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PICTURES: Shavei Israel’s summer seminar for young Polish Jews

[caption id="attachment_14139" align="alignleft" width="300"] Polish seminar participants sift through archaeological treasures in Jerusalem[/caption] What was the highlight of your summer vacation? While it’s still only early August, for 21 young Poles with Jewish roots, the answer is already clear: Israel. Shavei Israel’s annual summer seminar in Israel for a group of “Hidden Jews” of Poland concluded last week. The group traveled up and down the country as they toured, studied and discovered the beauty of the Jewish people. Their two-week itinerary included Shabbat in the Old City of Safed; scaling the heights of Mount Arbel and hiking in the Judean Desert (including up the “snake path” to uncover the mysteries of Masada); and taking a break from the heat by traipsing through a river near Beit Shean. The group had a full schedule of activities in Jerusalem: a visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance museum and nearby Mount Herzl military cemetery, exploring the narrow alleyways of Nachlaot in the city center, plunging into the tunnels that run alongside and under the Western Wall, and sifting through archaeological treasures at Emek Tzurim near the City of David.