Facilities

Choose from a wide range of attractive settings for meals, parties, meetings, or any gathering--from a traditional desert-dwellers' tent to a lecture hall equipped with state-of-the-art audiovisual facilities.

Ophira's Garden
Seats 200
Fig trees emerge from the walls built of local boulders and myrtle and hyssop sprout from small rock gardens set into the floor. The charm of this unique greenhouse cum dining and celebration area make it a fitting memorial to Ophira Navon, wife of the fifth president of the State of Israel, and an inviting setting for meals and festive events. Heated in winter, cooled in summer, comfortable all year round.

Summer Garden
Seats 600
Dine and celebrate in a lovely clearing in a pine forest, shaded by tall trees during the day and romantically illuminated at night. Equipped with tables, chairs, a large paved space for dancing among the trees, and a raised platform for musicians. Between dining and dancing, take a stroll around the spotlit Pool of Sycomores just across the road.

"Choice Products" Garden
Seats 800
A choice celebration area set among the trees representing the "choice products" of Israel which the biblical Jacob sent to Egypt. Dine, dance, and stroll along the illuminated trails day or night.

Berkson-Cohn Lecture Hall
Seats 100
Outstanding design plus state-of-the art technology create a unique setting for audiovisual presentations, lectures, family celebrations, to name a few. Advanced equipment for video and slide projection, DVD, computer presentations, automatically controlled screen and shutters open endless possibilities for creative programming. Loudspeakers around the circumference of the round hall provide superb "surround sound." Three large murals, reflecting landscapes at Neot Kedumim, illustrate the verse "That you may gather in your grain, your wine, and your oil" (Deuteronomy 11:14). A setting to enhance any event.

Woodland Stage (seats 700)
Jotham's Stage (seats 1200)
These spacious and scenic amphitheater areas are ideal for group ceremonies, singing, prayer, drama, or other presentations. Shaded by pine trees, illuminated at night, equipped with electricity and amplicfication systems, adjacent to the trails and celebration areas.

Abraham's Tent
Seats 400, with partitions for smaller groups
Lighting for evening events
Sit on the floor mats or low stools and enjoy stories, drama, music, or a "Shepherds' Snack". In the spirit of the patriarch Abraham, who was known for his hospitality, we have pitched a large, sheltering tent across the road from the Visitors' Center. Abraham's Tent is hand-woven of strong goat hair, like the tents desert-dwellers have made for millenia. Outside the tent is a large yard planted with tamarisks, like those Abraham planted to shade his guests at Beersheba (Genesis 21:33). An authentic setting for biblical-style hospitality, rain or shine.

TourTrain
Each train seats 50 adults or 70 children.
Heat? Rain? Limited walking ability? No problem. Two trackless, non-polluting, low-noise trains are available to transport visitors from one end of the 625-acre reserve to the other. The open design allows you to enjoy the pastoral views in comfort.

All facilities are available by advance order from the Reservations Dept.