Ponant Cruise
A Confluence of Cultures: Discovering Southern Spain and Portugal
Global Leader in Socially Conscious Travel.
October 10 - 17, 2025
Register by: July 11, 2025
*Prices are based on double occupancy. Single room supplements are available. See itinerary for pricing details based on tour dates.
MEJDI Tours is excited to partner with PONANT for a truly inspiring voyage of Spain and Portugal.
Through shared values and over 35 years of responsible tourism, PONANT creates purposeful voyages of exploration. Complete with a fleet of 12 ships, fitted with the latest environmental technology, each adventure is elegant, authentic, and inspiring.
Hadar Susskind
President & CEO
Americans for Peace Now
Hadar Susskind is widely acknowledged as one of the Jewish community’s leading progressive advocacy voices and brings more than 20 years of experience working in Washington DC on both foreign and domestic policy. In that role he has built strong relationships with members of Congress, administration officials, and progressive partners and allies from across the spectrum of American political life.
Hadar most recently served as Senior Vice President of Government Relations for the Council on Foundations, and prior to that as the Director of Bend the Arc Jewish Action and Bend the Arc Jewish Action PAC. Before joining Bend the Arc, Hadar was Vice President of the Tides Foundation. Hadar also served as Vice President for Policy and Strategy at J Street and Vice President and Washington Director for the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA). Hadar currently serves on the boards of Ameinu and the Congressional Progressive Caucus Center. He has also served on the White House Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Initiatives Task Force on the Environment, as well as the Board of Directors of the Coalition on Human Needs, the Public Policy Committee of Independent Sector and the Leadership Council of Nonprofit VOTE.
Ori Nir
Vice President for Public Affairs
Americans for Peace Now
Ori Nir (he/him) joined Americans for Peace Now following a 24-year career in journalism, which was mainly focused on the Arab-Israeli conflict. Ori covered Palestinian affairs for Ha’aretz Daily, Israel’s leading newspaper during the early years of the first intifada and through the implementation of the first phases of the Oslo Accords. Later, he covered Israel’s Arab minority for Ha’aretz. Ori also covered the diplomatic efforts to advance Arab-Israeli peace. As the Washington correspondent of Ha’aretz and of The Forward, America’s largest and most influential independent national Jewish weekly newspaper, he focused on US Mideast policy.
Ori earned a Master’s in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley, where he also taught journalism. His Bachelor’s in Middle Eastern history/Arabic literature is from Jerusalem’s Hebrew University.
Ori is fluent in Hebrew and Arabic.