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December 12 - December 18, 2005
A MISSION TO ISRAEL FOR THE LEGAL COMMUNITY
Security and Civil Liberties: Under Siege Together
Mission Chairs: Ira Lee Sorkin & Martin Karlinsky
Join us in December of 2005 for a Leadership Mission to Israel, which will convene as an academic conference focusing on the balance of national security and civil liberties in the face of terrorism. Accompanying the mission as "scholars in residence" will be esteemed U.S. federal judges.
The mission itinerary includes:
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Participation in sessions led by eminent American and Israeli jurists and legal scholars
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The opportunity to observe proceedings of Israel's Supreme Court
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An insider's look at an Israeli military tribunal
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Visits to sites in and around Jerusalem that illustrate current
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Although this mission has been designed with members of the legal profession in mind, its numerous activities are sure to engage and entertain non-lawyers as well.
For more information, please contact Naomi Smook at (212) 607-8517, or by email at nsmook@afhu.org. |
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October 29-November 5, 2005
EXODUS -- A NATION'S REBIRTH
Mission Chairs: Michael J. Foley, Enid Mckenna Soifer and Harold Magid
This fall, join American Friends as we experience Israel and Cyprus in the company of outstanding Hebrew University scholars in a mission to Israel organzed by AFHU's National Office. Mission highlights will include:
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A boat excursion from Cyprus to Haifa, accompanied by an HU scholar |
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Visits to historic sites in Israel including The Choma and Migdal Museum
at Kibbutz Hanita, Independence Hall in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem's Old
City and the Western Wall |
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Dinners and receptions with Israeli dignitaries and government officials |
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At HU, an interdisciplinary panel discussion: "Hebrew University's
Role in Creating the Jewish State and Spearheading 21st Century
Progress" |
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November 15-22 , 2005
WOMEN'S MISSION TO ISRAEL
Mission Chairs: Marla Lerner Tanenbaum and Fay Ann Brodie
AFHU invites you to join American Friends in the Washington D.C. area for a Women's Mission to Israel, a unique opportunity to visit the The Hebrew University and to meet women faculty members who are among the world's finest in their fields. Participants will tour state-of-the-art facilities, attend lectures addressing Jewish history and mysticism, and visit some of Israel's most intriguing sites accompanied by university professors. Activities include:
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An excursion to Safed, a center of Jewish mysticism for hundreds of years. Participants will visit the many unique synagogues and stroll through quaint art galleries and shops |
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VIP Visit to the Behai Gardens in Haifa with Hebrew University Professor Moshe Sharon |
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Walking tour through the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, including a guided visit to the Western Wall, the Herodian Mansions
and the Southern Wall excavations |
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Visit the ancient Qumran region, site of the discovery of the Dead Sea
Scrolls, with Hebrew University professor Dr. Esther Hazon |
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eetings with political dignitaries like Ariel Sharon, Moshe Katzev, Benjamin
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October 31-November 6, 2005
JOURNEY TO ISRAEL & THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY
Mission Chairs: Patricia L. Glaser and Martinn H. Mandles
Experience the beauty of Israel and obtain an insider's view of the Israeli government on this exciting mission organized by AFHU's Western Region. Join us as we receive high-level briefings from senior officials and visit important archaeological and historic sites led by noted faculty from The Hebrew University. This mission features:
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MNetanyahu and Shimon Peres |
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A historical briefing and tour of Hebrew University's Mount Scopus campus |
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A journey to the top Masada with an HU archeologist and a visit to the shoreline of the Dead Sea |
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At HU, an interdisciplinary panel discussion: "Hebrew University's
Role in Creating the Jewish State and Spearheading 21st Century Progress" |
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A television studio visit and observation of nightly National TV News Broadcast |
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A visit to Supreme Court of Israel and a meeting with Chief Justice Aharon Barak |
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For more information, please contact Eshon Allen at (310) 843-3100 or by email at eallen@afhu.org |
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December 3 -9, 2005
FLORIDA MISSION TO ISRAEL
Mission Chairs: Clive Kabatznik and Alan Fiske
Join American Friends in the Southeast Region for a visit to Israel and HU which will feature meetings with leading scholars from the Mandel Institute of Jewish Studies,
as well as a briefing on the latest HU breakthroughs in nanotechnology, biomedicine and other emerging scientific fields. More highlights include:
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A visit to the School of Public Policy for a unique look at their Women in Islam project |
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A day-trip to the Vad Yashem Holocaust Memorial |
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An exploration of the newly excavated site of David's Palace, accompanied by an HU archaeologist now conducting the dig |
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A meeting with one of the justices of the Israeli Supreme Court |
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For more information, please contact Beth McCoy at (561) 750-8585, Ext. 14, or by email at bmccoy@afhu.org |
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