Dutch treat) at one of his/her
favorites. If you don't like the style of cuisine, the guide will
suggest others more to your liking. I recall dining at an excellent
Chinese restaurant and a deli-style place in Jerusalem, and a middle-
eastern place in Tel Aviv, all at the suggestion of our guide, Yossi
Ashkenazi. We even found an American-style hamburger place on our
own.
On parts of the tour -- e.g., kibbutz visit -- you won't have much
choice. It's either eat there or starve until evening.
One thing we found a small problem with was the relative ages of the
other members of our tour -- mostly (much) older; many retirees -- tend
to slow things down sometimes. We did manage to make friends with a
few other couples closer to our age level and found ourselves
socializing more with the smaller group during the non-tour hours.
If your tour is the bar mitzvah tour, you may have more in common
with the other folks. BTW, mazel tov!
/Ed
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