Temple Missions to Israel
Twenty congregants joined Rabbi Mark Mahler on a moving, memorable and just-plain-fun Temple trip to Israel June 14-26, 2005. Here are stories and reflections from some of the Temple members who took part in the unforgettable "Shalom Israel Mission." Another mission is planned for December 2007.
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Rabbi Mark Mahler is planning a Temple mission to Israel in June 2008.
Here are Roz Goorin's moving and fascinating reflections on her first trip to Israel.
During a dinner in Jerusalem in June, two friends and colleagues asked me how our Temple trip to Israel has been. “Every day,” I replied, “there have been moments of tremendous insight and emotional impact, moments that affirm that life is worth living, that life is good, even holy.” I then added, “If I have one such moment a month in Pittsburgh, I consider it a good month.”
One of the congregants who participated in the Temple mission to Israel, WRJ President Mary Cothran, describes her travel companions in poetic verse.
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Rabbi Mark Mahler, Mary Cothran and other members of the June 2005 Temple Israel mission gather together.
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View of Tel Aviv from Jaffa.
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Tanks on display at the Israel Defense Forces Armored Corps Museum in Latrun.
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A group of Temple members in front of the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount.
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The Old City of Jerusalem, dominated by the Dome of the Rock.
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A portrait of Theodore Herzl, founder of modern Zionism, in Independence Hall, Tel Aviv, where Ben Gurion proclaimed Israel's independence.
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Photos of the Temple mission to Israel in June 2005, taken by members of the Lavi family. Click on the photos for larger, more detailed images. To see additional photos, click on the photos and go to the photos listed under "Related Items."
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Click here to read Rabbi Mark Mahler's overview of the mission to Isarel that he lead in June 2005, which was previously posted on the Web site of the travel agency handling the trip.
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