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Link to ARZA website
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| ARZA Membership |
| Become a Member of ARZA Today. As we welcome this new year of 5768, we look forward to Israel’s 60th birthday next spring. As Reform Jews, we also mark the 30th anniversary of ARZA, three decades of the Reform Movement’s active engagement with Israel. Let us join together as we:
REJOICE on the sacred occasion of Israel’s 60th year of independence
REFLECT on our loving, and at times complex, relationship with Israel
RENEW our connections to Israel and the Jewish people.
Support the Reform movement in Israel and enhance Israel as a pluralistic, just, and democratic state. ARZA dues are only $36 per family. Please check ARZA on your Temple dues statement or send a check payable to Temple Emanuel, marked for ARZA membership. The rewards are great.
The ARZA Committee is planning a full agenda of wonderful activities for the coming year, as we march toward celebrating the 60th anniversary of Israel’s establishment next May. Please contact David Gayle, ARZA Chair, at david.gayle@att.net if you would like to actively support these activities or for questions about ARZA and its mission.
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| Congregational Trip to Israel |
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Plan today to have an experience of a lifetime!. Rabbi Stone is leading a Temple Emanuel family trip to Israel, departing July 6, 2008 and returning July 18. Temple members who have participated in previous congregational trips to Israel had transformative experiences that created a lifelong relationship. The itinerary for next summer’s experience is set and it is filled with amazing activities.
On the evening of November 19, at 7pm, the tour director, Danny Ehrlich plans to come to Temple Emanuel to meet with all members of the congregation who are interested in obtaining information about the trip. Please mark your calendars and plan to join us
Highlights include:
- an archaeological adventure digging the past with our own hands
- a visit to a Bedouin ranch for a camel trek
- a sunrise climb to the fortress of Masada
- prayer time at the Western Wall and Shabbat in Jerusalem
- a home hospitality program with Ethiopian Jewish immigrants
- a session at a mosque to explore issues facing Israeli Arabs
- rafting on the Jordan River
- a nature hike in the Tel Dan Nature Reserve
- and numerous other educational, social, and sightseeing opportunities, as well as activities for the younger set.
Contact the Temple office for more information and to reserve a space for you and your family on this adventure of a lifetime.
See the FULL description of the trip in the Oct 2007 Kol Kore , pages 3 & 4.
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| The Law and the Land, Affinity Trip for Attorneys: |
ARZA is sponsoring a unique program in Israel, November 1 - 11, 2007, for attorneys. The program includes two days of CLE courses on Israeli law, taught by the faculty of Tel Aviv University Law School. Highlights include meetings with Supreme Court Judges, Ministry of Justice officials, military judges, lawyers engaged in various areas of practice, and many others; discussions with scholars on the cutting-edge legal issues facing Israel; engaging in workshops with the legal staff of the Israel Religious Action Center; and tours of significant Israeli institutions and sites. For more information on the program, including costs, please go to the ARZA website at wwa.ARZA.org .
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