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Israel Celebration Tours: Where Else but Israel
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Thursday, July 14, 2011. Where Else but Israel. By Rabbi Lee Diamond. 8220;What an amazing place! Even the taxi drivers are Jewish! Even young children speak Hebrew! While clearly not all of the taxi drivers are Jewish, one of the most overwhelming experiences for a Diaspora Jew visiting Israel is the sense of being in a Jewish majority in Jewish space and in the total Jewish environment which is Israel. And yes, children of all ages do speak Hebrew! Wow, this is clearly Jewish space and time.”. The Isra...
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Israel Celebration Tours: Pesach 5772-2012
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012. 8220;In every generation we should see ourselves as if we had just come forth from Egypt.”. We all love the song Dayanu. However I have always been troubled by the meaning of the words. Why should we be happy if we had only gotten to the shores of the Red Sea and not crossed it? Why should we be satisfied standing before Mt. Sinai and not receiving the Torah? What is the value of wandering in the desert for 40 years and not entering Eretz Israel? How short our memories! Just as w...
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Israel Celebration Tours: June 2010
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010. The story of the “Burma Road” has everything to do with the period of establishing the State in 1948. Though the State of Israel had been declared in the U.N., the fate of that state was not assured. This battle, in the struggle for Jerusalem, was essential in order to allow the declaration to become more than words. Some might see in this story something of the miraculous. If a miracle is succeeding against all odds, then indeed this is a miracle. All of the values that emerge fr...
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Israel Celebration Tours: April 2010
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Thursday, April 22, 2010. A Journey of Jewish Ethnicity in Israel for Interfaith Jewish indentity, Jewish Ethnicity and Israel. Star of David: Magen David Behold you are bethrothed to me. Two tightly knit triangles. Form a profoundly strong bond. I hope she'll write herself, but she was having a hard time putting her thoughts into words…”. What is it about an Israel experience that is so impactful and indeed life changing for so many interfaith families? Is it just a tour of another country? The first Se...
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Israel Celebration Tours: August 2011
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Monday, August 29, 2011. Herodian Mansions and the Burnt House Jerusalem. By Rabbi Lee Diamond. Holiness of Beauty or Beauty of Holiness? An ICT Values discussion:. To what extent did they maintain their loyalty to Jewish culture and Jewish autonomy in the land? Is it possible to be a loyal Jew or a Jewish leader and yet be profoundly influenced by the dominant world culture of the time? A set table in this home of the Kohanim. Need we be corrupted by the dominant culture? As we examine the “Jewish...
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Israel Celebration Tours: August 2010
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010. Independence Hall Tel Aviv. All of us remember the day we left Egypt. In every generation we see ourselves as if we participated in the Exodus. All of us remember the day we stood at Mt. Sinai and received the Torah. We were all there! If we dig deeply enough we can connect with the entire nation of Israel of all generations who shared this moment which formed our identity forever. Under the Chuppah we break the glass to recall the destruction of Jerusalem in the year 70 C.E.
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Israel Celebration Tours: January 2011
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Sunday, January 9, 2011. As a young boy growing up in the. Witch trials of the 17. Lives were broken. Families were destroyed. Careers ended. People hid from exposure. Innocent people feared being involved and hid from exposure. Legitimate criticism was curtailed for fear of the scourge of McCarthy. Many Jews feared reprisals for their liberal political ideas. There was no doubt in the minds of many in the Jewish community that they were part of the target. 8217;s unjust war in. Again we spoke our minds&...
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Israel Celebration Tours: January 2010
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Thursday, January 28, 2010. Tel Aviv – A Jewish City or a City of Jews. We at ICT (Israel Celebration Tours) want to share our passion for Tel Aviv with you. Some think of Tel Aviv as the secular city of Israel and even describe it as a city of Jews and not a Jewish city. But Tel Aviv is a Jewish city through and through. Tel Aviv has Myriad Identities. The Hill of Spring; Alteneue Land/Old-New Land, the White City; the. Tel Aviv is often called the Big Orange. I have a plan as to how we may build 100 pe...
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Israel Celebration Tours: March 2012
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012. 8220;In every generation we should see ourselves as if we had just come forth from Egypt.”. We all love the song Dayanu. However I have always been troubled by the meaning of the words. Why should we be happy if we had only gotten to the shores of the Red Sea and not crossed it? Why should we be satisfied standing before Mt. Sinai and not receiving the Torah? What is the value of wandering in the desert for 40 years and not entering Eretz Israel? How short our memories! Just as w...