• About
  • Support AJW
  • Jewish Community Directory
  • Subscription Information
  • Contact Us
American Jewish World
No Result
View All Result
  • News
    • All
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • Australia & New Zealand
    • Europe
    • Israel/Mideast
    • Latin America
    • Minnesota
    • US & Canada
    Editorial: Life is better in Copenhagen

    Editorial: Life is better in Copenhagen

    Reflections on Gaza in ruins

    Reflections on Gaza in ruins

    Editorial: An agent of repression

    Editorial: An agent of repression

  • Arts
    • All
    • Blue Box
    • Books & Literature
    • Music
    • Televison & Film
    • Theater & Performing Arts
    • Visual Arts

    An elder jazzman

    Rabbi vs. congregants

    Rabbi vs. congregants

    Ari Hoptman wonders why words are what they are

    Ari Hoptman wonders why words are what they are

  • Lifestyle
    • All
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Health & Wellness
    • Home & Garden
    • Travel & Culture
    ‘Honoring Our Graduates’ in the June 2026 issue

    ‘Honoring Our Graduates’ in the June 2026 issue

    Editorial: Arizona vacation during wartime

    Editorial: Arizona vacation during wartime

    Esther Capp’s spirit lives on at Esther’s Table

    Esther Capp’s spirit lives on at Esther’s Table

  • Editorial
  • Opinion
  • AJW Digital Archives
  • News
    • All
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • Australia & New Zealand
    • Europe
    • Israel/Mideast
    • Latin America
    • Minnesota
    • US & Canada
    Editorial: Life is better in Copenhagen

    Editorial: Life is better in Copenhagen

    Reflections on Gaza in ruins

    Reflections on Gaza in ruins

    Editorial: An agent of repression

    Editorial: An agent of repression

  • Arts
    • All
    • Blue Box
    • Books & Literature
    • Music
    • Televison & Film
    • Theater & Performing Arts
    • Visual Arts

    An elder jazzman

    Rabbi vs. congregants

    Rabbi vs. congregants

    Ari Hoptman wonders why words are what they are

    Ari Hoptman wonders why words are what they are

  • Lifestyle
    • All
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Health & Wellness
    • Home & Garden
    • Travel & Culture
    ‘Honoring Our Graduates’ in the June 2026 issue

    ‘Honoring Our Graduates’ in the June 2026 issue

    Editorial: Arizona vacation during wartime

    Editorial: Arizona vacation during wartime

    Esther Capp’s spirit lives on at Esther’s Table

    Esther Capp’s spirit lives on at Esther’s Table

  • Editorial
  • Opinion
  • AJW Digital Archives
No Result
View All Result
Morning News
No Result
View All Result
Home Israel Blog

Sun sets on Federation's "Israel @ 60 Mission"

American Jewish World by American Jewish World
May 23, 2020
in Israel Blog
0
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
A view from my balcony at the Carlton hotel in Tel Aviv. (Photo: Mordecai Specktor)
A view from my balcony at the Carlton hotel in Tel Aviv. (Photo: Mordecai Specktor)
It was a whirlwind week for the participants in the Israel @ 60 Mission, who saw the sights and visited Minneapolis Jewish Federation-funded programs in Jerusalem, Hadera, Kiryat Shemona and other places.

For the many first-timers on the mission, it was the proverbial experience of a lifetime.
When the jet lag wears off, I’ll add more to this blog. (I’m writing now from the departure lounge at LaGuardia airport in New York.

— Mordecai Specktor

READ ALSO

Israel Diary 2013: A visit to Yemin Orde Youth Village

Israel Diary 2013: Meet Riki and Shlomo

On the northern segment of the Israel @ 60 Mission, participants stayed at the lovely Kibbutz Ma'agan resort on the shore of Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee).
On the northern segment of the Israel @ 60 Mission, participants stayed at the lovely Kibbutz Ma

Related Posts

Israel Blog

Israel Diary 2013: A visit to Yemin Orde Youth Village

May 23, 2020
Israel Blog

Israel Diary 2013: Meet Riki and Shlomo

May 23, 2020
Arts

Israel Diary 2013: Writing crime novels

November 10, 2022
Israel Blog

Israel Diary 2013: All that Israeli jazz

May 23, 2020
Israel Blog

Faces of Israel — 2013

October 15, 2021
Israel Blog

On Tel Aviv's Rothschild Boulevard

May 23, 2020
Next Post

Federal prosecutors move to drop espionage charges against former AIPAC staffers

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

RECENT ARTICLES

Editorial: Life is better in Copenhagen

Editorial: Life is better in Copenhagen

August 13, 2026

An elder jazzman

August 11, 2026
Rabbi vs. congregants

Rabbi vs. congregants

August 9, 2026
Ari Hoptman wonders why words are what they are

Ari Hoptman wonders why words are what they are

August 9, 2026
Reflections on Gaza in ruins

Reflections on Gaza in ruins

July 5, 2026

About

Since 1912 the AJW has served as an important news resource for the Jewish community. The Jewish World unites the main Jewish communities in St. Paul and Minneapolis, as well as those in Duluth, Rochester and smaller cities, and bridges the divides between the various Jewish religious streams.

Quick Links

  • About the AJW
  • Advertising Information
  • Submission Guidelines
  • Subscription Information
  • Jewish Community Directory

Contact Us

The American Jewish World
3249 Hennepin Ave., Suite 245
Minneapolis, MN 55408

Tel: 612.824.0030 / Fax: 612.823.0753
editor@ajwnews.com

  • Buy JNews
  • Landing Page
  • Documentation
  • Support Forum

© 2026 JNews - Premium WordPress news & magazine theme by Jegtheme.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Food
  • Health & Wellness
  • Lifestyle
  • Opinion
  • About the AJW
  • Jewish Community Directory
  • Support AJW
  • Subscription Information
  • Contact Us

© 2026 JNews - Premium WordPress news & magazine theme by Jegtheme.