A program to acquaint and connect Israelis to their common Jewish heritage via the study and recording of Jewish historical sites in the Diaspora. The program brings together university students from various disciplines over the course of six months, beginning with four two-day preparatory sessions, and culminating in three weeks of study and preservation work in a Diaspora community. Initiated by AVI CHAI and under the project auspices of the Zalman Shazar Center, the program has sent abroad 320 students in 11 delegations — to Turkey, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Romania (twice), Greece, India (twice), Georgia, Hungary, and the Ukraine. Plans for 2010 call for a mission to Sarajevo in which 34 students are expected to take part.

www.jewish-heritage.org.il