JCPA LEADERSHIP AND FRANK FELLOWS 2019 MISSION TO December 8-13, 2019 INSTRUCTIONS General Information:

Arrival Date December 8, 2019 Airline + Flight # LO159 Arrival Time 10:25 am Airport Info # 03-972-3333 Airport Representative Smile Service Departure Date Dec 13, 2019

Hotels:

Dates Hotel Phone CTC December 8-10, 2019 Carlton Hotel, TLV 03-520-1818 Liron Litman December 8-13, 2019 Leonardo Boutique, 02-594-6000 Liat Assayag

Contact Information:

Title Name Telephone 1 Telephone 2 Mission Consultant Larry Tishkoff 052-613-0733 02-620-2005 Guide Shai Goren 050-332-3358 Agent Keren Hatkevitz 052-284-3209 03-777-5415 Hostess - December 8, 2019 Rinat Rozinov 058-630-0233 Hostess - December 10 & 12, 2019 Yael Kaufman 054-428-3883 Bus Company Gershon Tours 02-679-0311 Driver Amnon 050-205-2717 Security Company - Moked Emun Hagai Ben Shabbat 052-604-8501 03-539-5504 Security Guard - TBA JFNA code #10191 02-623-3221 חדר מצב

1 Pax list:

FIRST NAME LAST NAME 1. Michael Fromm 2. Susan Fromm 3. David Bernstein 4. Carol Marsha Brick-Turin 5. Melanie Roth Gorelick 6. Glenn Dubin 7. Magda Schaler-Haynes 8. Laura Gelman 9. Daniel Friedman 10. Josephine Gon 11. Sarah Walters 12. Lauren Herrin 13. Miriam Dant 14. Jakob Medve 15. Ira Youdovin 16. Haya Luftig 17. Susan Abravanel 18. Allan Abravanel 19. Randy Whitlatch 20. Gabriel Mathless 21. Brian Shulman 22. Alexa Kaskowitz 23. Ethan Davidson 24. Albert Bloomfield 25. Farrah Azizi 26. Kerry Kertesz 27. Lois Frank 28. Larry Frank 29. Shawn Klein 30. Adam Weiss 31. Amy Susskind 32. Marina Lewin 33. Sarah Larson

2 THEME: ARRIVAL IN ISRAEL GOALS OF THE MISSION:

If we are going to stand up for Israel how will trip help us to have these conversations. To this end, we will frame difficult conversations and take deep dive into a high level issue and concerns.

DAY ONE: SUNDAY, DEC 8

Individual arrivals at Ben Gurion International Airport for JCPA Leadership pax

10:25 am Frank Fellows arrive at BG International Airport from Krakow on LOT Flt 159

11:15 am Shai Goren will welcome the Frank Fellows to Israel by providing an overview about Israel.

11:30 am Frank Fellows depart BG Airport for the Carlton Hotel, Tel Aviv followed.

12:15 pm – for Frank Fellows Check in

Frank Fellows – lunch on own

5:00 pm – Sepia Hall in the hotel Staff briefing with David Bernstein, Melanie Gorelick, Glenn Dubin, Haya Luftig, Keren Hatkevitz, Shai Goren and Larry Tishkoff + Haggai Kimmelman Ctc Sepia Hall - Vered Furstenberg 052-859-0800

7:00 pm – Azure Hall in the hotel Opening Dinner together with guest speaker Colonel (res.) Dr. Eran Lermann: “Overview of external threats to Israel from surrounding neighbors”. Ctc Azure Hall - Vered Furstenberg 052-859-0800 Ctc Eran Lermann 050-620-5354

Hear from Miri Eisin, one of Israel's main presenters, who will shed light on internal dynamics within Israel focusing on issues connected to political, social, economic and the state of Israeli democracy. Ctc Miri Eisin 050-552-0646

OVERNIGHT: CARLTON HOTEL, TEL AVIV

3 DAY TWO: MONDAY, DEC 9 THEME: Civic Engagement/Civil Society/Social Justice/Democracy

In ‘Carlton on the Beach’, Main Breakfast Dining room (served from 6:30 am) Breakfast

8:00 am – Lumina private room in the hotel Ctc Lumina - Vered Furstenberg 052-859-0800 A. Following breakfast: 30 minutes: ‘Introductions & Set the Stage for the Mission’ with the mission leadership

B. OPENING SPEAKER/FRAMING – 45 minutes including Q & A: Framing: Rami Hod to speak about the new challenges that Israeli society faces today, during the aftermath of the 2011 summer social protests, alongside growing Zionist progressive movement in Israel. Ctc for Rami Hod Keren Zehavi 052-339-9764 Ctc Rami Hod 054-331-1740

