In Search of Israeli Cuisine
The Tour

A culinary tour like no other.

See the other side of Israel.

A melting pot of cuisines.

12:00 AM Thursday, January 12th 2017
In Israel

NOTE: January departure has only a few spaces available. To register for the trip download the registration form below, fill it out and e-mail to Andrea Katz at andy@ViaSabra.com. There is also a May departure. For more info about the Wait List or May departure, send an e-mail to tours@SantaFeJFF.org. or call 505.216.0672.
 

Experience a different side of Israel with the IN SEARCH OF ISRAELI CUISINE TOUR January 12 – 20, 2017 in Israel. It’s an opportunity to visit the restaurants, street food vendors, markets, wineries, cheese makers, and farms highlighted in the film. A special meeting with the directors of Israel’s top film festivals for a behind-the-scenes look at Israel’s film industry is also in the planning stages.

Highlights of the tour include:

  • dinner at MachneYuda, one of the Jerusalem’s best and most popular restaurants,
  • a tasting tour at the famed Mahane Yehuda market,
  • Shabbat dinner in the home of a Jerusalemite,
  • a visit to Shai Zeltzer’s Goat and Cheese Farm and an opportunity to meet this unique cheesemaker,
  • a “pub crawl” to introduce you to Jerusalem’s night life and a chance to sample some local brews,
  • an Eastern European tasting tour,
  • lunch at a Palestinian restaurant and a chance to roam the streets of the old town of Akko,
  • dinner at the highly rated fish restaurant Uri Buri,
  • Abu Senan cooking workshop in the Galilee,
  • a visit to a Druze village to taste freshly pressed olive oil and sample Druze cuisine,
  • a tour to see how Israel has made the desert bloom,
  • a walk through Jaffa’s old city and port with its Mediterranean views and a myriad of cafes and restaurants,
  • dinner at Meir Adoni’s Mizlala’s in Tel Aviv, one of Israel’s most creative restaurants and best known chefs,
  • AND MUCH MORE! Itinerary
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    January 12 – 20
    Israel
    Cost: $2,950 pp, Double Occupancy
    $750 Single Supplement
    For questions, more information, and reservations
    send an email to Doris Francis at tours@SantaFeJFF.org or call 505.216.0672.
     
    We thank the Jewish Community Council of Northern New Mexico for assisting with travel arrangements.

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