Join our journey to Acre (Acco) bringing together Arabs and Jews for a dayof encounter, study and prayers, Sunday Oct. 26, 2014. Buses will leave fromJerusalem to Acco, with with Israeli Jews, East Jerusalem and West BankPalestinians joining. This is the third in a series of monthly interfaithjourneys we initiated during the Gaza-Israel war this past summer.
8:00 AM Meet at the Gan HaPamon parking lot and depart for Acco. RSVP by FBmessage to reserve a space!
11:00 AM-1 PM: Multi-faith encounter at the Shadulli Yashruti Sufi Center:opening blessings, joint Muslim-Jewish text study session, with kosher lunchincluded.
For those joining us in Akko, plan to come to the entrance of the centralAl-Jazzar mosque in the Old City. Call Eliyahu or Ghassan and we will sendsomeone to pick you up from this meeting point.
1:00 – 2:30 Tour the Old City of Akko, Ramchal synagogue and other sitesfrom Islamic and Christian history.2:30 -3:30 Blessings by Jewish, Muslim, Christian and Druze religiousleaders, hosted by the Chief Imam and Rabbi of Akko, at Al-Jazzar mosque3:30 Depart for Hof HaKarmel beach4:00-6:00 Visit Hof HaCarmel beach, shared prayer for peace at sunset.6:00 PM Bus back to Jerusalem, other points in the Land of the Prophets
Remember clocks change Saturday night, so don’t come the wrong time!If coming from Merkaz or the Galilee, plan to meet us in Akko. Contact us tocoordinate.50 shekels donation to help cover costs.
Contact for more information, event coordinators:Eliyahu McLean: 058-7578522Ghassan Manasra: 054-924-7794
Event co-sponsored by the Abrahamic Reunion and Tag Meir.