9:45 am Depart hotel for the Tel Aviv Municipality

10:15 am - In the Tel Aviv Municipality Meet Chen Arieli, LGBTQ activist & Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv Municipality Ctc Tel Aviv Municipality – Frank November: A Wider Bridge 053-850-5552

11:00 am Proceed to Maple House: 30 Lilienblum St, Tel Aviv Ctc Maple House Gefen / Katya / Noam 03-554-5477

11:30 am - Maple House, Rothschild Blvd, In Tel Aviv Hear from Emi Palmor, former Director General of the Ministry of Justice, to learn about the Israeli government’s recent efforts to fight hate and racism leading to the creation of an atmosphere that values an inclusive society. Ctc Emi Palmor 050-621-6904

The aim of this session is to better understand the state of racism and criminal justice reform in Israel with a specific case study on the Ethiopian community. There are approximately 125,000 Ethiopian in Israel that make up almost 2% of the Israeli populations. This community begun immigrating to Israel in 1984. 35 years later, how have they integrated into society? What efforts have been made to fight systemic racism, intolerance and hate within the Israeli society. Recently, there has been a few incidents with police that have raised questions of racial profiling and systematic racism.

4 Additionally, JCPA is working on criminal justice reform in the US. What is the situation in Israel and are there any best practices o share with us?

This session we will hear both from governmental actors responsible for fighting racism in the governmental system and also have a case-study from an Ethiopian activist who is working to change the laws and culture on this concern.

Emi Paloar: What is the current situation? Israeli government has studied and produced a report on racism in Israel (can we give people copies) and he prioritized its implementation from ministerial to on the ground actors. What is its status, impact, and what still needs to be achieved?

Hear from Mazal Bisawer, Association of Ethiopian Jews Spokeswoman will discuss the recent upraising of the Ethiopian community expressing profiling and discrimination by policy and within Israeli society. Ctc Mazal Bisawer, Media & Spokesperson, Association of Ethiopian Jews (AEJ) 052-325-2706; [email protected]

1:00 pm – Maple House Catered lunch in Maple House Ctc Hadas Catering – Hadas - 054-571-7621

2:00 pm – Maple House Proceed to the LGBTQ Tel Aviv Center

2:15 pm – At the LGBTQ Tel Aviv Center Welcome to the Center and overview of LGBT life in Israel: Hear from Ofer Erez, first openly trans officer in the IDF, former CEO of the Jerusalem open house Ctc Ofer Erez 053-484-9611 Ctc Tel Aviv Municipality – Frank November: A Wider Bridge 053-850-5552

2:50 pm - In the LGBTQ Tel Aviv Center Break (additional speakers arrive)

3:00 pm – In the LGBTQ Tel Aviv Center: LGBTQ Panel discussion Panel discussion with Zehorit Sorek (Bat Kol, Pride Minyan), Elisha Alexander (Ma’avarim), and Chen Shmilo (HIV/AIDS Task Force). Each presenter will speak for about 15 minutes and then a Q & A session Ctc Frank November: A Wider Bridge 053-850-5552 Ctc Zehorit Sorek Ctc Elisha Alexander Ctc Chen Shmilo 054-542-4073

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4:00 pm - In the LGBTQ Tel Aviv Center Explore the LGBTQ Center and Gan Meir and mingle with the panelists. Ctc Frank November: A Wider Bridge 053-850-5552

4:30 pm Return to the hotel for dinner and night on own in Tel Aviv

OVERNIGHT: CARLTON HOTEL, TEL AVIV

6 DAY THREE: TUESDAY, DEC 10

KNESSET/GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND PLURALISM INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

Main dining room: Carlton on the Beach (from 6:30 am) Breakfast

GUIDE: PLS REMIND PAX TO BEING THEIR PASSPORTS 8:00 am Check out and depart hotel for Jerusalem NOTE: During the bus ride Shai will provide an “Israel 101” introduction to how Israel’s coalition government works

9:15 am Security check at the

9:30 am - In the Knesset Guided tour of the Knesset - Confirmed (in Hebrew) 02-675-3337

10:15 am – Private room in the Knesset – requested – not yet confirmed Meet with MK Eli Avidar, Yisrael Beteinu Ctc Parliamentary aid: Mali - 050-900-5082

11:00 am – Private room in the Knesset – requested – not yet confirmed Meet with MK Zvi Hauser, Blue & White Ctc Parliamentary aid: Michal - 050-837-0916

12:00 pm Continue to the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI)

