Chai Australia/New Zealand Jewish Heritage Tour November 4-21, 2009 with Joy Katzen-Guthrie: Jewish Heritage Travel, Jews of Australia, Australia/New Zealand Jewish History, Jewish Australia/New Zealand

Australia/New Zealand Heritage Tours

Travel Harmony & Joy Katzen-Guthrie Present
CHAI AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND SHOMER SHABBAT TOUR
An Exhilarating Discovery of Indigenous and Jewish Experience Down Under
First-Class Touring of Auckland • Rotorua • Melbourne • Philip Island • Dandenong Ranges • Blue Mountains • Sydney
November 4-21, 2009 (18 Days/17 Nights in Australia/New Zealand, plus Guided Round-Trip Air from Los Angeles)

with Tour Leader, Scholar-In-Residence and Singer Joy-Katzen-Guthrie

This is a SMALL GROUP TOUR with Maximum 25 Travellers / Minimum of ten travelers to proceed

To receive information, a detailed itinerary, or to join this tour
please contact us at 877-466-2934 or email info@jewishtravelagency.com


Grand and Historic Melbourne Hebrew Congregation, with Corinthian pillars copper dome, and bimah carved from Tasmanian blackwood Photo ©Melbourne Hebrew Congregation	Sydney Opera House, architectural masterpiece of the 20th century by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, winner of the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highest honor • Photo ©Matthew Field

A Spectacular Virtually All-Inclusive Tour of the Auckland, Melbourne, and Sydney Regions of New Zealand & Australia
with guided round-trip air from L.A., all First-Class 4-star hotels, all transportation, transfers, taxes, guides, drivers, cooked breakfasts, Shabbat & special meals
Tourist Visa, and all activities and events in a magnificent schedule of sights and activities in which you will experience the indigenous culture,
Native folk arts, spectacular landscape, vibrant cities, and centuries of history and Jewish experience Down Under.
With Tour Scholar-In-Residence Joy Katzen-Guthrie, Jewish scholars, local guides, and special escorted tours,
lectures, resources, Shomer Shabbat, and personalized attention attention throughout.
An unforgettable experience, perfect for all ages and the whole family!

This tour is joined by and includes presentations by Tour Scholar-in-Residence Joy Katzen-Guthrie
and Jewish scholars and specialized guides in every city
Our tour is in arrangement with Travel Harmony, specialists in Australia/New Zealand travel
For details, contact us us at 877-466-2934 or email info@jewishtravelagency.com

Tour includes standard or vegetarian meals • Kosher food can be arranged
First-Class Accommodations, Personalized Attention, and Special Interests Throughout
Space subject to availability / Initial deposit to hold the space must be received by June 15, 2009

Sydney Harbour Panarama • Photo ©David Iliff, Subject to Official License

Auckland Harbour • Photo ©Joseph Watkins

Blue Mountains • Photo ©David Iliff, Subject to Official License

Geothermal Activity, Rotorua
Photo ©2009 Tourism Rotorua

Philip Island Koala
Photo ©John Carney

For centuries, Jewish life has thrived Down Under, in lands that are among the most remote in the world. A small group of Jews was among the first Westerners to arrive in Australia. Maintaining tradition and Jewish identity was essential for those who chose to live in this part of the world. After World War II, Australia would become a refuge for thousands of Holocaust survivors. Today, Australia and New Zealand are home to an unprecendented number of synagogues, Jewish schools, and cultural and religious organizations. I am thrilled to announce my Jewish Heritage Tour of Australia/New Zealand for November 2009.

In Auckland, the Auckland Hebrew Congregation and Congregation Beth Shalom serve the Jewish community. The historic former Princes St. Synagogue is fully restored and furnished. Melbourne's first formal synagogue, founded in 1848, the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation, completed in 1930, with its Corinthian pillars, copper dome, bimah carved from Tasmanian blackwood (possibly the finest example of timber work in Australia) and its stained glass windows created by the Israeli artist, Rimona Kedem, seats more than 1300. The graceful domed St. Kilda Hebrew Congregation, founded 1872, is Melbourne's traditional Orthodox Congregation. Melbourne's Jewish Museum of Australia displays Jewish culture, history and religious practice. The Museum is a national institution dedicated to the conservation, preservation and exhibition of Jewish heritage, arts, custom and religious practice in all its diversity. In particular it illustrates the Australian Jewish experience. Through its exhibitions it tells of the common experience of migration, displacement and the challenge of adaptation to a new land. The Great Synagogue, is one of Sydney's most opulent and historic heritage buildings. The Synagogue has stood on its present site for well over a hundred and twenty years. The Sydney Jewish Museum, with its exhibits of Holocaust and Australian Jewish History, is dedicated to documenting and teaching the history of the Holocaust. Housed in the historic Maccabean Hall, the museum is a testimony to the fortitude and endurance of the human spirit.

