The 1880 Society has scheduled a mission to Israel on September 18 – 21, 2005. For further information, see below. For further details, please contact World ORT’s Mission Co-ordinator, Niamh McCann on +44 (0)20 7446 8627 or request details. The planned highlights of the Mission include: Meeting with the heads of the state of Israel Tour of ORT school at Tel Noff Air Base, ORT Yad Lvovich and other ORT facilities Personal meetings and dialogue between ORT students and 1880 Society members Meetings with well-known Israeli businesspersons and philanthropists Briefing/meeting with senior Knesset members A visit to Har Hertzl military cemetery and the grave of Yitzchak Rabin Meeting with top-level personnel of the IDF Security briefing with senior IDF officers Private sight-seeing flight over Israel Kabbalat Shabbat near the Kotel, and other optional Shabbat activities