Women’s Mission to Israel

OU Israel is proud to present a fabulous Women’s Mission to Israel: L’ayla.

Inspiring Shabbat Retreat in a Beautiful and Relaxing Setting - at the Nir Etzion Hotel in the Carmel Forest

OU Israel
Invites you to explore
The Challenge
& Excitement of
Marrying off Our Anglo-Israeli Children
at
An Inspiring Shabbat Retreat
in a Beautiful and Relaxing Setting -
at the Nir Etzion Hotel
in the Carmel Forest
Shabbat Parashat Vayakhel
February 25-26, 2011
Featuring Scholars-in-Residence
Rav Aharon Bina
Rosh Yeshiva Netiv Aryeh
Rabbanit Malka Bina
Founder & Director of Matan
& Rabbi Moshe Berliner, M.S.W.
Director, “Machon Netivot Family Counseling Center”
Also in attendance:
Rabbi Avi Berman
Executive Director of OU Israel Center

Rate: NIS 1,350 per couple
Intriguing Program & Delicious Glatt Kosher Cuisine

Reservations:
Shlomit at 02-5609109
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Stillness of the Night

I love my city. It calls to me; beckons to me. And because I love it so much and am so curious about its history, I decided to enroll in an intense one year course sponsored by Beth Jacob Seminary in conjunction with the Jerusalem Municipality, to become a Jerusalem tour guide.

And that is how I found myself, on an icy cold January evening, standing on a windswept mountain with twenty five other women, most at least twenty years younger than myself, our necks tilted upwards, gazing at the stars. Our guide pointed out the different stars (kochvei shevet, “sitting stars,” because they remain in the same place in relationship to each other) and planets (kochvei lechet, “traveling stars” because they move across the sky) and then let us view Jupiter with a telescope. Yes, I managed to find three its four moons.

A Passion for Caring

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and her assistant arrived for our meeting at the King David Hotel with a bouquet of roses.

A Center in the Center of the World

It is not enough to make aliyah and move to Israel, olim must contribute to the rebuilding. There is so much we can do. There is so much we are doing. For the Jewish people, for the Land of Israel.