100% refundable through 7/11/2023

$250 registration fee nonrefundable for cancellations on or after 7/12/2023

The Poland Delegation is intended for 11th-12th grade students in the Tzofim.

The delegation includes members of the Tzofim in Israel, Hanhagat Tzabar participants in the US, and participants in Tzabar Europe.

Quantity of campers changes every year. Approximately between 150-200 campers.

The price includes the preparation process in Israel and the United States (4 seminars).

In addition, the price includes all costs of the trip itself—round-trip flights from Israel to Poland, hotels, food, and entry to the sites.

The price does not include the round-trip flights from the US to Israel!

The delegation is divided into groups. Each group is guided by a team of madrichim: a Poland guide to educate about the Holocaust and Tzofim madrichim.

The Tzofim madrichim are merakzei Shvatim and Hanhaga staff, with some madrichim being part of the Poland Delegation for more than one year. The madrichim undergo training for six months from the Poland Delegation director and travel manager before meeting the participants.

Dividing the groups depends first and foremost on the dates of the Tzofim camps in Israel, on the basis that they are divided into three sections of the delegation. This is a completely logistical division.

Members of Hanhagat Tzabar will be assigned to groups according to the following parameters:

Participant requests—Each participant may request one friend to be in their group, and we will consider these requests.

Gender balance

Balance between Shvatim representation

In any case, every participant will be placed with one requested friend, and in each group there will be at least two Hanhagat Tzabar participants.

Every participant is asked to divide into pairs. According to these pairs, we will divide the groups. Accommodation in rooms is according to gender.

Therefore, we recommend that participants divide themselves in advance. In the event of a mixed pair, we will help the participants to find a room assignment before the trip.

Every group goes through the delegation on their own bus, with their own staff. At ceremonies and in the evenings at the hotel, you will be able to meet with the other groups.

Prior to the trip to Poland, each participant will receive a festive white polo shirt for use in the ceremonies in Poland and for Friday night.

Participants will also receive a patch from the delegation, to add to their Haki shirt.

In addition, participants receive a journal for the benefit of the preparation process and a travel diary translated into English (on request) that will accompany them during the trip.

Participants undergo the preparation seminars in full or half Haki and a delegation shirt. During the trip in Poland the Haki rotation changes day to day. In general, Haki is worn at the entrance to museums and sites. The madrichim will explain and will be briefed in advance.

There will be three meetings via ZOOM:

Meeting 1- January 8, 2023

for revealing and publishing the delegation—details about the process, etc.

Meeting 2- April 20, 2023

Meeting 3- July 23, 2023

Links will be send prior to the meetings

The food in Poland is kosher according to tradition. Meat and milk will not be served together, and no seafood or pork will be served. Anybody who wants to receive Glatt kosher food with Badatz approval – that is, strictly kosher, must indicate that they keep kosher in the registration form. This means that they will receive prepared food sent from Israel, heating on a hot plat on Saturday, etc. This cannot be changed during the trip.

During the delegation, the participants will have between an hour and an hour and a half to walk around the city square in Krakow/Warsaw, depending on the trip schedule. We do not enter malls and shopping centers during the trip. The visit to the market opens the participants to the experience of seeing a European city. Wandering around the square is limited to an agreed-upon area, and they walk in groups of three.

Entry to any activity is mandatory. During the activity we recommend participating and learning. The constructivist learning process is a process of learning in small groups, in sociability, and of shared and egalitarian learning.

A participant who chooses not to participate will lose an active part in the learning process and this may even impair their proficiency later in the process.

We invite participants to search and take an interest in their family history and stories. They have a place to bring their stories and share with their group members. We always recommend bringing the story to the attention of the madrichim, and together they will find the most appropriate time for this—whether at a specific site or after an activity on a specific topic. This way, the personal story can be connected to the story that the group builds together.