BUILDING PARTNERSHIP CONNECTIONS
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Israel@60: A Capital Celebration in Washington, DC
View Washington DC's Israel@60 celebration in action! More...
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 Mosaics at Israel@ 60 Celebration in Washington DC
An artist's delegation, organized by Partnership 2000, participated in the Israel@60 celebrations in the National Mall in Washington DC. Orly Resnick, a mosaic artist from Kibbutz Tzora in Mateh Yehuda, was chosen. She was accompanied by artist, Amit Zehavi. More...
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 El Salvador in Beit Shemesh
Recently, we had a visit by Margarita Escobar, the Deputy Foreign minister of El Salvador. El Salvador has many similarities to Israel. The Partnership staff was very excited and proud and saw this as a wonderful opportunity to share experience and information. More...
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 Cycling For Israel at 60 in South Africa
In June, a delegation of six cyclists from Beit Shemesh and Mateh Yehuda were sent by Partnership 2000 to visit and ride in South Africa. The goal was to represent Israel at the Johannesburg celebration of Israel at 60 and encourage cyclists from South Africa to come to Israel and participate in Israeli biking events. More...
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 Creating a Children's Bridge
Partnership 2000 created a bridge between kindergarten children in Beit Shemesh-Mateh Yehuda and Washington. The two groups decided on a joint final project – a connecting quilt. More...
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 First Round of Bible Quiz has Come and Gone
The initial round of this year's Bible Quiz took place at Beyachad where 16 contestants wrote out their answers to the first written test set for them by the adjudicators. The second round of the quiz will be held in South Africa and the finals in Beit Shemesh. More...
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 A Moving Encounter Between Youth from Branco Weiss and the Gesher School in North Virginia
Fifteen Gesher School 8th graders spent a day in Beit Shemesh with their peers doing group activities and getting to know one another. The end of the day was quite different from its start. There was no ice left to break. More...
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 Johannesburg Tuesday Salad Club Visits Region
Forty years ago, two young Johannesburg couples established a club for invited members, with two goals: one to meet regularly at a restaurant and the other to raise funds for scholarships for young people who needed support for completion of their studies. The members of the club visited Israel during the month of May. More...
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 Report on a One-to-One Group Activity
The Cycling Club hosted a delegation of six Bar Mitzvah boys from Washington who donated six new bicycles along with helmets and accessories from the money they had received for their Bar Mitzvahs. More...
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 Painting Walls and Building Bridges - Partnership 2000 and JDS Washington
105 12th graders from the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School (JDS) in Greater Washington arrived in the region to spend the weekend with local teens from Beit Shemesh and Mateh Yehuda. The youth were joined by 90 local teens for two days of fun activities and home hospitality. More...
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MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN ISRAEL
 Women Share Business Experience
In May, 50 women from Beit Shemesh-Mateh Yehuda and Netivot-Sderot shared their business experience at an all day conference. To end the visit, the group was hosted for tea at Musa, a restaurant run by two enterprising women who started from scratch and succeeded More...
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 The Artist of Elah Valley
View a beautiful new pamphlet featuring all the stopping points on the Artists of Elah Valley route. More...
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 "Taglit" For Israelis
Partnership 2000 sponsored a program in which 14 adults from our region, who studied together Leadership and Judaism all year, have just returned from Washington, where their goals were to get to know the Jewish Community, meet their parallel group, and represent our area. More...
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PARTNERSHIP NEWS
 P2K Joint Steering Committee Examines Potential New Initiatives
During three packed days at the end of June, Partnership 2000 committee members, volunteers, program participants and professionals got together to look into the future of our Partnership. Picasa Images
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 Partnership 2000 Welcomes New Director
The Partnership welcomes the arrival of Gideon Vennor, the new director, following the departure of Aviv Klein. Gideon served as Community Shaliach in Columbus Ohio for the past three years. More...
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Dear friends,
Time has passed and, again, we have just concluded a joint steering committee in which all met together from the Jewish Communities of Washington, South Africa and Israel.
The reality of the Jewish nation in the years of 2000 continues to create big challenges especially in passing the message to the next generation.
"The young Leadership" that we must nourish will be the engine – fuel of the Jewish nation in the coming years.
The youth in all Israel's Communities must be focused in every way and in every program in order to go forward and help others move forward.
We will all work together in order to strengthen the communities and to deepen the connections between us.
In hope of continued fruitful activity.
Ilan Geal Dor
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IN THE NEWS
Special Haaretz Supplement
Read about the Jewish Agency's Partnership 2000 with UJC and KH. More...
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Contacts
Ilan Geal Dor, Partnership Co-Chair, Beit Shemesh,
ilan@gesher.co.il
Danny Taragan, Partnership Co-Chair, Mateh Yehuda,
dany@tami4.co.il
Gideon Vennor, Partnership Director,
gideonv@jafi.org
Brenda Ganot, Economic Development Director,
brendag@jafi.org
Tami Kedmi, Assistant to Partnership Director,
tamik@jafi.org
Sonia Shurhavetsky, Early Childhood Education, Front Stage & Volunteer Coordinator,
soniash@jafi.org
Naveh Yogev, People to People Coordinator,
navehy@jafi.org
Amit Zehavi, PR & Incoming Missions Coordinator,
amitze@jafi.org
Sue Schoenfeld, Content Management Coordinator, Jewish Agency - Israel Department,
sues@jafi.org
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