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Friday, November 6, 2015 |
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Chizuk Mission, Day 3
Today the AFSI Chizuk Mission left Jerusalem to join Nadia Matar and Yehudit Katzover of Women in Green (WIG) at Oz V'Gaon, the park that was created in Gush Etzion in memory of Gilad, Naftali, and Eyal. Continuing south, they arrived at Yeshivat Nir in Kiryat Arba/Hebron, which traditionally serves as the group's "hotel" for Shabbat. They met with David Wilder, good friend and guide extraordinaire. He drove with them up to Tel Rumeida before Shabbat and pointed out the remarkable archaeological findings there.
Shabbat services were available in the Yeshiva or at the Ma'arat HaMachpela in Hebron, a short walk away.
Shabbat morning prayers are either at the Ma'arat HaMachpela in Hebron, or at the Yeshiva. Lunch is once again planned at the Gutnick Center, followed by touring around Hebron.
Motzei Shabbat, the group will be driving south to Eilat for a well-deserved rest. |
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Last night's rally at the Ethical Cultural Society of Westchester
Members of AFSI, Israelis for Israel, and the Jewish Rapid Response Coalition (JRRC) converged last night in White Plains at the Ethical Culture Society to refute anti-American and anti-Israel propaganda cloaked as a program on "Islamophobia." The format of the event on "free-speech" only permitted one point of view. Panelist Bina Ahmad, who has described Israel as an Apartheid state, purported that Islamic terrorism does not exist and is a concoction of certain men to serve their self-interests at the expense of Muslims.
Here is a news report of the event:
Paul Ferbank, rally organizer for JRRC, reported the following:
Unfortunately, the meeting only lasted for 1-hour and 28-minutes. The moderators of the Ethical Culture (EC) Society had asked attendees to write their questions down on cards. At 8:28 with 32-minutes left in the program, the EC ended the program and would not allow panelists to answer questions. So much for free speech at the EC.
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Save the Date - Tuesday, November 17 Meet Jerusalem Councilman Arieh King
Jerusalem Councilman Arieh King will be the guest speaker at AFSI's November 17 meeting at the home of AFSI Chairman Mark Langfan.
Councilman King is well known for his tireless work on behalf of a united Jerusalem. He lives in eastern Jerusalem with his wife and children, experiencing Arab attacks on an almost daily basis. His report promises to be an eye-opener. Suggested minimum donation of $25 to Israel Land Fund, a 501C3 organization. |
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Sunday, November 8, 7:00 PM Israel Solidarity Forum At Temple Hillel, North Woodmere, Long Island Engage in conversation regarding the recent terrorist events, growing BDS support, and anti-Semitic events on college campuses in the tri-state area. Over 20 organizations including and synagogues representing, Conservative and Orthodox Jews, will gather for a night of conversation.
For more information and to confirm your seats, please contact Cindy Grosz at: Sunday, November 8, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Rally for Israel in Los Angeles, CA Federal Building 11056 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
Wednesday, November 11, 6:00 PM ISGAP Lecture: "Resentment, Anxiety and Careerism: Accounting for Antisemitism in the Academy and Among the Intelligentsia" Dr. Barry Kosmin Director of the Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society & Culture Research Professor of Public Policy & Law at Trinity College, Hartford, CT Columbia Law School, William and June Warren Hall, Room WJ 107 1125 Amsterdam Ave. NYC www.isgap.org
Monday, November 16, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Cardozo Law School: "Jerusalem Passport" Case
Attorney Alyza Lewin addresses students at Cardozo School of Law on her work litigating the "Jerusalem Passport" case in front of the Supreme Court. Lewin is a partner in Lewin & Lewin, LLP, where she specializes in litigation and government relations. She is also President of the American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists ("AAJLJ") and has served on the Boards of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington and the Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia.
Tuesday, November 17, 7:00 PM Jerusalem Councilman Arieh King will be the guest speaker at AFSI's November 17 meeting at the home of AFSI Chairman Mark Langfan. Councilman King is well known for his tireless work on behalf of a united Jerusalem. He lives in eastern Jerusalem with his wife and children, experiencing Arab attacks on an almost daily basis. His report promises to be an eye-opener. RSVP is mandatory. Call AFSI at 212-828-2424 or email to: jonathan@afsi.org. Suggested minimum donation of $25 to Israel Land Fund, a 501C3 organization.
Monday, November 23, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM BETAR, Jabotinsky and the Shtetl Throughout the 1930s, Jewish political movements in Warsaw set out to transform the hearts and minds of Jewish youth in small towns across Poland. Among these urban activists were the leaders of Betar, the youth movement of Vladimir Jabotinsky's Revisionist party. Armed with longstanding stereotypes about shtetl life, Betar leaders were certain that bringing "modernity" and "progress" to these towns would mobilize their youth for the Zionist cause. Drawing on YIVO's collection of youth autobiographies from the 1930s, and previously unexamined correspondence between Betar's headquarters in Warsaw and its small-town outposts, Daniel Heller (McGill University) reveals the tensions that arose between these urban activists and the young Jews they sought to transform. Sunday, December 13, 3:00 - 5:00 PM The Tikvah for Israel Fund and Dr. Naomi Vilko present: World-Famous Cantor Joseph Malovany Cantor Malovany will be appearing with Cantor Bruce Rockman, The Sons of Tikvah Band, Makhelat Hamercaz, and Hazzan Sheldon Levin & Cantor Anna West Ott At Congregation B'nai Tikva/The JCC of North & South Brunswick 1001 Finnegans Lane North Brunswick, NJ
Hold the Dates! May 31 - June 8 Come to Israel with AFSI on our Spring 2016 Chizuk Mission. Celebrate Yom Yerushalayim in Israel with AFSI. Plan ahead!
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