Sunday, July 13, 2008
Toronto Flight
The Toronto flight is on its way! So far so good for the start of MBI Yud Zayin 2008!
1 Flight in the air one to go
Today so far has gone exceptionally smooth. Almost all the flights were on time or early and only one lost bag that hopefully is on its way to Israel. The ELAL flight from New York did for some reason sit on the tarmac for 2 and a half hours but they are on their way. All signs are that the Toronto flight is on track. I will post again once that is confirmed.
Michael
Michael
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Almost Flight day!
Dear MBI Families,
As many of you are putting together the final preparations for MBI a few last things of note. First off a couple of you many have noticed that our acceptance site is down. Our web guy is working on it but it may take a couple days to get the site back up. In the meantime if you wanted to access either the packing list or the expanded itinerary I have posted them here.
For the Expanded Itinerary click on the link or copy and paste the address: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhpg3npt_12c5t2dsgs.
For the Packing List click on the link or copy and paste the address: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhpg3npt_13g23r2qdx
Additionally for those curious about a mailing address during MBI please send any mail or packages to the below address.
As many of you are putting together the final preparations for MBI a few last things of note. First off a couple of you many have noticed that our acceptance site is down. Our web guy is working on it but it may take a couple days to get the site back up. In the meantime if you wanted to access either the packing list or the expanded itinerary I have posted them here.
For the Expanded Itinerary click on the link or copy and paste the address: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhpg3npt_12c5t2dsgs.
For the Packing List click on the link or copy and paste the address: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhpg3npt_13g23r2qdx
Additionally for those curious about a mailing address during MBI please send any mail or packages to the below address.
Participant Name MBI
c/o Shira Moshkovitz
The Israel Experience
North American Division
Kiryat Moriah
3 Ha'askan St.
P.O.B 92
Jerusalem 91000
We are set on our side on for what we will hope will be a smooth travel day. The weather in New York is supposed to be mostly Sunny and the forecast in Toronto is supposed to be clear by evening. I of course will be reachable all day at 917-822-2330 should any issues arise in your MBIers flight day. I also will post updates to the blog once the Israel flights have successfully take off.
I look forward to seeing many of you tomorrow and I wish everyone a safe journey as you will be greeted in Israel by our wonderful and capable tzevet(staff). Here's to the start of a great trip!
Michael
c/o Shira Moshkovitz
The Israel Experience
North American Division
Kiryat Moriah
3 Ha'askan St.
P.O.B 92
Jerusalem 91000
We are set on our side on for what we will hope will be a smooth travel day. The weather in New York is supposed to be mostly Sunny and the forecast in Toronto is supposed to be clear by evening. I of course will be reachable all day at 917-822-2330 should any issues arise in your MBIers flight day. I also will post updates to the blog once the Israel flights have successfully take off.
I look forward to seeing many of you tomorrow and I wish everyone a safe journey as you will be greeted in Israel by our wonderful and capable tzevet(staff). Here's to the start of a great trip!
Michael
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Some relevant information
As the countdown to MBI Yud Zayin continues, things in the office are looking well in hand and energy will start to build more as we get closer to Sunday. I wanted to give some important information in the meantime.
First of all I want to make sure you all are aware of the possible issues with your domestic baggage. For those of you flying a domestic flight in the US,(Canadians flying to Toronto should be counted as an International flight and don't need to worry) there may be an added fee for your checked baggage. The only way to know for sure is to check what carrier your MBIer is flying with and what their policy is. I found a good reference sheet to clarify which can be found here: http://www.kayak.com/airline-fees. It still may be the best idea to contact your airline or read their website to make sure to avoid any suprises at the airport.
Many of you have been curious to see the list of Kibbutzim and they are as follows:
Ammiad
Alumot
Kinneret
Sha'ar Hagolan
Afikim
Bet Haemek
Kfar Blum/Amir
The MBIers will be split up between these Kibbutzim for the Machatz time period towards the end of the program.
