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Occupation magazine - Activism Home page  back Print  Send To friend Acre: Day of Encounter, Study and Prayers Acre: Day of Encounter, Study and Prayers Join our journey to Acre (Acco) bringing together Arabs and Jews for a day of encounter, study and prayers, Sunday Oct. 26, 2014. Buses will leave from Jerusalem to Acco, with with Israeli Jews, East Jerusalem and West Bank Palestinians joining. This is the third in a series of monthly interfaith journeys 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 FB message 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 lunch included. For those joining us in Akko, plan to come to the entrance of the central Al-Jazzar mosque in the Old City. Call Eliyahu or Ghassan and we will send someone to pick you up from this meeting point. 1:00 – 2:30 Tour the Old City of Akko, Ramchal synagogue and other sites from Islamic and Christian history. 2:30 -3:30 Blessings by Jewish, Muslim, Christian and Druze religious leaders, hosted by the Chief Imam and Rabbi of Akko, at Al-Jazzar mosque 3:30 Depart for Hof HaKarmel beach 4:00-6:00 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 to coordinate. 50 shekels donation to help cover costs. Contact for more information, event coordinators: Eliyahu McLean: 058-7578522 Ghassan Manasra: 054-924-7794 Event co-sponsored by the Abrahamic Reunion and Tag Meir. For More Information encounter-study-and-prayers/ Links to the latest articles in this section What is the government capable of? Put an end to 55 years of occupation and oppression! March and rally in Tel Aviv, Sat. June 18. Israelis support Russian opposition to the Ukraine War