AACI NATIONAL OFFICE
11 Pinsker Street
Talbieh, Jerusalem 92228
POB 4337,  Jerusalem 91042

Tel: 972-2-5661181   Fax: 972-2-5661186
While most programming in AACI is planned on a local basis, AACI also organizes country-wide programs for all of our members.  Upcoming events include:

TRAVEL WITH AACI

Join AACI For Our Dead Sea Spa Getaway January 13-16
At the NOVOTEL HOTEL, Dead Sea
20081300 sq. meters of Sea, Health and Well-Being

Includes 2 Treatments* per person!
Located in Neve Zohar on the south-west cliff facing the Dead Sea Shores including adjacent private beach. Novotel is a deluxe resort hotel. The Spa of Novotel Thalassa Dead Sea, in cooperation with "AHAVA", is a prestigious Thalassa International Center, expertly equipped and featuring a variety of therapeutic pools, baths, showers, treatment rooms and fitness center.  The first of its kind in Israel, offers genuine Thalassotherapy packages, as well as traditional Dead Sea treatments.  The exotic blend of Dead Sea natural treasures with Thalassa International expertise creates Nature's and Man's ultimate Spa.

Novotel has 280 spacious and lovely rooms overlooking the Dead Sea and Judean Desert with all the amenities, delicious international cuisine served in a lovely dining room, three outdoor freshwater swimming pools, sunbathing facilities for men and women, children's club, game room, tour assistance and gift shop.  

Price includes 3 nights, half board, one time coffee and cake and choice of the following:

two treatments* per person: 40 minutes classical massage, 40 minutes facial, 20 minutes mud wrap, 30 minutes oil and salt body peeling.

                                                                        AACI Members           Non Members
Per person in double room                                NIS 1200                     1300
Per person in a single room                              NIS 1700                     1800
Per person in a triple room                               NIS 1125                     1200

Transportation not included  
Payment by shekel checks only made out to AACI.  Reservation deadline by December 30, 2007
Mail to AACI, POB 4394, Jerusalem 91043 
For details and more information please call Hadas at AACI Jerusalem 02-561-7151 ext. 109
Schedule subject to change  

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Morocco February 17 - 28 2008
Morocco is a beautiful country with amazing landscape from the stark desert of the Sahara to lively ports on the Atlantic and the towering snow-capped Atlas Mountains. Join our friendly, English speaking AACI group and discover this mystic land and it’s rich Jewish history. 

Included in the itinerary are:

Casablanca

Rabat capital of Morocco
           
Meknes, 17th century capital of Morocco. Visit the Imperial Palace and the Jewish Quarter.

Fez, one of the most beautiful cities in North Africa. 

Errachidia,  a beautiful nature reserve in the Atlas Mountains. 

Erfoud,  jeep tour to see sunrise on the dunes of the Sahara  

Quarzarate,  Vis it the Kasbah. Travel to the 7,414 ft high pass in the High Atlas Mountains. 

Shabbat in Marrakech, Local folklore show.  

Dejmaa el Fna Square, famous for snake charmers, dancers and acrobats.

Koutoubia Mosque, the most famous building in North Africa

Essaouira, the old Portuguese port with its fortified walls and fishing harbor.

Safi, the pottery capital of Morocco

Asemmour, with its old "mellah" (Jewish center) Visit grave of Rabbi Avraham Baal Haness

Full fees include air and land arrangements, hotel accommodations based on 4-star hotels, kosher meals on half board basis with provisions for preparation of sandwiches for lunch, transportation in air conditioned coach, entry fees and gratuities. (Payment does not include visa fees, personal insurance and tips for guide and bus driver)

For this tour we are coordinating with Ophir Tours and Gesher Tours.

COST:AACI Members $2432 - Per person sharing double room
Non Members $2490 - Per person sharing double room.  Single Supplement $320
Flights with Alitalia Airlines via Italy
Depart (from Ben Gurion): Sunday 17^th February  05.35am
Return: (arrive Ben Gurion): Thursday 28^th February 03.10am
Deposit :$500 with reservation       Full payment due: 3^rd January 2008
Minimum number of participants required
Itinerary is subject to change without notice 
For full program details & registration please contact Judith                     (09-8330950 or e-mail judith@netanyaaaci.org.il

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Kosher Gourmet Experience March 25-27, 2008
Following the huge success of our first gourmet tour we present a new seminar focusing on culinary delights. Our three day program takes us to the Galil to experience and learn about the tastes, flavors and cuisine of Eretz Yisrael. 

Join us for the ultimate kosher gourmet culinary experience.

