Contents
1. New Israeli Driver’s License
2. Amitei Klita – Call for Special Volunteers
3. New Tel Aviv Social Website
5. Summer Ulpan and Mechina Programs
6. NOAM Soccer Tournament
7. New Cricket Chug
8. New MATI course
1. New Israeli Driver’s License
As of 11.05.2009, all Israeli Driver’s Licenses have been changed to a new format.
If you have not yet received your new license, please contact the Licensing Authority on *5678.
If found driving with the old version of the driver’s license you may be given a traffic fine.
2. Amitei Klita – Call for Special Volunteers
Are you passionate about Aliyah and Klitah? Are you confident with your Hebrew skills? Are you willing to commit a few hours a week to helping new olim from the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Scandinavian countries?
UJIA is pleased to announce our cooperation with a new National project of the Jewish Agency for Israel called AMITEI KLITAH.
Amitei Klitah are special volunteers who will reach out and stay in contact with new olim in their communities during their first year in Israel. Those taking the opportunity of this challenging “job” will be given training, supervision and special events, and will be responsible for staying in contact with their assigned olim and assuring that special situations be referred to an UJIA counselor and/or JAFI’s Amitei Klitah Regional Coordinator.
If this sounds interesting to you, contact Beulah or Ronen, who will send you and initial questionnaire and schedule an interview in cooperation with the appropriate JAFI regional coordinator.
3. New Tel Aviv Social Website
Telalivit's mission is to encourage greater social cohesion in Israel's multicultural society by facilitating the absorption of olim, all the while presenting a different face of Israel to a broader international audience. Telalivit values the principle of collective responsibility and will work together with the community in pursuing its objectives.
4. New English Support Group - Tishkofet Maagan
New English Group at Tishkofet-Maagan:
Accessing Inner Resources in Coping with Serious Illness
Professionally led, FREE OF CHARGE
Mondays, 5:30 pm
Beit Tishkofet – Maagan
Goldstein Youth Campus
Haim Yachil 1- Corner of Horkania
Jerusalem
Tishkofet-Maagan offers individual and family therapy, classes and support groups for people coping with serious illness, and for family members. We also provide services for people coping with loss. Supported by UJA-Federation of New York and additional donors.
5. Summer Ulpan and Mechina Programs
The Minhal Hastudentim (Student Authority) has announced new summer programs for Ulpan and Mechina.
For a basic information sheet, please contact ronen@ujia.org.il with “Student Authority Summer Programs” as the subject title.
6. NOAM Soccer Tournament
NOAM – Central European Olim Association
presents:
Mondial 2009
Olim Soccer Tournament
19th June 2009 @ 17:30
Goltim Soccer Field
24 Hatayasim St, Tel Aviv
Come support your fellow Olim.
7. New Cricket Chug
The Israel Cricket Association has recently employed Herschel Gutman as the National Cricket Development Officer. As a new initiative, Ran'anana will be starting regular cricket chugs from next week.
Please take note of the following starting times and days:
Venue: Basketball Court in the Park
Day: MONDAY
Time: 4:30pm - 6pm
Cost: nis 100/month
Dress code and what to bring: (1) Sunblock, (2) a bottle of water, (3) a friend, (4) any cricket equipment you might have - but please make sure that you put a name on the equipment. To wear only White or Blue t shirts, no bright colours.
The chug will be starting on Monday 18th May and will practice through to the end of the school year in June. The chug will then continue when school starts again in September. There are many options for the summer holidays (practice games vs other towns, group training at our National Stadium and trips down to South).
For those interested please contact Herschel on 052 740 9287.
8. New MATI courses
MATI (the Jerusalem Business Development Center), in conjunction with Nefesh B’Nefesh is pleased to announce the opening of a new course:
Starting Your Own Business
This 13-session course, in English, will cover the following topics:
- Entrepreneurship and the business environment
- Risks/prospects of establishing a business
- Financial management of a small business
- Pricing
- Working with banks
- Marketing, advertising, public relations
- The art of selling
- Taxation in Israel
- How to prepare a business plan
The cost of the entire course is 960 NIS for Olim who have been in Israel over 10 years and 250 NIS for those who made Aliyah less than 10 years ago. This highly subsidized rate for new Olim is made possible by the Ministry Of Immigrant Absorption and the Israel Small and Medium Business Authority.
Registration: NBN at 02-659-5800 or MATI Jerusalem 02 6794242
The course will be held on Sunday evenings from 6:00 – 9:15PM beginning May 31th and will continue for 13 consecutive weeks.