12:20 pm – In the IDI Roundtable Welcome to the IDI by Dr. Jesse Ferris, Vice President, Strategy for the Israel Democracy Institute followed by a catered lunch in the IDI Roundtable Ctc Dr. Jesse Ferris 054-555-7970 Ctc IDI - visit coordinated by Shimon Arbel 02-530-0888; 050-207-6088 Ctc IDI for catering: Dafna Rivlin 02-530-0888 X 0; [email protected]

12:35 pm Lunch

7 NOTE: Shraga Catering - Lilach - 054-454-5868 IDI Contact for catering: Dafna Rivlin 02-530-0888 X 0; [email protected]

12:45 pm – In the IDI Roundtable Meet with Orly Erez Likhovski, Director, IRAC Legal Department, who will provide an overview over lunch of efforts related to reform and conservative movement and focus on Supreme Court cases as well as gender equity: Rabbinate, marriage and adoption, equality at prayer, etc. Ctc Orly Erez Likhovski 054-779-1039

1:40 pm – In the IDI Roundtable Dessert

1:55 pm – In the IDI Roundtable Panel discussion focusing on the Haredi Community: Deep dive into issues related to Haredi community: This session will take deep dive into what is happening with the Haredi community. How are they engaging in the mainstream of Israeli society? What is the result of the new Supreme Court case? What are the issues related to gender?

This session will be facilitated by Dr. Shuki Friedman, Head of IDI’s Center for Religion, Nation and State to do the framing, studies, trends analysis Ctc Dr. Shuki Friedman 054-742-1234

2:20 pm Hear from Haredi Rabbi Dan Tiomkin as well as from Estee Rieder with an update of: “The status of Haredi Women in Israel: Current situation | Future Challenges” Ctc Rabbi Dan Tiomkin 058-445-5029 Ctc Estee Reider 052-688-8950

3:20 pm Depart the IDI for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)

GUIDE: PLS REMIND PAX TO BEING THEIR PASSPORTS

3:45 pm – At the entrance to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Security Clearance in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)

4:00 pm – In the Jerusalem Hall Conversations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with:  Akiva Tor: “Israel-Diaspora Relations”  Noam Katz together with Yehuda Ya’akov: “Public Diplomacy” / “Social Impact Work”  Itay Bar-Dov: “US-Israel Relationship.”

8 MFA meetings confirmed by Hamutal Rogel Fuchs, Head of the MFA Department for Jewish Communities Ctc Hamutal Rogel Fuchs 050-620-3721; 02-530-3198

5:45 pm Continue to the hotel

6:15 pm Check in

7:15 pm Depart hotel for dinner

7:30 pm – Touro Kosher Restaurant Dinner Ctc Touro Ma’ayan 058-670-0021

OVERNIGHT: LEONARDO BOUTIQUE HOTEL, JERUSALEM

9 DAY FOUR: WEDNESDAY, DEC 11

THEME: COMMUNITIES SURROUNDING GAZA & CHRISTIAN FAITH LEADERS

Main dining room Breakfast

7:15 am Security briefing by the security escort???

7:30 am Depart Jerusalem for the Gaza border

9:30 am – At “Gan HaNoflim”, an overlook of Gaza at Kissufim on the Gaza border IDF Briefing together with maps and additional visuals by a senior IDF Officer focusing on the hostilities originating with Gaza over the past year culminating in a Q & A session. NOTE: In advance of the Dec 11th visit Dover Tzahal (the IDF Spokesperson’s office) will try to send links to information, including video clips of the weekly Friday afternoon protests that you can share with every one of the mission pax that they can take home with them.

NOTE: While the IDF Spokesperson’s office indicated that there is a good chance for this request to be approved it is still not yet officially confirmed. Ctc Dover Tzahal Mai 054-209-0009

10:30 am Continue to Netiv Ha’Asara in the Gaza Envelope region

11:00 am – In the Moadon (club house) of Moshav Netiv Ha’Asara in the Gaza Envelope region. Meet Vivian Silver, a local representative of Women Wage Peace, living on Kibbutz Be’eri in the Gaza region. Together with Roni Kedar, an activist with Other Voice, who resides in Netiv HaAsara, Vivian and Roni will discuss their respective involvement both with Other Voice and Women Wage Peace from the perspective local residents of the “Otef Aza” (Gaza envelope) region. Ctc Vivian Silver 054-791-9310 Ctc Roni Keidar 052-398-8750

