HaNefesh Civil Rights Tour

Our Civil Rights journey will use the history, sites, and current issues as a springboard to highlight the relationship, and at times, the tension, of the Jewish and American identity. The tour is a mix of fun, sightseeing, education, and meetings with organizations and people who have been and are still involved in creating America.

We will learn about the struggles of African Americans to gain equality in the 1950s & 60s as well as discover how Jews were involved in the Civil Rights struggle. We will walk away understanding why Jews, as people who have known oppression, must care and act when others are oppressed. The journey can include Atlanta, Montgomery, Selma, and Birmingham. Visits include the Equal Justice Initiative Legacy Museum and Memorial to the victims of lynching, Freedom Park, the site where Leo Frank was lynched, the Rosa Parks Museum, the Martin Luther King Center/Auburn Ave. district, Ebenezer Baptist Church, walking across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, and the 16th Street Baptist Church.

Approximate Cost: $1400 per person

Includes:
Hotel
Tours and admission
Most meals

Not Included:
Airfare
Hotel for Saturday night (trip begins 8:00 AM on Sunday)
Tips for guides and drivers
Single-room supplement (approximately $190)
About 2 meals