Lastly for the free weekend of August 1st and 2nd. Times have not been finalized but the pick up and dropoff points are as follows.
Jerusalem Drop-off point: The Soldiers House/Yad Lebanim which is on Rehov Ben Tzvi(St) and is between Gan Sacher and Binyanei Haomah.
Tel-Aviv: Redding Terminal which is by Park Hayarkon on Rokach Rd.
Haifa: Lev Hamifratz parking lot
Again we will notify you soon of the times for the pick up and drop off. And if it was unclear, for those of you who will not be taking part in the free weekend, regular MBI programming will continue.
Thats all for now!
First of all I want to make sure you all are aware of the possible issues with your domestic baggage. For those of you flying a domestic flight in the US,(Canadians flying to Toronto should be counted as an International flight and don't need to worry) there may be an added fee for your checked baggage. The only way to know for sure is to check what carrier your MBIer is flying with and what their policy is. I found a good reference sheet to clarify which can be found here: http://www.kayak.com/airline-fees. It still may be the best idea to contact your airline or read their website to make sure to avoid any suprises at the airport.
Many of you have been curious to see the list of Kibbutzim and they are as follows:
Ammiad
Alumot
Kinneret
Sha'ar Hagolan
Afikim
Bet Haemek
Kfar Blum/Amir
The MBIers will be split up between these Kibbutzim for the Machatz time period towards the end of the program.
Lastly for the free weekend of August 1st and 2nd. Times have not been finalized but the pick up and dropoff points are as follows.
Jerusalem Drop-off point: The Soldiers House/Yad Lebanim which is on Rehov Ben Tzvi(St) and is between Gan Sacher and Binyanei Haomah.
Tel-Aviv: Redding Terminal which is by Park Hayarkon on Rokach Rd.
Haifa: Lev Hamifratz parking lot
Again we will notify you soon of the times for the pick up and drop off. And if it was unclear, for those of you who will not be taking part in the free weekend, regular MBI programming will continue.
Thats all for now!
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Short Reminder
By now just about all of you should receive your domestic flight itineraries. If not please let me know. The International flight information is listed for both the Americans and the Canadians on the Departure day sheet available on the MBI acceptance page which is linked to the right of this post. I will also be sending out on Monday a participant contact list for all of your records. As it is the July 4th Independence Day in the US, I will be out of the office until Monday. For those of you celebrating I hope you have a great holiday.
Michael
Michael
Phone Issue
For some reason our main line is being answered by another company. As such please call 212-255-1797 in order to ensure you reach our office. We hope to have this resolved as soon as possible and I will let you know when this is the case.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Keep updated on the blog
Dear MBI Families,
In an effort to increase communication and efficiency I am trying to employ the wonders of technology to help this process. On the right side of the blog you will notice a box that is titled "Email Updates of the Blog" and a space to input your email address and then click subscribe. In doing so you will be able to receive email notifications when their are blog updates rather then needing to check the blog daily. This of course is optional and if you don't want more email in your inbox feel free to read the blog at your leisure. This is brand new to me and the blog will continue to be updated as normal but hopefully this will help he over all spread of information. If you have any issues please let me know.
Michael
P.S. A couple of Mac users have notified me of issues opening the expanded itinerary. We are looking into this issue but if you have access to a PC, you should be able to open it.
In an effort to increase communication and efficiency I am trying to employ the wonders of technology to help this process. On the right side of the blog you will notice a box that is titled "Email Updates of the Blog" and a space to input your email address and then click subscribe. In doing so you will be able to receive email notifications when their are blog updates rather then needing to check the blog daily. This of course is optional and if you don't want more email in your inbox feel free to read the blog at your leisure. This is brand new to me and the blog will continue to be updated as normal but hopefully this will help he over all spread of information. If you have any issues please let me know.
Michael
P.S. A couple of Mac users have notified me of issues opening the expanded itinerary. We are looking into this issue but if you have access to a PC, you should be able to open it.
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