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Volume X Number 8
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Biweekly e-Newsletter |
March 5, 2010/18 Adar 5770 |
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| IN THIS ISSUE Trips & Travel Klitah Corner English Press Development News |
25% Membership Discount! - New
AACI is celebrating our move by offering a 25% discount to new and renewing members for the month of March! Come down to our opening events and renew your membership! |
AACI Jerusalem -The New AMIT-AACI Library is Open! - New
We are thrilled to announce the opening of the new AMIT-AACI Library, located in our new home. Thousands of books will be available for lending with guest authors during our opening events.
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Warm wishes from AACI Life Member Toby Willig - New
I am proud to be a life long member of AACI and may I bless it and have it go from strength to strengths and continue to strengthen Aliyah, Absorption and the Good Life here in Israel. read more |
AACI Jerusalem & the Great Synagogue’s Motzei Shabbat Program - New
March 13, 2010 20:15pm
Speaker: Ambassador Yehuda Avnier on "Israel's Prime Ministers - Past and Present." read more |
AACI Jerusalem – Health Day - New
Monday, March 15, 2010
Join a varied list of programs with Feldenkrais and Yoga classes, Exercise for 50+, lecture on Patient Rights and a lecture by Judy Siegel, The Jerusalem Post’s Health & Science Reporter. Blood Drive
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AACI Central - Invitation to Silence - New
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 5:10pm
Imagine entering a world where sound does not exist. How does one begin to communicate? read more |
AACI Central - Walking Tour in Neve Tzedek - New
Thursday, 18th March at 10am
The first neighborhood outside Jaffa which became the cultural bed of writers and poets. read more |
AACI South - Rock Concert & Multimedia Extravaganza
Thursday, March 18, 2010, 19:30 Yad L'Banim
The Radical History Tour - Great songs from Elvis to the present plus clips of the original bands, news of the day, and trivia. read more |
AACI Jerusalem - Widows/Widowers Support Group - New Dates
Tuesdays, March 9, 16, 23, April 6, 13, 27 at 14:30- 16:00
Led by Rena Mariash-Levine, MSW in a warm, comfortable environment. read more |
AACI Senior’s Mini-Congress
April 14-15 2010. Reserve the Dates!
Seniors’ Pride: Discover the Hidden Power of Age, at AACI Dr. Max & Gianna Glassman Family Center in Jerusalem. |
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| DEVELOPMENT NEWS In This Issue Trips & Travel Klitah Corner English Press |
Building Campaign - New
Your response to our campaign so far has been heartwarming. Every contribution brings us closer to our goal. If you have not yet sent in your pledge please do so.
Your support is greatly appreciated!
To complete our amazing new home we need your cooperation and partnership. We are asking our membership for a one-time gift to our building campaign - one dollar a day over three years. Your donation will then be recognized by being engraved on a special plaque in our new home. |
| TRIPS & TRAVEL In This Issue Klitah Corner English Press Development News |
AACI Study Vacation #131A & 131B - "Tel Aviv - The Next 100 Years"- Additional Program
Due to Popular Demand we have added STUDY VACATION #131 B – Monday – Thursday, March 15-18, 2010 – The program will be the same as the first week, and we still have a couple of spots open, so please do not hesitate to call and reserve your place. read more |
AACI Study Vacation#132 - On the drawing board - "Go West, Young Man" - New
Monday, May 10th - Thursday, May 13th, 2010
Learn the history of this unique settlement in the Western Galilee. As we tour the region we will hear about the demography, the industrial development, the role of the Jewish National Fund in developing the area. read more |
Exotic China - Beijing - Only four places remaining
May 25-June 2010
Join AACI for our first 8 day Kosher Tour to Beijing China
Beijing is celebrated globally for its rich and diverse history, fascinating sights and hospitable people making your travel experience a memorable journey. read more |
AACI’s 9th Kosher and Friendly Cruise 7 Night Greek Odyssey - New
June 6 - 13, 2010 on the Royal IrisPorts of call: Athens, Volos, Thessaloniki & Samos.
