OT Connects with Israel
Be Part of the Israel @ 60 Excitement!
OT Celebrates with Israel. We'll have lots going on through May into June this year, as we celebrate Israel's 60th anniversary.
See the flyer
for more information. Use the
RSVP form to sign up for the OT Yom Ha'Atzmaut Celebration, Shabbat
Dinner with Rabbi Alemu, or bus to the National Mall.
What's a party without a gift? To
help celebrate Israel's birthday, throughout the month of May, we're collecting
new games and books for schools in Israel. See the
list of games and books
we need. Financial donations to defray the cost of shipping to Israel are also
welcome. Bring your books and games to the synagogue any time during May;
send your checks to the office made out to Olam Tikvah and marked "Israel
Shipment."
Free Shlock Rock Concert,
Tuesday, May 6,
5:00pm-6:00pm. See our pictures
from this great Yom HaAtzmaut concert hosted by OT's Preschool and Religious
School.
Lion Tales Puppet Show, Wednesday, May 7, 10:00am.
Children’s puppet show for preschoolers. All welcomed. Free.
OT's Yom
Ha'Atzmaut Celebration, Wednesday, May 7, 6:00pm. Join us at OT to
celebrate Israel's Independence Day in honor of Israel’s 60th birthday! Join us for a Birthday Party for Israel!
Bring the family for a evening of fun!
BBQ!
Israeli Dancing (we'll have a DJ who will teach the dances)!
Birthday Cake!
Special evening service!
$6/person, $3.00/child under 12, $30.00/family maximum.
RSVP required.
Shabbat Dinner with Rabbi Yafet Alemu,
Friday, May 30, 6:15pm, services followed by dinner.
Join us to meet Rabbi Yafet Alemu, founder and director of Equal
Opportunity for Ethiopian Jews in Israel (EOEJ). Rabbi Alemu will speak about the
issues faced by the 120,000 Ethiopian Jews who have immigrated
to Israel over the course of the past 30 years as part of several
worldwide initiatives.
Together with EOEJ, Rabbi Alemu works with Ethiopian Jewish
immigrants in their struggle to become active participants in and
full contributors to Israeli society.
In this year when we are celebrating Israel’s 60th
birthday, we have
an opportunity to have a direct, positive impact on this community in Israel.
RSVP required. For addition
details, contact David Doniger or Susan Coren.
Israel @ 60: A Capital Celebration, Sunday, June 1,
12:00pm-5:00pm. Save the date for a community-wide celebration on the
National Mall in Washington.
Mandy Patinkin, will emcee the celebration!
Come hear Regina Spektor, popular singer-songwriter, LIVE! Israeli food,
children's performances, hands-on exhibits, and more! For more information,
see Federation's
Israel
@ 60: A Capital Celebration page.
OT will run buses
between the synagogue and the Mall to make it easy for you to get to the
celebration. Bus cost:
$7.50/adult, $5/child, $20/family maximum. For more information, contact
Rachelle Palley.
RSVP required for bus
reservations.
Olam Tikvateinu Special Edition.
In May 2008 we will publish a special edition in honor of Israel’s sixtieth birthday. We invite you to choose one of the prompts
described on our Publications page, or simply to write about the importance of Israel in your life.
Please submit your article by Tuesday, April 1, 2008, to be published Iyar 5768. Please contact
Rabbi Kalender or
Rabbi Ben-Gideon about the idea you would like to develop and share.
Travel
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Riding camels on OT's Israel 2007 trip. |
See Israel in 2008 with OT
and Rabbi Kalender! See the planned
itinerary online, or download the
itinerary in PDF format. Contact
Rabbi Kalender today for more
information. Take a look at the pictures from our
Israel 2007 trip or read what
surprised one OT traveler the most.
Melton
Israel Seminars. Students of the Florence Melton Adult Mini-School
have a unique opportunity to explore and study Israel with other students
through one of the Melton Israel Seminars. Read about
OT congregants' travel to Israel with
Melton.
Teacher Trips. The Jewish
Federation of Greater Washington’s Israel in DC initiative and The
Partnership for Jewish Life and Learning (PJLL) offer a program to help
preschool teachers establish connections to Israel in their classrooms.
The program is called Israel in our Heart, Mind, Soul and Gan (school).
Read about an OT teacher's trip to Eretz
Israel with the PJLL.
Koach Birthright Israel.
A worldwide program that sends thousands of college
students to Israel, at virtually no cost. The program exists thanks to the
philanthropy of many generous individuals and the government of the State
of Israel.
Birthright Israel for Young Professionals and Graduate Students. Jewish Federation of Greater Washington and its local Taglit-Birthright Israel program have organized a special free 10-day trip to Israel for Summer, 2008, for young professionals and graduate students, ages 22 to 26, who live in the Washington, D.C. area.
Registration opens 9:00 a.m., on Tuesday, February 12. Visit
www.birthrightisrael.com for registration information or contact Jackie Terry at (301) 230-7257
(Jackie.terry@shalomdc.org) Themed trips focus on community service, politics and other areas.
Legacy Heritage
Internships for Young Scientists is a six-week summer program that
takes scientifically gifted high school students to Israel for the summer, at no cost. For more information about the program, please contact
Marci Karoll, (212) 578-8190 x126.
Ramah Israel
Seminar. The Israel
Seminar offers teens who are former Ramah campers realistic insights into Israel, its people, achievements, dreams, and
challenges.
USY Summer
Programs. USY offers six Israel and Israel-Europe summer programs for teens.
Weizmann Institute Dr. Bessie F. Lawrence International Summer Science Institute
is a fully-funded four-week summer program for for students who have just
completed 12th grade. Students spend three weeks working on a project at
the reknown Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, Israel, and then attend a field
school in the Judean Desert for their last week.
Join
Masorti, a pluralistic, religious
movement in Israel, affiliated with Conservative Judaism.
Mercaz USA,
the Zionist organization of the Conservative
Movement. Mercaz USA is the voice of Conservative Jewry within the World
Zionist Organization, the Jewish Agency for Israel, the American Zionist
Movement and the Jewish National Fund. Through Mercaz USA we
support religious pluralism in Israel and strengthen the connection
between Israel and the Diaspora.
Read
Stay connected with
Haaretz and the
Jerusalem Post, the online daily newspapers.
Donate
Contribute to Israel through an established charity or by supporting an OT project.
Donate books and cash to support
school libraries in Israel.
Donate through
a classroom tzedakah box (for example, grade 5 is collecting to support
the IDF). Contact the office for other ways to help.
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