These congregations, which our group will visit in addition to a magnificent itinerary of local historical, indigenous, and nature sites, are only a sprinkling of the many congregations and Jewish organizations that serve the diverse Jewish communities of Australia and New Zealand. Peruse this site to see more examples of the unity, commitment, and strength of the Jews Down Under. Visit the Australia Jewish Links section for a much more detailed listing of the Jewish communities of Australia and New Zealand. And join me in New Zealand and Australia this November for a one-of-a-kind experience Down Under. ~Joy

CHAI AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND SHOMER SHABBAT TOUR
An Exhilarating First-Class Discovery of Indigenous and Jewish Experience Down Under
Touring Auckland • Rotorua • Melbourne • Philip Island • Dandenong Ranges • Blue Mountains • Sydney
November 4-21, 2009 (18 Days/17 Nights in Australia plus Guided Round-Trip Air from Los Angeles)

Click to request a Detailed Itinerary of this tour.

Our tour is in arrangement with Travel Harmony, specialists in Australia/New Zealand travel
First-Class 4-star hotels in every city

Auckland City & Jewish Historical Tour, including Mt. Eden, Symond Street Cemetery and historic former Princes St. Synagogue
Waitomo & Ruakuri Caves of New Zealand's North Island
Te Puia, Rotorua's Whakarewarewa Thermal Village & Reserve
New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute
Te Po ~ Maori Concert and Hangi dinner
Rotorua's Skyline Gondola and Auckland's War Memorial Museum
Melbourne City & Jewish Historical Tours
Melbourne's Jewish Museum of Australia, St. Kilda Congregation, Melbourne Hebrew Congregation
Melbourne's Fitzroy Gardens and Cooks Cottage
Philip Island & Koala Reserve
The Dandenong Ranges National Park, historic Puffing Billy Train and Healesville Sanctuary
Sydney City & Jewish Historical Tours
Sydney's Bondi Beach, Watson's Bay, King's Cross, The Rocks
Kosher dinner at Savion On The Grill
The Sydney Opera House, Bennelong Point, East Circular Quay
Captain Cook Cruises Highlights of City Harbour cruise
The Sydney Jewish Museum and Great Synagogue
Sydney's Royal Botanical Gardens, Conservatorium of Music, Art Gallery and Mrs Macquarie’s Chair
The Blue Mountains and Sceniscender Cable Car
Homebush Bay ~ site of the Sydney 2000 Olympics
Kabbalat Shabbat services in Auckland, Melbourne, and Sydney
Shomer Shabbat Tour plus additional free time for exploring each city on your own

Cooked breakfasts and additional special meals are included throughout this tour. Food is standard or vegetarian cuisine. Kosher food arrangements can be made at your request; additional fees will be quoted for you based upon your needs. If you desire to add extensions to this tour, a personalized extension itinerary and pricing will be created for you.

Pricing for this tour includes guided round-trip air from Los Angeles. Click to request a Detailed Itinerary & Pricing for this tour.

This is a SMALL GROUP TOUR with Maximum 25 Travellers / Minimum of ten travelers to proceed • Space on this tour is subject to availability. Initial deposit of $350 to guarantee space must be received by June 15^th. Final Payment must be received by 75 days prior to departure (no later than August 21, 2009).

PASSPORTS & VISA: Travel Harmony will take care of your visa as part of this tour package. Passports must be valid for at least six months after return home. CHECK YOUR PASSPORTS NOW to insure that your passport is up-to-date with blank pages available. If you need a new passport, do not wait! Apply for it immediately.

For information or to reserve this tour, contact: 877-254-4373 or info@jewishtravelagency.com

Photo ©Sydney Jewish Museum

Jamieson Valley, Blue Mountains • Photo ©David Iliff
Subject to Official License

Auckland Sky Tower

Melbourne's Eureka Tower

Rotorua Museum

Historic Puffing Billy Train

Auckland War Memorial Museum

St. Kilda Synagogue

Prince Philip Island

Sydney's Great Synagogue
Photo courtesy of amyisrael

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