Western Region MOTL 2027
May 2–16, 2027
Sunday, May 2 | Departure
- Depart the U.S.
Poland
Monday, May 3 | Arrival in Poland • Erev Yom HaShoah
- Lodz
- Erev Yom HaShoah program
- Overnight: Krakow
Tuesday, May 4 | Yom HaShoah
- Auschwitz
- March of the Living
- Dinner at JCC Krakow
- Overnight: Krakow
Wednesday, May 5
- Krakow Ghetto
- Birkenau
- Zbylitowska Gora
- Overnight: Rzeszow
Thursday, May 6
- Lancut
- Markova
- Majdanek
- Overnight: Lublin
Friday, May 7
- Wlodawa
- Sobibor
- Kazimierz Dolny
- Kabbalat Shabbat
- Overnight: Warsaw
Saturday, May 8 | Shabbat
- Shabbat services
- POLIN Museum
- Ghetto Wall, Path of Martyrs, Umschlagplatz and Mila 18
- Havdalah with IMOTL teens
- Overnight: Warsaw
Sunday, May 9 | Departure for Israel
- Nozyk Synagogue
- Jewish Historical Society
- Warsaw JCC
- Zoo
- Transfer to the airport and fly to Israel
Israel
Monday, May 10 | Erev Yom HaZikaron
- Shehechiyanu at the beach
- Leket
- Shuk HaCarmel
- Graffiti tour
- Rabin Memorial
- 9/11 Memorial
- Erev Yom HaZikaron ceremony
- Overnight: Jerusalem
Tuesday, May 11 | Yom HaZikaron
- StandWithUs
- Hike at Sataf
- Haas Promenade
- Erev Yom HaAtzmaut on Ben Yehuda Street
- Overnight: Jerusalem
Wednesday, May 12 | Yom HaAtzmaut
- Hezekiah’s Tunnel
- Old City tour
- MOTL event
- Overnight: Jerusalem
Thursday, May 13
- Sderot
- Nova site
- Meet students in Ruhama
- Overnight: Jerusalem
Friday, May 14
- Yad Vashem
- Har Herzl
- Machane Yehuda
- Kabbalat Shabbat at the Kotel
- Overnight: Jerusalem
Saturday, May 15 | Shabbat
- Shabbat services
- Walking tour
- Closing circle
- Transfer to the airport
Sunday, May 16 | Return Home
- Depart Israel and arrive in the U.S.