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AFSI PRESENTS SPECIAL YOM HA'ATZMAUT TOUR OF ISRAEL

BY: FERN SIDMAN

Americans For A Safe Israel (AFSI) is exceptionally proud to announce that their Spring 2012 Chizuk Mission of Israel is shaping up to be yet another action packed trip with highlights including the commemoration the Jewish state's 64th birthday on Yom Ha'Atzmaut (Israel Independence Day). Tour members will be treated to a treasure trove of special events including an ascent…

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Added by Fern Sidman on March 15, 2012 at 7:32am — No Comments

GOP CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE KEYNOTES AT HEBRON FUND DINNER

"A TWO-STATE SOLUTION IS ALREADY IN PLACE" - SAYS GOP CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE

BY: FERN SIDMAN

"A two state solution in the Middle East is already in place and that constitutes Israel and Jordan," declared GOP congressional candidate Karen Harrington. Delivering her remarks on Saturday evening December 3rd, at the New York Hall of Science Museum on the occasion of the 23rd annual Hebron Fund dinner, Ms. Harrington told the audience of…

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Added by Fern Sidman on December 4, 2011 at 9:01pm — No Comments

THINKING FOR ETERNITY

Every parcel of real estate is viewed as unique, one of a kind. The special characteristics of real estate may explain why conveying title from person to another is highly formalized that even in a secular society it approaches religious ritual. The rule is that land cannot ever be really stolen as it always remains in place. Therefore, to give up one’s claim to land out of despair is a subject to debate. Consequently, the transfer of real estate requires atmosphere of the parties’ agreement…

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Added by Bernard S. Antin on November 17, 2011 at 7:30pm — No Comments

IN MEMORY OF HERB ZWEIBON Z"L - AFSI SPRING CHIZUK MISSION TO ISRAEL

BY: FERN SIDMAN

Helen Freedman, executive director of Americans For A Safe Israel (AFSI), has announced that their upcoming semi-annual "Chizuk" mission to Israel will be dedicated to the memory of their beloved chairman Herbert Zweibon, Z'L who was niftar in January of 2011. The tour will run from May 29th through June 7th.

Having founded AFSI…

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Added by Fern Sidman on May 27, 2011 at 7:36am — No Comments

Hebron

Hebron

By Rabbi Yaacov Haber

Prince Rudolph, son and heir to the Austrian monarch Franz Josef, visited Palestine at the turn of the century and recounted his trip to Chevron in his memoirs:

Upon reaching Hebron I immediately went to the cave of Machpela. There I was overwhelmed at the realization that my feet stood at the sepulcher of the saintly Hebrew Patriarchs. Involuntarily, I knelt down, lifted my hands toward heaven, and with tears streaming from my eyes,… Continue

Added by Yaacov Haber on November 21, 2008 at 11:40am — No Comments

HEVRON A PLACE TO INSPIRE and ASPIRE

The Sidra opens on Avraham Avinu A’H coming to bury Sara. Ever since the city of Hevron has occupied an important place in the Jewish consciousness throughout time.

Aside from being the burial place of Adam & Chava, Avraham & Sara, their son Yitzchak & Rivka and their child Ya’akov & Leah. Hevron was the first seat of the Davidic dynasty (II Shmuel 2:2). Throughout the exile till the 20th Century Hevron stood alongside Jerusalem, Teveria and Zafat as centers of Jewish life… Continue

Added by Bernard S. Antin on November 20, 2008 at 5:30am — No Comments