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Morocco and Israel with NIF
The next trip will be led by NIF’s new CEO, Daniel Sokatch and includes an optional pre-trip to Morocco.
Schedule
Morocco: October 28 – November 3, 2010
Israel: November 4 – 11, 2010-03-02
Our new CEO, Daniel Sokatch, will join Aviva Meyer, NIF Associate Director as a trip leader.
Go behind the newspaper headlines and television sound bites to examine the realities of contemporary Israeli life. Meet the leaders of Israel’s dynamic social change movement. Through personal encounters learn about key challenges facing Israel as a Jewish and democratic state and the steps Israelis are taking to meet these challenges.
Join us for an optional pre-trip add-on visit to Morocco. The trip will highlight Moroccan Jewry and provide an opportunity to meet with leaders in the Moroccan Jewish community.
As space is limited, and a great deal of interest is being generated in this trip, please contact Aviva Meyer quickly for details Aviva@nif.org; 202-513-7825.
Background
Can a trip to Israel bring you face to face with a Bedouin feminist in the Negev? With Orthodox local youth activists in Rahat? With Arabs and Jews united to promote equal rights in the Galilee? Israel is an ever-changing mosaic of peoples, cultures, and identities. Go behind the newspaper headlines and television sound bites to examine the social and ideological realities of contemporary Israeli life. Through personal encounters, you will learn about key challenges facing Israel and the steps Israelis are taking to meet them.
Meet the players.
Meet with grassroots activists, civil rights lawyers, Members of Knesset, academics, prominent jurists, writers, and artists who are shaping the social change movement in Israel.
Stretch your mind.
Speak with people of diverse political and ideological views - Orthodox and secular, Jewish and Palestinian, liberal and conservative, Sephardi and Ashkenazi, recent immigrant and veteran Israeli.
Explore the country.
Visit the separation fence and see how it affects the lives of Israelis and Palestinians. Wander off the beaten track, touring little known neighborhoods and villages in the north and south. Celebrate Shabbat in an Israeli home. Enjoy time at the top spa in Israel.
Join us.
For more information contact Aviva@nif.org; 202-513-7825. |
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