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The fate of Gilad Shalit awaits your help. The Egyptians are mediating negotiations between Israel and Hamas. Don't you want Hamas to release Shalit now? You can make a difference by urging the Egyptians to intensify their efforts on Shalit's behalf. The Gazans are being urged to pressure Hamas on Shalit (Ynetnews, Nov. 17) Add your voice to the world effort to advocate for Gilad Shalit's immediate release! Read our suggested text, or write your own.
Urge your synagogue and community to sign on to this crucial effort.
Please send all cards to:
Maged Abdelaziz, Egyptian Ambassador to the UN
Egyptian Mission to the UN
304 East 44th St.
New York, NY 10017
We also encourage you to write your own letter to Gilad.
Are you looking for the perfect Zionist gift for your loved ones? Have you thought about Zionist notecards and Common Ground necklaces? You can find both at AZM's online store.
Please be on the lookout for AZM's Chanukah programming - Zionist activities for you to engage in with your students, family and friends on each night of Chanukah.
Programming will include special prayers, Zionist activities and action projects. Make your candlelighting each night a meaningful opportunity to engage with Zionist issues and bring light into the world through Zionist actions!
Coming soon!
Did you know that Theodor Herzl and Ze'ev Jabotinsky were friends? Well, they are now - on Facebook!
Last month Herzl started his Facebook profile to modernize his communications with followers around the world. He'll be letting all his friends know about the latest Zionist happening via Facebook. Already have a Facebook page? Why not "friend" Herzl today! If you don't have a Facebook profile, maybe the chance to be "friends" with Herzl is a good reason to sign up for one.
A bereaved Israeli father keeps his murdered son's memory alive and asks others to live out his dreams, by Aryeh Dean Cohen, Jerusalem Post. On 5th March 2003, Asaf, a 17-year old Israeli high school student nicknamed "Blondi," was on his way back from school in Haifa when a suicide bomber exploded on Asaf's bus..
As every young Israeli does, Asaf would have finished high school and Israeli army service and would have gone on a trip to see the world. Now, Asaf's father Yossi is sending Asaf on his world tour. He has made available Asaf's picture online and asks people to help take Asaf to wherever they go - India, Thailand, New Zealand or the Wall of China - and send him photos.
"I felt, and I still feel, that it's my role to take his picture and go out into the world from person to person and say: 'Look, this is Asaf, my son; look what the world lost when this happened.'" – Yossi Zur, Asaf's father.
Watch this YouTube video featuring images from the WZO's special "Fulfilling the Dream" Israel@60 exhibit. Then, you may want to consider ordering the exhibit for your organization, community center, or synagogue.
Young Zionists in Chicago are joining together - not only on the new AZM Chicago Facebook group, but also in person for new and creative Zionist activities. AZM Chicago is offering young adult rate tickets for their Annual Benefit Concert on November 30th. In addition, here are some regular programs underway:
FutureTense: Monthly roundtables bringing together Jewish innovators from different fields. The November FutureTense on November 16 will address the environment. Sponsored by AZM, USD-Hagshama and PresenTense.
Israeli Movie Night: Monthly screening of an Israeli movie, followed by discussion from the AZM Israeli Movie discussion guide. The December movie will be "Channels of Rage." Co-sponsored by the Israeli Aliyah Center and JCC Kehilla.
Israeli Book Club: Every other month we read a book or a short story by an Israeli author (in English) and come together to discuss. Our next book will be "The Nimrod Flip-out," by Etgar Keret.
Sustainable Israeli technologies are reaching rural African villages - through the cutting-edge non-profit organization Jewish Heart for Africa (JHA). In just the past several months, JHA has completed several projects in Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia. Their first initiative, Project Sol, finances and installs Israeli solar panels to power schools, clinics and water pumping systems. Educational opportunities are enhanced, solar refrigerators are installed for storage of medicines and vaccines in clinics, and clean water is provided for thousands of African people - all through the energy of the sun, and Israeli technology.
A continuously updated events calendar is always available at www.azm.org/events.shtml.
If you would like to submit an event to be posted on this calendar, please email eletter@azm.org.
| Long Island Gala | |
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| Come join us for AMIT's Annual Long Island Gala where a group of local AMIT leaders will be honored | |
| Organizer: | AMIT |
| Where: | The Sephardic Temple - 775 Branch Blvd, Cedarhurst, |
| When: | Tuesday, December 16th, 6:30pm |
| Contact: | For further information call 212-477-5465 |
| AZM Chicago Annual Concert | |
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| Featuring musician Karen Barak | |
| Organizer: | AZM Chicago |
| Where: | RSVP for location |
| When: | Sunday, November 30 |
| Contact: | For more information call Becky Adelberg at 847-677-5949 or email her at badelberg@azm.org |
| AZM Young Leadership Film Series | |
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| Next film in the series will be "Channels of Rage." | |
| Organizer: | AZM Chicago, Kehilla, birthright NEXT, Jewish Agency, Israel Aliyah Center, USD Hagshama |
| Where: | TBA |
| When: | Wednesday, December 3 at 7pm. |
| Contact: | For more information call Becky Adelberg at 847-677-5949 or email her at badelberg@azm.org |
| The Israeli Economy, What's in it for YOU? | |
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| Israel Homecoming Fair for New Olim and Returning Israelis. Meet with experts from Israel concerning: Employment Opportunities, Higher Education, Health Insurance, Tax Benefits, Special Absorption Program in Jerusalem | |
| Organizer: | Jewish Agency and Israeli House of the Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest |
| Where: | Chicago North Shore Holiday Inn, 5300 Touhy Ave., Skokie, IL |
| When: | Tuesday, December 9, 6-10pm |
| Contact: | For more information contact Shira Ozeri at shirao@jafi.org |
| AZM Young Leadership Zionist Book Club | |
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| Every other month we read a book/ creative writing/ short story by an Israeli author (in English) and come together to discuss. For our next meeting, we will read "The Nimrod Flipout" by Etgar Keret. | |
| Organizer: | AZM Chicago |
| Where: | TBA |
| When: | Tuesday, December 23 |
| Contact: | For more information call Becky Adelberg at 847-677-5949 or email her at badelberg@azm.org |
| Yoram Peri will discuss The Israelis: A search for a New Identity | |
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| Temple Beth Ami's Israel Forum presents Yoram Peri. Yoram Peri is head of the Rothschild-Caesarea School of Communications, head of the Chaim Herzog Institute for Media, Politics and Society, and Professor of Political Sociology and Communication in the Department of Communication at Tel Aviv University | |
| Organizer: | ARZA/Israel Affairs Committee |
| Where: | Temple Beth Ami, 14330 Travilah Road, Rockville |
| When: | Sunday, March 15, 7pm |
| Contact: | For more information, please contact: Sylvia Brown Olivetti (301)-495-0714 |
