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Thursday, June 2, 2016
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TODAY'S CONTENT
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The June 2016 AFSI Chizuk Mission Continues!
Day 2
The group started the morning with a visit to Akko, that beautiful and historic city on the Mediterranean that houses the infamous Akko prison where many Jewish heroes were hung by the British during the battle for Palestine. AFSI's guiding light, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, also was imprisoned there. In Akko they met Aharon Pulver, head of the Israel Independence Fund, who accompanied the group on a tour of the underground city of Akko, with a special guide.
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AFSI members with tour guide
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The group then moved on to Beit Lohamai Haghetaot, The Ghetto Fighters' House Museum, located on the Coastal Highway (Route #4) between Akko and Nahariya.
This is a fascinating museum, being established in April 1949 on a hill overlooking the Akko valley using old buildings of the British Army. Among the founders, all of whom were Holocaust survivors, were the last remaining survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto Revolt, partisans, prisoners of concentration camps, those who went into hiding using a false identity and those who escaped to the USSR.
The last stop of the day was at Rosh Hanikra, "where the sea meets the cliffs", home of beautiful grottoes and the world-famous cable car. A little-known fact, this cable car is the steepest in the world.
Rosh Hanikra is also the meeting point of the Israel and Lebanese border, where one can see the tunnel dug here in 1943 to extend the Cairo-Haifa rail line to Beirut.
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Beautiful view of the Rosh Hanikra cable car
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| "Chizukniks" posing in Rosh Hanikra |
Back at Kibbutz Lavi, the group met with Golan Schwartz, Director of External Relations for Yeshivat HaGolan, the Hesder Yeshiva on the Golan Heights. Golan lives in Hispin, very close to the Syrian border, and described what life is like for him, his family and neighbors in this very tense area.
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The June Outpost is Now Online
Check out AFSI's latest monthly newsletter for June, 2016. Click on the link to read it, along with previous editions:
AFSI Monthly Oupost
This month's table of contents
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Clogged Gasline
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William Mehlman
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From the Editor
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U.S. Investment In - Not Foreign Aid to - Israel
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Yoram Ettinger
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Understanding the Volatile and Dangerous Middle East by Steven Carol
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Reviewed by David Isaac
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The ADL turns Anti-Israel
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Daniel Greenfield
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On David Raziel, Killed in Action on May 20, 1941
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David Green
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Losing the War of Words
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Ruth King
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for a full listing of
events around town.
Sunday, June 5
Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day
Sunday, June 5
Noon:
NYC Celebrate Israel Parade
The largest Israel Day Parade in the world, marching up Fifth Avenue, NYC
2:30-7:30 PM:
The Parade is followed by the 23rd Annual Israel Day Concert in Central Park - The Concert with a Message!
Celebrate our eternal bond with the UNDIVDED capital of Israel, Yerushalayim
Free
Rain or shine at the
Central Park Summerstage. Located at Rumsey Playfield, right off the 5th Ave. and 72nd St. entrance to Central Park.
Guest Speakers:
Israel's United Nations Ambassador Danny Danon, Former U.S. United Nations Ambassador John Bolton, Fox News Analyst and Commentator Major Pete Hegseth, Joe Piscopo, and ZOA President Morton Klein
Starring:
Lipa Schmeltzer, Eitan Katz, Shloime Dachs and Orchestra, Tal Vaknin with Shlomi Aharoni, Mati Shriki, Avi Kilimnick, Michoel Pruzansky, Dr. Meyer Abittan, Jerry Markowitz, Chaim Kiss, Izzy Kiefer & and Heshy R., White Shabbos and others
Special Appearance by:
Ken Abramowitz, NCYI President Farley Weiss, RZA President Martin Oliner, Assemblyman David Weprin, Councilman Rory Lancman, Rabbi David Algaze, Jeffrey Wiesenfeld, Rivka Abbe and others
Also following the Israel Day Parade: The Israeli American Council (IAC) presents the Celebrate Israel Unity Festival
On the Westside of Manhattan: Terminal 5, 610 West 56th St.
Click
HERE for info and tickets
Sunday, June 5 - 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Chicago
Greater Chicago Jewish Festival
If you can't be in Israel with AFSI this year, please stop by the AFSI table Sunday, June 5 (Yom Yerushalayim/Jerusalem Day), 10 am - 6 pm
If you would like to volunteer to work at the AFSI table,
please contact AFSI Chicago Chair Cheryl Jacobs Lewin at
cjlpr1@gmail.com.
Monday, June 6, 7:00 PM
Join Congregation Adereth El as Rabbi Gideon Shloush is installed as the next president of the New York Board of Rabbis.
Hosted by Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, keynote speaker Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter; music by the Israel Defense Forces Choral Ensemble.
Free; contributions welcome
Cong. Adereth El 133 East 29 St., NYC (bet. 3rd & Lex.) 212-685-0241
Wednesday, June 8, 6:00 PM Cocktail Reception, 7:00 PM Program
Washington, D.C.
The Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET) presents: Rays of Light in the Darkness 10th Anniversary Dinner
The Grand Hyatt 1000 H Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20001
Inquiries: 202-601-7422 or info@emetonline.org
Sunday, June 26, 7:00 PM
Long Island's Annual Celebrate Israel
Eisenhower Park, Harry Chapin Lakeside Theater
Featuring a free concert with Dudu Fisher
Info: 516-433-0433 or jcrcli@jcrcli.org
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www.afsi.org; judy@afsi.org; helen@afsi.org; jonathan@afsi.org
Mark Langfan: Chairman
Helen Freedman: Executive Director
Judy Kadish: Co-Executive Director
Jonathan Grauman: Research Analyst
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