1751 Second Ave, New York, NY 10128
Tel: 212-828-2424; Fax: 212-828-1717; afsi@rcn.com; http://www.afsi.org/
Contact: Helen Freedman, Executive Director
August 20, 2010
ITINERARY FOR AFSI CHIZUK MISSION – Oct. 24 – Nov. 2, 2010
SUNDAY, OCT. 24 – Leave from Newark, NJ on 2:15 El Al flight
MONDAY, OCT. 25 – Arrive at Ben Gurion, 7 A.M – Meet our bus and driver, Ami, and give him our luggage. Those who wish to travel by bus to Ashkelon will travel with him. The rest will board the train in the airport to Ashkelon. There we will meet the bus and Ami, and drive directly to Nitzan, the caravan community of the Gush Katif expellees. The Orange Gallery will be open for shopping and Dror Vanunu, Rachel and Moshe Saperstein, and Anita Tucker will meet us and guide us on our tours of the new building for the Gush Katif communities. We will stay overnight in Ashkelon at the Holiday Inn where Israel Danziger of Mishmeret Yesha will join us.
TUESDAY, OCT. 26 – We’ll pay an early morning visit to Sderot where we’ll meet with Alon Davidi, of Ofek Chadash, Noam Bedein at the media center, and Josh Hasten and Rabbi Fendel at the Hesder Yeshiva. We’ll drive south to Nir Oz, Yevul, and the Haluzia desert where Gush Katif expellees are building new homes. Continue south to Mitzpe Ramon. Overnight at the Inn.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 27 – Guided morning hike for those who wish to participate, through the Machtesh Ramon, Israel’s Grand Canyon. Visit IDF school, B’ad Achad. Meet with Aharon Pulver and spokesmen at their new Shomrim outpost to review the Bedouin issues. Overnight again at the Inn.
THURSDAY, OCT. 28 – We begin traveling north. Visit Sde Boker, Ben Gurion’s home in the Negev, and go on to Revivim, Yattir, and Sussya. Visit with Rabbi Moshe Hager Lau at his pre-military school, Beit Yatir. Overnight in the area.
FRIDAY, OCT. 29 – Visit the communities in the southern Hebron hills including , Adurayim, Nachliel,and Givat Gal. In Negohot, we hope to visit the Ben David family at Beit Hakerem Hill where their vineyard was destroyed recently by Arab arsonists. Arrive in Kiryat Arba – Yeshivat Nir for overnight and Shabbat Chaye Sarah. Beautiful services at the Maarat HaMachpelah or at the Yeshiva. Dinner at the Yeshiva with Rav Waldman and the Hesder Yeshiva students. Meetings after dinner with Honenu Legal Defense Forum representatives to learn about their efforts on behalf of Haim Pearlman and other Jews under Israeli arrest. Overnight at Yeshiva.
SATURDAY, OCT. 30 – SHABBAT CHAYE SARAH IN HEBRON – Morning services at the Ma’arat HaMachpela. Shabbat lunch at the Gutnick Center with Yossi Baumol and the Hebron Fund group. Afternoon tour of Hebron. Shalosh Seudot and Havdalah at the Yeshiva. Depart from Hebron after Shabbat for Jerusalem. Overnight at the King Solomon hotel.
SUNDAY, OCT. 31 – All day in Jerusalem – Visit the Temple Mount in the early morning with Rabbi Richman. Meet Arieh King back at our hotel for his unique tour of Jerusalem’s threatened areas. Mid- afternoon tour with Dan Luria of Ateret Cohanim in the Old City and Beit Yonatan, Kidmat Zion, and other areas outside the Old City. Evening meetings with Members of Knesset. Overnight at the King Solomon.
MONDAY, NOV. 1 – Leave for the Shomron where we will meet David Ha’Ivri who will guide us through a number of the critical Shomron communities. We’ll of course check on the status of the Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva in Yitzhar. We will have our farewell dinner in Petach Tikva. Departure at 9 PM for the airport for midnight and 1 AM flights back to NY. Those who are staying on will be taken back to Jerusalem.
TUESDAY, NOV. 2 – Early morning arrival in NY – in time to vote!
The cost of the land portion of the trip is $1650 per person double occupancy. Single occupancy is $2000. Flight arrangements are up to the individual participants.
Deposits of $800 are due by September 1 with full payment due by October 4.
Payments can be made by: check, made out to Americans For a Safe Israel, and mailed to 1751 Second Ave., New York, NY 10128; Pay Pal through the AFSI website: http://www.afsi.org/ ; Credit Card – call Helen at 212-828-2424.
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| That's me speaking at the AFSI Gush Katif Katif event in NY, July, 2010 |
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