AACI has especially arranged this voyage on the Royal Iris combining visits to exciting Greek ports-of-call, wonderful and varied lectures with our scholar-in-residence, Avi Berkowitz, Rabbi/ Ph. D. Political Science/International Relations, as well as relaxation with friends between ports. read more |
AACI Netanya – Three Day In-depth Tiyul to Jerusalem - New Date
Monday to Wednesday, 14 – 16 June 2010
On our tour, we will discover many points of view, from the hills around to the heart of the city, from natives to foreigners, from ancient to modern, from secular to religious to artistic, and more |
AACI’s 10th Kosher and Friendly Cruise 14 Night European Adventure - New
October 3-17, 2010 on the Golden Iris
8 Ports of call: Chania, Kefalonia, Sardinia, Barcelona, Palma, Malta & Santorini
Once again, AACI is busy planning your next two week vacation with us to 8 fabulous ports of call on the Golden Iris. read more |
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Grand Opening Gala Evening
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 18:30
Honoring Dr. Max & Gianna Glassman,
with a performance by the Israeli Opera
(Opera Studio soloists and
Michael Ajzenstadt - Artistic Administrator)
and address by
Israeli Supreme Court Justice Neal Hendel
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| KLITAH CORNER In This Issue Trips & Travel English Press Development News |
AACI Jerusalem Navigational Series - Long Term Care Insurance - New
Monday March 8, 19:30
Do I need it? What would it offer me that the kupot can’t? Guest Speaker: Chaim Goldfus, founder of Goldfus Insurance read more |
AACI's Counselor Available for Appointments in Haifa - New
Yanina Musnikow, the AACI Absorption Counselor will be available for appointments on Tuesday March 16, 2010. read more |
U.S. Consular Fees May Increase - New
Be advised that the United States Department of State has begun the administrative law process which may lead to significantly higher prices for consular services. read more |
AACI Central & Telfed lecture on Bituach Leumi (National Insurance Institute) for Seniors - New
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 10:30 am
With Yanina Musnikow, MSW, AACI Klitah Counselor. read more |
American Citizens Services Unit coming to Sefad - New
Tuesday March 9, 2010, 10:00-14:30
The of the United States Tel Aviv Embassy is coming to Sefad to give consular services at Livnot U’Lhibanot in the old city. read more |
New Registration Dates for Student Authority Benefit - New
There are now set deadlines for registration for the Student Authority (Minhal Hastudentim) assistance. read more |
AACI Jerusalem – Ulpan La-Inyan & Time to Learn Hebrew? - New
Take one of the friendly, state-of-the-art classes offered this winter by Ulpan La-Inyan in cooperation with AACI Jerusalem! Learn to ask for and give directions, invite people to a party, read a restaurant menu, and more – with confidence plus much more |
Are you in Israel and thinking of making Aliyah?
Thinking of Israel as your home?
The Jewish Agency, in conjunction with The Ministry of Interior, are working together in order to help you change your status from within Israel through a personal and swift service. read more |
$70,000 Small Business Loan Program
AACI is pleased to be in partnership with the Koret Foundation’s Israel Economic Development Fund (KIEDF) and to have established a small business loan program for AACI's members. read more |
Business Mentoring Project
AACI is pleased to invite established professionals and business people to participate in a project of the Council of Olim Associations to mentor potential olim in their fields of business. read more |
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| THE ENGLISH PRESS In This Issue Trips & Travel Klitah Corner Development News |
Renewing Its Services - New
After nearly 20 years in Talbiyeh, the AACI is moving to a new, bigger home. Members of the Association of Americans and Canadians in Israel (AACI) have been benefiting from its services and programs for 57 years. Now, members and volunteers alike are pleased with this week’s move from Talbiyeh to new premises in Talpiot.
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Discreet AACI Fund makes big Impact with Jerusalem Children - New
What started in 1973 with a $300 donation by an American-Israeli family whose son fell in the Yom Kippur War has quietly turned into a multimillion-dollar scholarship fund.
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AACI by Greer Fay Cashman - New
“You have no idea how many people tell us how happy they are to hear a human voice,” says AACI executive director David London. read more |
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Jonathan Pollard
AACI has been empowered by its membership to assist in the efforts on behalf of Jonathan Pollard to be released from prison. Please check the following website: ‘Justice for Jonathan Pollard’ and Bring Jonathan Pollard Home. |
| AACI continues to pray for the good health, the safe and speedy return of our missing & captured MIA's: Gilad ben Aviva Shalit, Ron ben Batya Arad, Zachary ben Miriam Baumel, Yehuda ben Sarah Katz, Zvi ben Penina Feldman, Guy ben Rina Chever and Majdy ben Fahmiya Halaby. |
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Main AACI Branch Address
Corner of Pierre Koenig 37 & Poalei Tzedek 2, Talpiot
P.O. Box 53349, Jerusalem 91533
Tel: 972 2 566 1181; Fax: 972 2 566 1186 E-mail: info@aaci.org.il
Hours: Sun-Thurs 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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The mission of the AACI E-Newsletter is to inform our subscribers in Israel and North America about AACI'S programs and activities and our involvement in social, cultural, educational, environmental and recreational events. AACI is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit organization representing more than 120,000 North Americans and their families living in Israel. The organization is dedicated to encouraging aliyah and helping the successful klitah (absorption) of North Americans into Israeli society.
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