Events Calendar

Come along for a chat and coffee and help form this new branch.

This will be of interest to anyone who has made aliya in the last decade.

A guided tour of the Museum of the Philistines in Ashdod.

The exhibition has recently been updated and new technology installed.

It should be a fascinating morning.

Booking essential.

Inaugural Social Event (with refreshments) for this new South Sharon Branch. Come and make new friends, get to know people in your area.

The AGM will be followed by tea and a talk by Hazel Broch on “The Lighter Side of Pesach”.

Pamela Kaplan z”l was dedicated to helping olim. She worked both in the UK and then 40+ years in Israel assisting singles and families from around the English speaking communities. Later in life she aided Ethiopians to settle and find new lives. Over her 50+ working years she was the instigator of many initiatives through her work with The British Embassy, The Zionist Federation,The British Settlers Association, The British Olim Society, The Jewish Agency, Telfed and many other major international organisations.
We will be remembering her life at a concert and memorial evening on 10th March 2016 in Tel Aviv.
If you knew Pamela you will appreciate why we are marking her memory in this way. Please do come and join us.

HOB National is organising a Chol Hamoed Succot Picnic. The venue will be Neot Kedumim Park (www.neot-kedumim.org.il/) which is located between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and has over 600 acres (2,500 dunams).

We will have our own private English speaking guide to make the visit enjoyable and informative for all. Among other things we will be able to check out the various succah styles at the life-sized succah exhibition and walk through the gardens of the Four Species Everywhere we go we will be able to experience the sights and smells of the plants and get to understand their relevance to the history of the Jewish People and the Land of Israel.

During Succot cars are not permitted in the park but coaches with guides are. We are planning to hire a coach or two which would travel from Zichron Yaakov, Netanya, Raanana, Petah Tikva and Tel Aviv. It will also be possible for those who wish to make their own way there and join the coach at the park. We are expecting a large number of people from all over Israel to this event, so in order to ensure that there is room for everyone who wants to come we have decided to make this a pre-paid event. If you are interested please register NOW as places must be booked and paid for by 11th October.

At each point of interest in the park we will get off the coach in order to experience the sights, smells and sounds to the full. At some stops there is a small amount of easy walking in order to appreciate the park properly.

This will be a full day event and we have allowed time in the schedule for a bring-your-own-from-home picnic lunch. There will also be time during the afternoon to enjoy the many special activities that the park organizes over Succot. We have made an effort to keep costs to a minimum: 120 shekels per person for coach, entrance & guide while those joining the coach at the park will pay 80 shekels per person which includes entrance & guide.

Please contact your local chairman or Nadia for payment details.

Bookings should be made by 9th October

This promises to be a most interesting and sociable event. It would be wonderful to fill two coaches and double the fun of the day.

David Miller

JACKIES HOB HOLIDAY TO EILAT 6th to 10th November.  At the Laguna Hotel Eilat – All-inclusive Full Board including Afternoon Tea. Only 1900 NIS per person sharing double room, please note payment can be made with three post-dated cheques. Visits include a Talitot and Judaica factory, weather permitting a 1/2 day boat trip and a visit to the botanical gardens. Call 050 744 7411 for further information and reservations.

This trip is in the planning stage. Please let Jackie know if you are interested.

We are hoping to have a half-day tiyul to the Yvel Jewellery Design Centre in Ramat Moza near Jerusalem. They specialise in jewellery made with pearls, emeralds, sapphires and naturallycoloured diamonds. Please let Jackie know if you are interested, this would not be a commitment.