The Comings and Goings of July 2008
August 14, 2008
Even the intense heat did not dampen the spirit of either International Department staff members or the majority of our seminar participants. Apart from the sight of a sea of young faces in the classrooms and on the buses, department...
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United We Stand
By Lydia Aisenberg
August 1, 2008
Like many of his Jewish peers, sixteen years old London schoolboy Adam Bowers is spending one month of his summer break on Israel Tour with the British Masorti youth movement Noam.
Recently all 120 Noam teens on tour participated...
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Walking The Line
By Lydia Aisenberg
July 27, 2008
When International Department staff member David Mendelsohn was visited by friends Tom Schram from Holland and Jabulani Mashishini from South Africa, it was only natural that David would want to show his overseas guests the ins and...
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The Comings and Goings of June 2008
July 11, 2008
This month Jews celebrated the conclusion of the Counting of the Omer and the Mt. Sinai giving of the Torah to the Jewish people.
With tourism to the State of Israel breaking all-time records, International Department staff...
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Young American Politicians Visit Givat Haviva
By Lydia Aisenberg
July 1, 2008
A visit to Givat Haviva was recently on the itinerary of a small delegation of up and coming American political leaders on a challenging study tour of Israel.
In a program made possible by a generous grant from the US Department...
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Vice President of Bundestag Visits Givat Haviva
By Lydia Aisenberg
June 16, 2008
On her first visit to Israel Dr. Susanne Kastner, Vice-President of the German Bundestag – lower house of the German Parliament – requested that a visit to Givat Haviva be included in her very hectic schedule.
Visit to the Al-Qasemi College
By Lydia Aisenberg
June 16, 2008
Over the last decade, the International Department of Givat Haviva arranged for many groups from abroad to visit the Al-Qasemi College of Education situated in Baka al-Gharbiya, nearby the Givat Haviva campus.
Incorporating...
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The Comings and Goings of May 2008
By Lydia Aisenberg
June 13, 2008
With spring on its way out and summer on our front doorstep, the month of May this year proved to be no different than most years – hot, windy and muggy.
However, whatever the weather the International Department...
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Givat Haviva at Birthright Mega Event
By Lydia Aisenberg
June 11, 2008
In sweltering heat and only a slight breeze to ease the discomfort, staff members of the International Department spent hours mingling with thousands of university students attending a Birthright-Taglit Mega Event recently.
Welsh Walkers in Wadi Ara
By Lydia Aisenberg
May 7, 2008
After living in Israel for over 30 years, British born radiographer Angela Ben-Gur returned to her native South Wales. Settling in Newport near the Welsh capital Cardiff, the hospital radiographer and avid hiker soon joined a local...
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