Start making your plans for the Spring 2011 TBK trip to Israel with Rabbi Kotok scheduled for February 13-25. In addition to visiting Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, our trip will focus on southern Israel with a side trip to Petra and Amman, Jordan. Some of the planned activities include a Bedouin experience, Kibbutz Yahel Eco-Tour, visit to an Ethiopian Absorption Center, Old City tour, visit to Yad Vashem, explore the Bible's landscapes at Neot Kedumim and a performance at Nalaga'at Center for the Blind and Deaf. Contact the TBK office if you would like more information.

Our friends from Hameln, Germany have been in the news recently with word about the ground breaking for their new synagogue on the same site as the city's synagogue that was burned by the Nazis in 1938 on Kristallnacht. Construction of the new synagogue and community center is already under way. If all goes according to schedule, it will be dedicated next February. For those planning to go on the TBK trip to Israel, a side trip to see the new Hameln synagogue would be a wonderful opportunity not to be missed. More about this story is in the May 20, 2010 issue (#383) of the World Union for Progressive Judaism at http://www.wupj.org.

We are always looking for people to help us develop programs for TBK, to encourage linkages with Israel and World Jewry and to review current events in the Jewish world. Please contact Lou Spiro at levbentsvi[at]yahoo.com or 461-1085 if you would like more information or to be added to our email distribution list.

NFTY (the North American Federation of Temple Youth) offers a range of summer or semester programs for 9-12th graders go to Israel. At TBK we believe experiencing Israel is an essential part of lifelong involvement with Judaism. Please visit NFTY’s website (nfty.org) and click on “Israel” to learn more about opportunities for Reform Jewish teens to go to Israel in the Summer of 2011. Scholarship assistance is available for you; contact Rabbi Gutterman at 244-7060 ext. 227, or rabbigutterman[at]tbk.org.

On a memorable journey
to Israel
with a visit Petra, Jordan!
February 13 - 25, 2011

Highlights Include:
Connect to Israel with a tree planting in a JNF Forest
Take an exciting jeep tour of the Ramon Crater
Uncover the wonders of Petra, Jordan and the Kings Highway
Visit Yad Vashem and the Valley of the Lost Communities
Enjoy a walking tour of the Old City
Participate in an archeological dig
Walk through the Western Wall Tunnels
Visit the Davidson Center and Southern Excavations
Explore Masada, the Dead Sea and Ein Gedi
Experience the sites and sounds of Tel Aviv, including the Carmel Market and Independence Hall
... and so much more!

$3,499.00 land & air package - per person,

based on double occupancy &
Before taxes and fuel surcharge of approximately $500.00
Rate discounted for payment by Cash/Check.

Deposit deadline is November 12, 2010. Rate and availability after that date subject to confirmation. You can register online with Ayelet Tours here, or contact the TBK office at 244-7060 or sclark[at]tbk.org for more information!

The Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester has funds available for need-based scholarships. Scholarships are available to Jewish students having a permanent Rochester address, who are studying Jewish content for high school and college credit, and for Jewish teens who participate in an accredited summer, semester, or year long, Israel experience program.

Application deadline is November 1, 2010.

For more information or an application contact Josh Boress, Coordinator of Teen Education and Israel Trips, at 461-0490 or jboress[at]jewishrochester.org.

Plan your teen's trip to Israel. Your commitment to save for it will be matched by the Federation and TBK.

Learn more.

Read more about our developing relationship with the Juedische Gemeinde of Hameln (jghreform.org) at jghreform.org