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2008

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Yokneam-Meggido - Atlanta-St. Louis

A Decade of Partnership

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	The Park Patrol: Armed With…Coffee, Watermelon, and a Backgammon Set - 26/8/2008 A Unique Initiative in Yokneam: Nighttime Coffee Program Each night a force of volunteers sets out for parks across Yokneam, armed with coffee, watermelons, and games (like Taki and backgammon), to


	More Sister City Summer Fun! - 21/8/2008 By Susie Zimmerman, Chair, Yokneam/Megiddo-St. Louis Partnership 2000 Committee Shalom Haverim! July and August were great months for we Americans to be in Israel and for St.


	Heart Shaped Pillows - Mother's Day Gift from Yokneam-Megiddo YF Kids - 12/8/2008 By Alina Chayut, Yokneam-Megiddo Youth Futures Trustee One of the many aspects of working with the children participating in the Youth Futures program is group activities with the children meeting


	Enrichment Class in Art and Personal Development - 4/8/2008 By Orit Lin, Yokneam-Megiddo Youth Futures Director Youth Futures kids learn the value of art and the ecological experience.


	Yokneam’s Multicultural Youth Center - Sometimes Dreams Really Do Come True - 29/7/2008 By Bernice Malka, Federation Program Coordinator Summer vacation has the potential for youth and especially at-risk youth to hang out, be up to no good and generally get into trouble.


	Journal of War and Peace – Epilogue - 19/7/2008 By Hanan Caspi Dear Friends, On July 18 2006, exactly 2 years ago, I started a Journal trying to describe our life and feelings here in the Yokneam-Megiddo region during what is now called "The


	Yokneam Impact - 13/7/2008 By Joanne Loiben, Yokneam Summer Camp Volunteer, St. Louis From 2008 Summer Camp Volunteers Blog I am sitting here on my last night in Yokneam, and I never want to leave.


	A Match Made in St. Louis’ Partnership 2000 Israeli Sister City - 6/7/2008 Courtesy of Jewish in St.Louis This is about a match made in St. Louis’ Partnership 2000 (P2K) sister-city in Israel that has taken that partnership to a new level.


	St. Louis NFTY Teen Trip Visits the Megiddo Region - 30/6/2008 By Judy Yuda, Partnership Director On the last weekend in June, a group of 23 teens from several congregations in St. Louis visited the Yokneam-Megiddo region.


	Atlanta Post-College Birth Right Delegation visits Daliyot Elementary School in Yokneam - 19/6/2008 On a hot day in mid-June, the Dalyot Elementary School in Yokneam had the pleasure of hosting close to 50 delegates participating in the Atlanta Post-College Birth Right Mission.


	Israel Ministry of Education Prize Goes to Sima Nisselbaum, Principle of Yokneam’s Daliyot Elementary School - 12/6/2008 Sima Nisselbaum, principal of Daliyot Elementary School in Yokneam, has been awarded the Ministry of Education's northern region prize in the 'Outstanding Educators' category.


	JFGA Family Mission Visits Yokneam-Megiddo - 4/6/2008 By Judy Yuda, Partnership Director On June 4th, the JFGA Family Mission to Israel visited the Yokneam-Megiddo region as part of their 10 days stay in Israel.


	Frequent Partner - St. Louis Habad Birthright Delegation 3rd visit to Yokneam - 21/5/2008 By Judy Yuda, Partnership Director For a third consecutive year, and in larger numbers, a 70 strong Birthright delegation organized by Rabbi Hershey Novak - Habad St.


	Tesfa Ethiopian Dance Troupe Astounding Premiere - 15/5/2008 By Bernice Malka On May 15, 2008 I had the privilege to attend the premier of the TESFA Ethiopian Dance Troupe in Yokneam’s grand performance hall.


	"March of the Living" Atlanta Youth Pays Tribute to the Fallen - 11/5/2008 By Arkady Hasidovich, Partnership 2000 Yokneam-Megiddo On Remembrance Day the Israeli public carries in its heart the memory of the fallen in Israel’s battles and shares the pain of the bereaved


	8th Graders from Epstein School in Atlanta visit Yokneam - 11/5/2008 By Judy Yuda, Partnership Director Fifty-four 8th graders from the Epstein School in Atlanta led by their school principle Myrna Rubel joined their peers at Yokneam's Ort High School on the eve of


	Hosting a Mission from Solomon Schechter Day School, St. Louis - 9/5/2008 By Orly Rafaeli, Megiddo High School Through its Kesher B’Kitah (School Connections) project, Partnership 2000 Yokneam-Megiddo promotes the forming of personal connections between eighth graders from


	Reserve Soldiers Bring Israel’s Fighting Spirit to St. Louis - 15/4/2008 By Simon Griver Two Israeli milumnikim (reserve soldiers) spent a week in Saint Louis during April telling the local Jewish community about life in Israel and the military challenges faced by the


	Yokneam-Megiddo Youth Futures kids visit the Israel Coca-Cola Facility in Bnai Brak - 14/4/2008 By Racheli Shabtai, Megiddo Region YF Trustee During the Pesach school vacation on April 14, 2008, 100 Youth Futures kids from Yokneam and Megiddo, their 6 trustees and the Youth Futures project


	P2K Israel March On! - 3/4/2008 By Susie Zimmerman, Chair, Saint Louis–Yokneam/Megiddo Partnership 2000 Committee Once again, there have been some great trips this month building stronger connections between the sister communities


	Yokneam-Megiddo Women Woo Their American Partners - 20/3/2008 By Simon Griver “I always felt that all Jews must come and live in Israel,” recalls Aviv Regev. “My recent visit to St. Louis changed that perception.


	Missouri Botanical Garden Delegation Visits Yokneam-Megiddo - 19/3/2008 By Judy Yuda, Partnership Director Yokneam-Megiddo hosted a very special delegation from St. Louis on March 19th. The 15 strong delegation was led by Jewish Federation of St.


	Baseball Equipment Arrives in Yokneam from St. Louis - 19/3/2008 By Judy Yuda, Partnership Director Over one hundred pounds of first class baseball equipment was delivered to the Yokneam JCC in mid March.


	Weber School Makes Annual Visit to Yokneam-Megiddo - 16/3/2008 By Simon Griver Ariel Oken says that one of the highlights of his time in Israel so far was the visit he made to Yokneam/Megiddo region in March.


	Powerful Encounter as Partnership 2000 Teens Meet in Atlanta - 5/3/2008 By Simon Griver Tania Eshel recalls the third day of her recent visit to Atlanta when the 10 visiting eleventh-graders from Yokneam-Megiddo entered a second grade classroom in a Jewish school.

Saturday 30 August, 2008

שבת כ"ט אב תשס"ח