Dear Judith Just to say thankyou again for the packed day trip to Jerusalem. It was a full day trip and was excellent value for money. The experiences, were varied , the beautiful Mormon University building with stunning views of Jerusalem, the walk through the Muslim quarters and the history and tour of Hurva synagogue and finally a guided tour of the fantastic Herod exhibition at the Israel Museum. Look forward to many further tours with the AACI 
Lynette Ordman

The lady in chargof the orphanage showed us round – such a wonderful place, then they took us into a room which was specially laid up with drinks and biscuits and cakes and fruit – so nice – there was a booklet on each place, obviously they want donations and we will definitely give to them – an amazing place has been set up there and they give these children so much love and support – one of the girls has just got engaged and I wished her Mazal Tov.  They have incredible backing there, psychiatrists, social workers, criminologists, counsellors – these girls go to ordinary schools but otherwise they live there in beautiful rooms – all very well organised!
Matzo factory
The whole process from beginning to end – like mixing the flour and water together and kneading it, then passing a lump of dough to the young men kneading it a bit more, then passing it on to the young men rolling out each round matzo (and they use so much energy, cos the dough is very hard as you can imagine, not like when I make my dough which is soft cos other things have been added to it, this is just flour and water) then watching them chuck over the very thin round rolled out pieces which then get thinly rolled out once more before they are passed onto a pole and placed into the very hot open fire which burns with logs – that whole process takes precisely 18 minutes – they are in the oven for only 30 seconds – the guy who places them into the oven with the pole, then kinda unrolls them, about 4 or 5 pieces of dough go in at once, for 30 seconds and then he fishes them out with a kind of spade and drops them into a tray where a guy is standing there checking each piece before he stands them up on a rack ready to be packed – unbelievable to watch the whole process and when we sit down to the Seder and eat these (hopefully unbroken pieces) pieces of Matzo, I will appreciate them even more!!
 
Thanks to AACI for organising such a wonderful Tiyul and our little Hungarian guide was superb – not easy to control and look after such a big crowd of people!
Chag Sameach
Gene…………….and Alan Portnoi

Somewhat belatedly, we would like to thank you for the wonderful tour to the South Hebron Hills. on January 24th.  It was excellent!

We saw places that we never even knew existed, we learnt about many different things and so much information and sighseeing was packed into the day that we felt as if we had been away for a few days!.

The guide was probably one of the best that we have  ever had  over all the years that we have been coming to Israel, either as  tourists or now when we  live here.  He was full of fascinating stories ,  facts, humour and a one man information bureau! 

Thank you very much indeed for arranging this. It was memorable.

All good wishes

David and Anita Berke

After lunch we drove through Ashdod to a small but fascinating Philistine Museum where Hughie showed us hints of customs which we Jews later adopted.  
After a stop at Jonah’s Hill and a view of the port area we arrived at Ashdod Port, a huge and bustling place.  
We returned home after 7pm tired but excited by the wonderful day we had experienced.  
Wendy and Jeff Starrfield