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Dear Friends,
At a time when our enemies tell us we can’t live, expand, build or breath in Judea and Samaria, it becomes clear why the struggle for a Jewish Shdema is so important.
The struggle in Shdema encapsules the struggle for all of Eretz Israel.
This past Friday tens of people came to Shdema to listen to Rabbi Shlomo Kimchi’s shiur on the signs of Redemption.
This coming Friday Rabbi Zvi Rimon,founder and chair of JobKatif, will be talking on the meaning of mourning and destruction.
Yesterday, Sunday June 28th, the members of Knesset of the Ichud Leumi came to Shdema to tour the place.
MK Dr Arieh Eldad, Mk Uri Ariel and Mk Yaakov Katz, Dr Ron Breiman, Uri Bank, Ruthie Lieberman and others, met in Shdema with Shaul Goldstein, mayor of Gush Etzion and with us, members of the committee for a Jewish Shdema. Goldstein and members of the Committee gave the members of the Knesset an overview of the struggle to keep Shdema in Jewish hands. After that, we gave the members of Knesset a tour of the hill. The Knesset members were appalled to see the illegal Arab construction taking place at the bottom of the hill and witnessed the discrimination against Jews:
Whereas we Jews struggle to receive permits to just go up to Shdema for lectures and events, the Arabs, aided and funded by anti-Israeli organizations like CURE and US-AID have succeeded in illegally constructing a park at the bottom of Shdema, on Israeli-controlled land.
Obviously bothered by our weekly successful events in Shdema, these same organizations have, over the past weeks, increased their pressure on the ministry of security demanding Israel hand over Shdema to the Arabs, allegedly in order to build there a “hospital.”
As Goldstein pointed out, the claim they want to build a hospital there is ridiculous for when one checks their plans, one sees they are talking about an infirmary with only 70 beds, an infirmary the Arabs can build on any barren hill all around Shdema which unfortunately is zoned area A, i.e. under Arab occupation.
The fact that the Arabs and international organizations insist on getting Shdema divulges their real intention: to expel us from this strategic hill and to steal yet one more piece of Land of Israel from the Jews.
The members of Knesset of the Ichud Leumi promised to do all they can to save Shdema and keep it in Jewish hands.
Clearly we must increase our stronghold and Jewish presence in Shdema.
JOIN US FOR four consecutive Thursday-Fridays at Jewish Shdema in Gush Etzion
Come to a special Eretz Israel experience of study, thought, and spiritual enrichment with outstanding lecturers during four Thursday-Fridays at Shdema!
July 9-10 * July 16-17 * July 23-24 (in English) * July 30-31 (in English)
The committee for a Jewish Shdema
http://www.womeningreen.org/
ON THE PROGRAM
Thursday-Fridays
at Shdema in Gush Etzion
An Eretz Israel experience of study, reflection, and spiritual enrichment
The struggle for a Jewish Shdema encapsules the struggle over Eretz Israel
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THE DIRECTION – ERETZ ISRAEL
Thursday, July 9 (17 Tammuz):
5:00-6:00 p.m. – Aryeh Klein, historiographer: “A Geographical and Historical Introduction to Shdema”and “Eighty Years after the Riots of 1929” (in Hebrew)
6:00-7:15 p.m. – Dr. Haim Shalem, historian, expert on the Holocaust: Rabbi Teichtal: “The ‘Rejoicing Mother’ Is Eretz Israel” (in Hebrew)
Minha (with a Torah scroll), Maariv, and a light meal to break the fast
8:30 p.m. – four years after the expulsion and the destruction of Gush Katif and Northern Samaria: screening of the film “Katif Dream” by Yuval and Aliza Ginsburg
Introductory remarks by the film’s producers
Bus transportation: from Kiryat Arba-Hebron at 4:15 p.m.,Gush Etzion junction 4:30 p.m., Efrat 4:35 p.m., Har Homa 4:45 p.m. Return:10:00 p.m. Shdema is accessible by private car
Friday, July 10
9:30-11:30 a.m. – Dr. Gershon Bar Kokhba, historian, Second Temple period expert – “The Jewish Revolt” with a lecture and audiovisual presentation (in Hebrew)
Exhibition of paintings in the Shdema main hall by Michael Morgenstern from Pesagot.
Bus transportation: from Kiryat Arba-Hebron at 8:45 a.m., Gush Etzion junction 9:00 a.m., Efrat 9:05 a.m., Har Homa 9:15 a.m. Return: 11:30 a.m. Accessible by private car
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BETWEEN TRUTH AND FICTION
Thursday, July 16:
6:00-7:00 p.m. – Prof. Rafi Yisraeli, senior lecturer in the Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, Hebrew University : “The Islamic Danger in Our Conflict with the Arabs”
(in Hebrew)
7:00-8:00 p.m. – Yoram Ettinger, former ambassador, expert on the United States and the Middle East : “The Demographic Demon: Demographic Time Bomb or Demographic Scarecrow?” (in Hebrew)
8:30 p.m.-10:30pm: – Waiting for the Rear Guard, a play in Hebrew based on the poem “In the Ears of My Children I Will Tell” by Uri Tzvi Greenberg-
introduction and background: Rabbi Zeev Sultanovitch, lecturer at the Uri Tzvi Greenberg Heritage Center and the Jewish Statesmanship Center for Strategic Planning (in Hebrew)
Bus transportation: from Kiryat Arba-Hebron at 5:15 p.m., Gush Etzion junction 5:30 p.m., Efrat 5:35 p.m., Har Homa 5:45 p.m. return: 10:00 p.m. Accessible by private car
Friday, July 17
9:00-10:30 a.m. – Self Defense and Krav Maga: fundamentals and basic training for youth and adults
for boys and men: with Yisrael Melamed, Senior Trainer
for girls and women: with Shoshi Tropper (Baum), Certified Instructor
9:30-10:30 a.m. – Shiur in Hebrew by Rabbi Yaron Durani, Rabbi of Nokdim
10:45 a.m.-12:00 noon – learning the basics of construction with Itzik and Danny Halamish
Exhibition of paintings in the Shdema main hall by the late artist Emmanuel Libkind z”l
Bus transportation: from Kiryat Arba-Hebron at 8:15 a.m., Gush Etzion junction 8:30 a.m., Efrat 8:35 a.m., Har Homa 8:45 a.m. return: 12:00 noon Accessible by private car
DOES THE MEDIA REPORT OR CREATE NEWS?
