On what was one the rainiest days of the week, and probably the only day that it rained their entire trip to Israel, Ted Koplar and his family visited Yokneam-Megiddo. Ted, President and CEO of Koplar Communications toured Israel with wife Nancy and their children. Koplars learned about the ongoing partnership between the Jewish community of St. Louis and Yokneam-Megiddo and met with Bayit Cham at-risk kids... more

It's a Birthright season in Israel, and this time, on Jan 6, 2010, a group of 40 post college youth stopped by in Yokneam-Megiddo for a taste of Partnership and of... a boot camp. We only had one hour for the visit, so we chose to run a boot camp simulation by Aharai teens. The Atlanta guests together with the Israeli youth marched and ran, made push ups and carried stretchers while on "beret march" in the fields around Yokneam...  more