I TRAVEL Let's March With The Heroes ga New Jewish Tours Are For Every Age ROSE KLEINER Special to The Jewish News T ours of Jewish interest in 1990 are numerous and diverse and should appeal to travelers of every age and background. A small sample follows. First are the many in- novative tours to Israel. A se- ries of special trips is offered by the largest Jewish travel program in the world, that of the International Travel sec- tion of the American Jewish Congress. Among their specially designed tours are Israel for Singles and Israel Slow and Easy. The Israel With The Kids program is designed for families with young children. This 15-day trip includes ac- tivities aimed at toddlers through early bar-mitzvah- age children, giving parents a much needed vacation for themselves and a chance to see the country, while still spending time with their children. Parents can sightsee part, or all of the time, with their children, if they wish. The tour departs August 20, 1990. For information about the above tours, call (212) 879-4588. Package tours to Israel are available with El Al Israel Airlines. The Sunsational Israel package comes with a free rental car and discount coupons. El Al's escorted Milk and Honey tours include breakfast daily, deluxe buses or private cars, and English- speaking tour guides. Tours depart weekly from the U.S. The Israel Discovery Tour in- cludes stays in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and the Galilee. El Al's Israel At Leisure tour, departing from New York each Monday, has two choices for travelers. One can select the Jerusalem Exten- sion (14 nights in Jerusalem, then to Tel Aviv and the Galilee), or the Tiberias Ex- tension (health treatments, with 9 nights in the Galilee, then to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv). El. Al has a two-week Singles Tour for persons be- tween 30 and 45, which features social and cultural activities, and sightseeing. Tours leave June 4, July 2 and 16, August 6 and 20, and September 3. A traditional tour of Israel is being sponsored by Cana- dian Friends of Bar Ilan University, June 11-20. The tour goes to Jerusalem, the Dead Sea, the Galilee and Tel . Aviv. Shabbat will be spent at a kibbutz guest house. In the cities accommodation will be at 5-star hotels, and will in- clude Israeli breakfast and dinner daily. A Singles Tour sponsored by Hadassah, for ages 25-40, will consist of programs and social events with Israeli singles. The tour is scheduled for September 2-14. Hadassah's tour for multi- generations will be held June 24 to July 8. Its purpose is to make it possible for grand- parents and parents to visit Israel with their children or grandchildren. There will be a program of activities where the two generations can par- ticipate together. The Society for the Protec- tion of Nature in Israel has unusual year-round trips at moderate prices. Their packages include hiking tours of various parts of the coun- try. More information can be obtained at (212) 685-3380. Art classes in Israel are available through the Parsons School of Design and the Bezalel Academy of Arts ar- rangement, which sponsors a summer session in Jerusalem from July 23 through August 19. Classes include drawing, painting and archaeology. For details call Francine Goldenhar, (212) 741-8975. Emunah tours to Israel in- clude a spring-Shavuot in Jerusalem trip, leaving May 21. Their Family Tours have two departures, July 2 and Auust 20. A 13-night Dedica- tion Tour to Israel leaving on August 6, is billed as a sum- mer highlight for Emunah. More information is available at (212) 947-5454. As for other destinations, El Al is offering this year a 7-day tour package to London, which includes hotels and breakfast daily, as well as a tour of London and theater vouchers for two plays in the city's West End. A tour of the Orient is scheduled from June 25 through July 15. Now in its seventh year, the Pepper, Silk and Ivory tour will be led by Rabbi Marvin Tokayer, who lived and worked in Tokyo. The tour stresses Jewish points of interest in the cities it visits, among them Shanghai, Kyoto, Beijing, Tokyo, Kaifeng and Hong Kong. Rabbi Tokayer can be reached at (516) 829-8595. For more information about the above, and the many other tours available this year, contact your local travel agent. Saluting "Jewish Heroism" 40 New Young Russian Heroes SUNDAY, MAY 13, 1990 - 2:00 P.M. at the JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER 6600 W. MAPLE / W. BLOOMFIELD *FLOATS * BANDS *CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINMENT *REFRESHMENTS FUN FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY For more information call: 737,7000 1 Hosted by the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit and The Lubavitch Foundation - ',-, `THANK YOU SUMMIT FOR .. -.'-' Alii-s SAVING US MONEY" . (, 100; .100. . _ . E. . : , . .„ . . - -. , . 41, 4 .t,4' .,- -I i - . . 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