Thursday, July 23:
6:00-8:00 p.m. – Journalists’ Round Table (in Hebrew)
moderator: Adv. and publicist Nadav Haetzni
participants: Sofia Ron-Moriah, Mekor Rishon,Hagai Huberman, military correspondent,
Efrat Weiss, Ynet, an Arutz 7 representative ,Yehoshua Breiner, Walla news
8:30 p.m.-10:30pm – screening of the film The Rebellious Son by Shoshi Greenfeld
Introduction by the film’s producer
Bus transportation: from Kiryat Arba-Hebron at 5:15 p.m., Gush Etzion junction 5:30 p.m., Efrat 5:35 p.m., Har Homa 5:45 p.m. return: 10:00 p.m. Accessible by private car
Friday, July 24
9:00-10:30 a.m. – Self Defense and Krav Maga: fundamentals and basic training for youth and adults
for boys and men: with Yisrael Melamed, Senior Trainer
for girls and women: with Shoshi Tropper (Baum), Certified Instructor
10:30 a.m.-12:00 noon – PANEL IN ENGLISH: “We Made Aliyah. What Now?”
with Rabbi Moshe Lichtman, author of Eretz Israel in the Parasha and translator of Em Habanim Semekhah, Rabbi Yitzhak and Geula Twersky, Zahava Englard, and Sharon Katz, editor of VOICES as moderator.
10:30 a.m.-12:00 noon – learning the basics of construction with Itzik and Danny Halamish
Exhibition of paintings in the Shdema main hall by the artist Boris Karsalov of Maaleh Adumim
Bus transportation:from Kiryat Arba-Hebron at 8:15 a.m., Gush Etzion junction 8:30 a.m., Efrat 8:35 a.m., Har Homa 8:45 a.m. Return: 12:00 noon Accessible by private car
FROM DESTRUCTION TO REDEMPTION
Thursday, July 30 (Tisha be-Av):
9:00-10 a.m. – kinot
10:00-11:00 a.m. – Rabbi Yehuda Glick, Director-General, Temple Institute:
“From Destruction to Construction of the Temple” (in Hebrew)
Bus transportation: from Kiryat Arba-Hebron at 8:15 a.m., Gush Etzion junction 8:30 a.m., Efrat 8:35 a.m., Har Homa 8:45 a.m. Return: 11:00 a.m. Accessible by private car
Friday, July 31
9:30-10:30 a.m. – LECTURE IN ENGLISH by Itamar Marcus, Director, Palestinian Media Watch: “Fatah and Hamas: Find the Difference”
9:00-10:30 a.m. – Self Defense and Krav Maga:
fundamentals and basic training for youth and adults
for boys and men: with Yisrael Melamed, Senior Trainer
for girls and women: with Shoshi Tropper (Baum), Certified Instructor
9:30-10:30 a.m. – Rabbi Zevik Harel, director, Midreshet Tohar, Yad Binyamin: lecture and film on the Hasidic Rabbi of Piaseczne (in Hebrew)
10:30-11:30 a.m. – “Russian Poetry You Didn’t Know” – poetry translated into Hebrew, with Zeev Geisel, artist and mathematician, and Alex Kropisky, musician
Exhibition of paintings in the Shdema hall by artist Anna Hodorkovsky from Tekoa
Bus transportation: from Kiryat Arba-Hebron at 8:45 a.m., Gush Etzion junction 9:00 a.m., Efrat 9:05 a.m., Har Homa 9:15 a.m. Return: 11:30 a.m. Accessible by private car
Transportation by pre-registration only: please call Elisheva 052-3003689
Light refreshments will be served – On Thursday evenings please bring your supper and dress warmly- basic bathrooms and water will be available
The Committee for a Jewish Shdema & Women in Green
www.womeningreen.org.il
Rabbi Yaron Durani (El-David, Nokdim), Zuri Botusch (Jerusalem), Igor Byalski (Tekoa), Elisheva Ginsburg (Alon Shvut), Orly Glauber (Har Homa), Ruti Wallfish (Tekoa), Ina Vinyarski (Tekoa), Yehudit Tayar (Beit Horon), Timna Katz (Neveh Daniel), Nadia Matar (Efrat) 0505-500834, Gedaliah Friedman (Neveh Daniel), Yehudit Katzover (Kiryat Arba-Hebron) 0507-161818, Eli Rodan (Elazar)
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Women For Israel’s Tomorrow (Women in Green)
POB 7352, Jerusalem 91072, Israel
Tel: 972-2-624-9887 Fax: 972-2-624-5380
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