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The View

Not just another hotel

The Dan Eilat on Israel's Red Sea with 380 rooms
all facing the sea, 7 places to dine and drink,
2 pools, health & beauty spa, shopping bazaar
and Danyland for the children.

PLUS

Per person
in double room
including breakfast
+ 15% service charge

Starting at

Per person
in double room
including breakfast
+ 15% service charge

Enjoy the ideal
combination of the
DAN EILAT and the
famous KING DAVID
for as low as $103 per
night or combine any
of these hotels with the
DAN TEL AVIV, DAN
CARMEL or DAN
ACCADIA.

A wonderful value
when you combine
two or more of these
superb hotels:
DAN PANORAMA,
TEL AVIV, DAN
PANORAMA, HAIFA,
DAN PEARL,
JERUSALEM and
DAN CAESAREA.

Effective March 1,1996 -November 17,1996 standard grade rooms.
Minimum 7 nights combination of 2 or more hotels.
Rates not applicable during Jewish holidays and peak seasons.

For information and reservations,
please call your travel agent or
Israel Hotel Representatives
(212) 752-6120 or outside New York
State Toll Free: 800-223-7773/4
or FAX: (212) 759-7495
INTERNET SITE: www.danhotels.co.il
E-MAIL: danhtls@danhotels.co.il

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Some Short Tips
For Trips And Tours

LEWIS ERIC LACHTER SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

tarting Oct. 28, El Al Air- artifacts, photos, newspaper clip-
lines will have weekly pings and official records.
non-stop flights from Named after a local philan-
Chicago's O'Hare Airport thropist, the museum is called
to Ben-Gurion in Tel Aviv. The the William Breman Jewish
flights will leave on Monday and Heritage Museum. When in At-
Wednesday and will take 11 1/2 lanta, also visit the President
hours. There also will be a Sat- Jimmy Carter Library and see
urday evening flight, but it the Camp David exhibit.
makes one stop in New York. El Computer users who have ac-
Al also announced weekly flights cess to the Internet can now tour
between Tel Aviv and Amman, Israel "on line." A new web-site -
Jordan. In 50 minutes, you can lets you retrieve tons of informa-
be in King Hussein's capital city. tion about hotels, restaurants,
Closer to home, the Jewish transportation and tours. The site
Museum in New York has a new is fully illustrated with maps and
exhibition that examines the cul- color images of Israel. Call the
tural life of "Court Jews" in Ger- web-site at http://www.info-
manic lands from 1600 to 1800. tour.co.il . Another web-site is
These Jews were diplomats, fi- available from the Weisenthal
nanciers, minters, dealers in fine Museum of Tolerance in Los M-
art and jewelry. Over 275 works geles. To take a high-tech tour call
tell the dramatic story of the http://weisenthal.com .
For information about a low-
Court Jews within politics, art
and culture of their time. The ex- cost Israel vacation, write for the
hibition runs until Jan. 19, 1997. new Kibbutz Hotels brochure. The
Another interesting show at the free booklet outlines a new pro-
museum deals with "illegal" pho- gram called the Kibbutz Country
tography in the Netherlands. Lodging Pass, a bed and breakfast
during the German occupation. concept designed with the budget
The exhibit closes Dec. 1, 1996. traveler in mind. You stay in ren-
Also in New York is a show at ovated rooms or apartments once
the Yeshiva University Museum. occupied by kibbutz members.
Called "The Sacred Realm: The You have a hearty breakfast in the
Emergence of the Synagogue in kibbutz dining room and you're off
the Ancient World," the exhibit for a day of touring. There is also
tries to trace the origins of Jewish a Kibbutz Bonus Pass that gives
houses of worship. Fragments of you a choice of 31 Kibbutz Hotels
mosaics, frescoes and sculptures and Isrotel Apartment Hotels. For
recall the destruction of the details, write Kibbutz Travel Cen-
Jerusalem Temple and reflect the ter, 20 S. Van Brunt St., Engle-
influence of the Greco-Roman wood NJ 07631.
While in Israel, be sure to vis-
world on our shuls. The show dos-
it
the
amazing excavated site of
es on Dec. 1, 1996.
A new Jewish museum in At- Beit She'an. Even if you toured
lanta just opened. Visitors can the archaeological site a year or
begin their journey through time two ago, there is much that is new.
and history by entering a door See the Roman bathhouses with
to the left marked "The Holo- the sophisticated under-floor sys-
caust" or one on the right labeled tem for heating the water. Walk
"Creating Community: The Jews the elegant colonnaded street
of Atlanta from 1845 to the pre- which cuts through the entire
sent." Once inside, visitors find area. View the elaborate fountain
the two sections of the 50,000- building and the basilica, which
square-foot museum flow into served as the main public build-
one another. The Jewish her- ing in the ancient Roman city. And
itage exhibit presents a primer there is the overwhelming 6,000-
on Jewish religion and culture. seat oval amphitheater. Beit
There is also material docu- She'an is open every day from 8
menting the role of Jews in At- a.m. to 4 p.m. ❑
lanta's development through

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