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17th World ORT International Mission
Solidarity Mission to Israel, October 13-15, 2002

Co-chairs: Robert Bieber, British ORT
Robert Singer, Director General of World ORT

Program subject to change

Sunday, Oct. 13 – Jerusalem

  • Breakfast briefing by representative from the Ministry of Education
  • Visit ORT Ramot
  • Meet with Zvi Peleg, Director General of ORT Israel, and the principal of ORT Ramot. Informal discussion with teachers and students. One of the teachers is the mother of Ronen Landau who was killed in a terrorist attack
  • Lunch briefing by Rabbi Michael Melchior, Deputy Foreign Minister
  • Visit ORT Spanian. Briefing by school psychologist and discussion with students on trauma counselling
  • Dinner briefing by government representative

Monday, Oct. 14 – Netanya

  • Breakfast briefing with Col. Miri Isin, Senior IDF Intelligence Officer
  • Depart for Netanya
  • Visit ORT Guttman. Briefing by the school principal, group discussion with students, presentation by the music class and choir
  • Visit ORT Lvovitch. Student play – The Fear
  • Lunch at a restaurant in Netanya/Tel Aviv
  • Naveh Mihcal, or Ben Yakir Youth Village (UJIA support for immigrant children)
  • NATAL briefing by Yehudit Yuval Recanati
  • Dinner briefing by representative of Peace Now

Tuesday, Oct. 15 – Jerusalem

  • Breakfast briefing by a member of the ORT Israel Board
  • Visit ORT Oleisky. Opportunity to meet with students who have been injured in terrorist attacks
  • Visit the trauma room at Sharey Zedek Hospital
  • Lunch at a restaurant in Jerusalem
  • Mevaseret Zion Absorbtion Ceter (UJIA support for Ethiopian immigrants)
  • Gilo Tour
  • Dinner with Ambassador Avi Pazner

Wednesday, Oct. 16

  • Optional UJIA day – costs for this day will be detailed separately.

Costs for the 3-day program from Sunday until Tuesday are:

  • Single Occupancy: $690
  • Double Occupancy: $1,150

Costs include: 3 nights accommodation at the 5-star Inbal Hotel (formerly the Laromme on Jabotinsky Street) in Jerusalem (Sunday – Tuesday inclusive), restaurants as listed in the program, local transportation in air-conditioned coach, security, photographer.

Does not include transatlantic flights or airport transfers.

Please note that if you would like to book additional nights before or after the mission at the Inbal hotel, we can arrange this for you at our special discounted rate.

For further information, please contact Jan Kovacs at 800.51.WAORT, ext. 256, or .

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