Our tour includes:

 *Tzon El Dairy - Artisanal goat cheese
 *Makom B’Sejera - Gourmet organic restaurant 
*Rosh Pina – Guided Tour 
*Wine Workshop with “Real Time Seminars” 
(Israel’s leading barmen school)
*Dubrovin Farm - meat restaurant in the old farm courtyard near Yesod Hamalah
*Carnivore Workshop with Chef Amir Peri 
(in the courtyard of Dubrovins farm)
*Hula Valley Birding Center & Uforia  
bird watching & multi media presentation 
 *Cocktail Seminar with “Real Time Seminars” 
*Kfar Blum - guided tour of a working kibbutz 
*Culinary Extravaganza 
Hands on workshops: Sushi, Chocolate 
and “Al Ha-Sakin” (wonderful ways to wield your knife) 
with Partam (In house cooking workshops)  
*Rimon Winery specializing in pomegranate produce 
*Decks Restaurant – Gourmet Charcoal Grill on Lake Tiberias
 *Two nights at Kfar Blum Pastoral Hotel in Kfar Blum 
(Free time to enjoy spa facilities)
**Shmita observed

Bon Apetit!
Cost: AACI Members: NIS 2650
Non members: NIS 2800
Single supplement: NIS 414
Price includes all entrances, tastings, meals,
workshops, seminars, hotel, transport from pick up points 
and a non refundable deposit of NIS 200.
(Pick up points: Netanya, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem)

For full program details & registration please contact Judith      
(09-8330950 or e-mail judith@netanyaaaci.org.il

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AACI/HERITAGE SEMINARS POLAND 2008
May19-26

It’s Your Turn!  Follow in the footsteps of the thousands of Jewish teenagers who have traveled to Poland in recent years. AACI is offering you an adult-orientated meaningful and intense travel experience.

Our tour includes visits to primary sites in:
Warsaw                    Majdanek
Krakow                    Belzec
Lublin                       Plaszow
Galicia                      Auschwitz Birkenau
Treblenka
As well as
Lodz                                                       Lezajsk-Tisch at The Rebbe Elimelech
The Januz Korshak Orphanage            Shabbat in Krakow;
Warsaw Ghetto areas                            A silent march to Birkenau.
The Jewish cemetery
The Schindler factory
Heritage Seminars coordinated last year’s highly successful seminars to Poland and Prague. They are staffed by a noted group of historians and educators and they excel at meticulous planning in areas of curriculum, resource materials, logistics, staffing, strict kashrut requirements, medical, security and orientation. The program includes orientation and advance preparation. We will be accompanied by Holocaust witnesses, resident medical and Israeli security staff.

AACI Members $2295 - Per person sharing double room
Non Members $2355 - Per person sharing double room. 
Single Supplement $225
Flights with El AL
Depart ( Ben Gurion): Mon19^th May 06.00 
Return: (Ben Gurion): Mon 26^th May 14.45
Payment :$50 with reservation
$300 by 15/2/08  
Balance by: 15/3/08
Minimum number of participants required
Itinerary is subject to change without notice
For full program details & registration please contact Judith      
(09-8330950 or e-mail judith@netanyaaaci.org.il
Dollar checks payable to Heritage Seminars, shekel checks payable to Gesher

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VERONA OPERA, FLORENCE & TUSCAN COUNTRYSIDE
JULY 8-14, 2008

Join AACI’s English speaking group for a kosher and friendly trip to Italy, one of Europe’s most beautiful countries. Enjoy three amazing operas in Verona’s world famous Arena of Verona. One of the greatest and most prestigious archeological monuments in Europe, watch this Roman Amphitheatre come to life with these spectacular performances.  Experience historical Florence and its beautiful environs together with trips to Lake Garda, the Palladian Villas of the Veneto and the sweeping countryside of Tuscany, all with a Jewish flavor. 

Our magnificent Operas:
Aida by Verdi, Nabucco by Verdi and Carmen by Bizet

Lake Garda boat trip to Sirmione

Mantua a beautiful, historic city, the inspiration of Rigoletto.

Vicenz: a mecca for the architecture lover is a living museum of Palladian and Palladian-inspired monuments.

Florence: Tempio Maggiore, The Great Synagogue of Florence.  Sabbath walking tour of Florence

Sienna, viewed from the Palazzo Pubblico's tower, a sea of roof tiles blends into a landscape of steep, twisting stone alleys.

San Giminiano, ancient tower city of Tuscany.
This and so much more...

Full fees include air and land arrangements;
Hotel accommodations in good tourist class & centrally located hotels.
Kosher meals, half board basis, with provisions for lunch.
Transportation in air-conditioned bus, entry fees and gratuities.
Three opera tickets reserved in the lateral seats on the amphitheatre steps.
(Please see full program for details about the opera)

Cost: AACI Members Euro2230- per person sharing double room
Non Members Euro2250–per person sharing double room.
Single supplement Euro330
Flights with charter plane to Verona
Deposit $500 with reservation    Full payment due by May 31^st 2008
Minimum number of participants required
Itinerary & Operas are subject to change without notice
For this tour we are coordinating with Ophir Tours

For full program details & registration please contact
AACI 02-561-7151 ext or email hsasson@aaci.org.il

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