site ▁exc urs ions . ▁Heb rew ▁and ▁Christian ▁Script ures , ▁Bib lic al ▁Geography ▁and ▁Arch ae ology , ▁History ▁of ▁the ▁Middle ▁East , ▁Christian ▁Spirit ual ity , ▁Peace - building ., ▁and ▁enc oun ters ▁with ▁J uda ism , ▁Islam , ▁and ▁local ▁Christian ▁communities ▁are ▁integrated ▁with ▁vis its ▁to ▁Christian ▁holy ▁sites ▁and ▁those ▁important ▁to ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁Land . ▁Program s ▁often ▁include ▁vis its ▁around ▁Jerusalem ▁and ▁Beth le hem , ▁the ▁Gal ile e , ▁the ▁Dead ▁Sea , ▁and ▁the ▁Neg ev . ▁Long er ▁programs ▁include ▁vis its ▁to ▁the ▁Western ▁Wall ▁and ▁the ▁D ome ▁of ▁the ▁Rock ; ▁experience ▁at ▁a ▁syn agog ue ▁and ▁Sh abb at ▁me al ▁with ▁a ▁Jewish ▁family ; ▁experience ▁at ▁a ▁local ▁Arab ic ▁Christian ▁lit ur gy ▁and ▁me als ▁with ▁families , ▁and ▁the ▁like . ▁ ▁A ▁three - month ▁s abb at ical ▁program ▁is ▁offered ▁in ▁the ▁fall , ▁and ▁usually ▁draw s ▁cler gy , ▁lay ▁past oral ▁workers , ▁and ▁educ ators . ▁ ▁A ▁three - week ▁E aster ▁Enc ounter ▁program ▁is ▁organized ▁around ▁the ▁Western ▁Holy ▁Week ▁in ▁Jerusalem , ▁and ▁includes ▁lit urg ies ▁or ▁meet ings ▁at ▁Catholic , ▁Ang lic an , ▁and ▁Luther an ▁churches ▁during ▁that ▁time . ▁When ▁the ▁Greg or ian ▁and ▁Julian ▁dates ▁for ▁E aster ▁co inci de , ▁Orth odox ▁lit urg ies ▁are ▁included . ▁ ▁One -