Providing another perspective will be Jullet Kahwaji, an Israeli-Arab Women Wage Peace Activist who lives in Jaffa, will join you for this important meeting at Netiv Ha’Asara, on the northern border of the Gaza Strip. While in Netiv Ha’Asara we will briefly visit the “Pathways to Peace Project” a mosaic on the wall dividing Gaza from Israel. Ctc Julliet Kahwaji 054-580-8076

10 12:00 pm – In the Moadon (club house) of Moshav Netiv Ha’Asara. Lunch in Netiv Ha’Asara Ctc Netiv Ha’Asara Liat 050-730-2496

1:15 pm Proceed to the Jerusalem Intercultural Center on Mt Zion

3:00 pm – In the Jerusalem Intercultural Center on Mt Zion Welcome and introduction about the work of the Jerusalem Intercultural Center by Haggai Agmon-Snir, director of the Center. Ctc Avril Promislow, Assistant Director, AJC International Interreligious Affairs 050-725-1446; 02-578-9408

3:30 pm – In the Jerusalem Intercultural Center on Mt Zion (confirmed) Meet with His Eminence Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Apostolic Administrator of the Holy Land.

NOTE: ARCHBISHOP PIZZABALLA IS ONLY AVAILABLE UNTIL 4:30 PM; IF THE GROUP IS DELAYED, HIS TIME WITH THEM WILL NECESSARILY BE CUT SHORT.

Ctc Avril Promislow, Assistant Director, AJC International Interreligious Affairs 050-725-1446; 02-578-9408

4:30 pm Continue to the JFNA-Israel Headquarters Bldg., corner King George & KKL St

5:15 pm – In Ben Gurion Hall in the JFNA-Israel / JAFI Headquarters Bldg., Jerusalem Ctc Ben Gurion Hall Yehuda Barazani 02-620-2419; 620-2495; 052-613-0336

Hear from a West Bank settler such as Yisrael Medad Ctc Yisrael Medad 054-532-1137

7:30 pm Dinner and evening on own in downtown Jerusalem

OVERNIGHT: LEONARDO BOUTIQUE HOTEL, JERUSALEM

11 DAY FIVE: THURSDAY, DEC 12

Main dining room Breakfast

PERSONAL TIME NOT ORGANIZED BY JFNA

3:00 pm Continue to Weizmann Hall in the JFNA-Israel Headquarters, corner King George & KKL St

4:00 pm – In Weizmann Hall in the JFNA-Israel Headquarters Bldg., Jerusalem Hear from Arab-Israeli speaker, Maisam Jaljuli, a well-known activist from the movement Standing Together who is involved in a variety of initiatives to promote Jewish-Arab partnership, Arab political participation, women’s rights and civic engagement in general. Ctc Weizmann Hall Yehuda Barazani 02-620-2419; 620-2495; 052-613-0336 Ctc Maisam Jaljuli 050-461-0124

5:15 pm Leisure time in the hotel

6:45 pm Depart hotel for Larry & Lois Frank’s Jerusalem home: 93 Derek Hevron #3

7:00 pm – In Larry & Lois Frank’s Jerusalem home: 93 Derek Hevron #3 Catered kosher dinner in Larry & Lois Frank’s home with guest dinner speaker Yossi Klein Halevi. Ctc Yossi Klein Halevi 052-444-5402 Ctc Shraga Catering - Lilach - 054-454-5868

OVERNIGHT: LEONARDO BOUTIQUE HOTEL, JERUSALEM

12 DAY SIX: FRIDAY, DEC 13

THEME: SEAMLINE TOUR OF JERUSALEM

Main dining room Breakfast

8:30 am Depart for Nebi Samuel to begin a Seamline Tour of Jerusalem guided by Shaul Arieli including a briefing with maps and a tour of the 1967 green line and how Jerusalem has expanded including integrating in the Arab Israeli populations and a visit to East Jerusalem. Ctc Shaul Arieli 052-462-5148

Breakdown of planned program: 08:30 – Travel to Nebi Samuel (General Briefing) 09:10-10:00 - Observation in Nebi Samuel (Boundaries, Security, Jerusalem) 10:00-10:30 - Travel to Mount Scopus 10:30-11:00 - View on Mount Scopus (Security, Settlements, Jordan Valley) 11:00-11:15 - Travel to the Mount of Olives 11:15-12:00 - Observation of the Mount of Olives (Jerusalem, negotiations, annexation plans) 12:00- Travel back to the hotel

12:20 pm Arrive back at your hotel

12:45 pm – Private room in the hotel Reflection Session over Farewell lunch in a private room in the hotel Ctc Hotel Sharon Peer 02-594-6015

End of mission

For extending pax:

OVERNIGHT: LEONARDO BOUTIQUE HOTEL, JERUSALEM

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