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NextGen Women’s Mission to Paris
Sunday, October 23 - Friday, October 28
All Day
Did someone say Paris?! NextGen Women’s* #WillTravelForGood Mission takes flight October 23-28!
Cost: $4,200 per person, Land-only, based on double occupancy
$740 single occupancy supplement
Chairs: Alex Feinstein and Stefanie Gordon
Please note: You must be fully vaccinated, including booster, to participate in this Mission.
Highlights:
- Experience the local Jewish community in Paris
- Learn about its history and evolving narrative through private tours, encounters, and home hospitality
- Meet with communal leaders and organizations combatting antisemitism, including SPCJ and JDC OSE
- Explore the world of Parisian art, food, and fashion through cooking, and tour select galleries & a VIP fashion house
- Enjoy leisure time in the City of Love
For more information, please contact Heidi Kuperman, Missions Director, at hkuperman@jfedgmw.org or (973) 929-3046.
*Minimum Gift: This mission welcomes women in their 30s and 40s who make a minimum gift of $1,000 to the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ 2023 UJA Annual Campaign.
TENTATIVE ITINERARY (as of 4/06/22)
DAY 1: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23 — On Y Va! Let’s Go!
| 6:50 p.m. | Depart Newark Airport for Paris via UA flight #57 |
| Overnight | Enroute |
DAY 2: MONDAY, OCTOBER 24 — J’Arrive!
| 7:45 a.m. | Arrive at Charles de Gaulle Airport Meet, assist and transfer to city center |
| 9:30 a.m. | City Overview including photo op at the Eiffel Tower |
| 10:30 a.m. | Arrive at Hotel de Ville (City Hall) Tour and briefing by Patrick Klugman, Deputy Mayor of Paris (TBC) |
| 11:30 a.m. | Walking Tour of the Marais, the Jewish Quarter, including a meeting with a member of the Jewish community who grew up in Le Marais and was a ‘hidden child’ during WWII and a visit the Roman Byzantine style Tournelles Synagogue |
| 2:00 p.m. | Lunch at Loulou Restaurant |
| 3:30 p.m. | Depart for the Westin Hotel Check in and relax |
| 7:00 p.m. | Welcome dinner at Balagan, hip and trendy Israeli restaurant near Place Vendôme with amazing French women from different parts of the Jewish community. (4 guests) |
| Overnight | Westin Paris Vendôme |
DAY 3: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25 — Fashion & Art
| Breakfast at leisure in the hotel (included) | |
| 8:30 a.m. | Briefing in a private room at the hotel by Robert Enjes, Executive Director of CRIF, the umbrella organization for Jewish France |
| 9:45 a.m. | Depart hotel for Sarcelles and see firsthand the work of the Jewish Agency in the periphery |
| 11:00 a.m. | Arrive at the Grand Synagogue of Sarcelles Greetings by Rabbi Berros and overview by the Jewish Agency shaliach |
| 11:45 a.m. | Walk along Jerusalem Street with its many kosher eateries and pay tribute to the hypercachr terrorist victim |
| 12:15 p.m. | Lunch at Café Inoun with Tali Ochayon, Chief Executive Deputy of SPCJ (protection service for the French Jewish Community) |
| 1:30 p.m. | Continue to Otzr Hatorah Girls School, stopping at a memorial in memory of the Toulouse. Meet with Rabbi Isvy, the principal and dialogue with the students |
| 3:00 p.m. | Depart for Paris |
| 4:30 p.m. | Arrive at the hotel. Free time to get ready for dinner |
| 7:00 p.m. | Depart for home hospitality (TBC) |
| Overnight | Westin Paris Vendôme |
DAY 4: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26 — The Ones Who Stay & The Ones Who Go
| Breakfast at leisure in the hotel (included) | |
| 8:30 a.m. | Briefing in a private room at the hotel by Robert Enjes, Executive Director of CRIF, the umbrella organization for Jewish France |
| 9:45 a.m. | Depart hotel for Sarcelles and see firsthand the work of the Jewish Agency in the periphery |
| 11:00 a.m. | Arrive at the Grand Synagogue of Sarcelles Greetings by Rabbi Berros and overview by the Jewish Agency shaliach |
| 11:45 a.m. | Walk along Jerusalem Street with its many kosher eateries and pay tribute to the hypercachr terrorist victim |
| 12:15 p.m. | Lunch at Café Inoun with Tali Ochayon, Chief Executive Deputy of SPCJ (protection service for the French Jewish Community) |
| 1:30 p.m. | Continue to Otzr Hatorah Girls School, stopping at a memorial in memory of the Toulouse. Meet with Rabbi Isvy, the principal and dialogue with the students |
| 3:00 p.m. | Depart for Paris |
| 4:30 p.m. | Arrive at the hotel. Free time to get ready for dinner |
| 7:00 p.m. | Depart for home hospitality (TBC) |
| Overnight | Westin Paris Vendôme |
DAY 5: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27
| Breakfast at leisure in the hotel (included) | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Depart the hotel |
| 9:30 a.m. | Visit the Secret Gardens of Montmartre with Dr. Kelly Spearman (TBC) |
| 12:30 p.m. | Explore the new wave of contemporary galleries and street art in the Belleville neighborhood with a local artist. |
| 1:30p.m. | Depart for hotel and lunch on own Afternoon at leisure for browsing and shopping |
| 6:30 p.m. | Wine and Cheese Reception at Moishe House with its local residents Summation at Moishe House |
| 8:00 p.m. | Farewell Dinner at a typical Parisian Restaurant |
| Overnight | Westin Paris Vendôme |
DAY 6: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28 — Au Revoir!
| Breakfast to go and hotel check out | |
| 6:15 a.m. | Transfer to the airport |
| 9:45 a.m. | Depart Charles de Gaulle Airport via UA #56 |
| 11:45 a.m. | Arrive at Newark Airport |