Sunday 8
Arrival
Time at the hotel for check in and accommodation
Integration activities with Hillel peers at Hillel house’s garden
(Ice breakers + recognising Hillel house and enjoying the swimming pool)
Lunch at Hillel house: staff presentation, Itinerary reading and introduction about the tzedek project.
Afternoon
4.00 PM – City tour: the antagonist Buenos Aires: San Telmo and La Boca
(Touristy and fancy areas that are located next to poverty focuses)
Free time at the handicraft markets
Evening
7.30 PM – Educational activity: Jewish community in Argentina and Buenos Aires.
Games about these contents with Hillel peers (trivia)
9 PM – Dinner with peers at Hillel house
10 PM back to the hotel
Monday 9
Morning
7 AM – Breakfast at the hotel
8 AM – Beginning the Tzedek Project: painting and rebuilding IERU congregation
- Meeting with a member who will give an introduction about the institution.
- Recognising the place / organizing in small groups of work
Lunch boxes
Afternoon
Argentinean local context Introduction
(Social, Economy and Politics)
Evening
7 PM – Educational activity: the TZEDEK concept
8 PM – Dinner at Hillel
Tuesday 10
Morning
8 AM – Breakfast
10 AM – Visit AMIA building – the central institution for the Jewish life in Argentina.
11 AM – Visit “Baby Help” – JDC program that takes care of children from 0 to 3 years old.
1 PM – Lunch at Kosher Mac Donald’s
Afternoon
3 PM – Work on the Tzedek Project
Evening
7 PM – Group debriefing at Hillel (coordinated by the American staff leader)
7.30 PM – Dinner at Hillel
Back to the hotel
Wednesday 11
Morning
7 AM – Breakfast
8 AM – Work on the Tzedek Project
Lunch Boxes
Afternoon
2 PM – Visit to Ariel Foundation (JDC Employment program)
3 PM – Visit to Libertad Synagogue and the Jewish museum
4 PM – City Tour: Down Town
(Government house at Plaza de Mayo, Corrientes Avenue., the Obelisk, Colon theatre)
Evening
7 PM – Back to the hotel for shower
8.30 PM – Dinner at Hillel
10 PM – Tango Show or Tango lessons (extra cost)
Thursday 12
Morning
7 AM – Breakfast
8 AM – Work on the Tzedek Project
12 AM – Lunch Boxes
1 PM – Educational activity at the institution
Afternoon
Tzedek activity with LIFE argentina (www.lifeargentina.org)
Helping inside one the poorest neighborhoods in Buenos Aires.
Evening
7 PM – Back to the hotel for shower
9 PM – Dinner with Argentinean peers
Friday 13
Morning
7 AM – Breakfast
8 AM – Finishing the Tzedek Project
12 AM – Lunch at the school, with members
Afternoon
Special activities with pupils / members
Shabbat at the institution
6 PM – Back to the Hotel to prepare for Shabbat
Evening
7.30 PM – Shabbat services (they can choose between a conservative and an orthodox synagogue)
9 PM – Shabbat Dinner with Argentinean peers.
Saturday 14
Morning
Breakfast
Morning Prayer services
Dvar Torah
1 PM – Lunch at Iaacob House, a hostel for isaeli backpackers
Afternoon
Free Time
Optional: Walking tour
Recoleta / Departure
