Sami Bar Lev, Mayor of the Town of Qatzrin
he trip participants ate lunch at the Golan Heights Winery with Sami and Ramona Bar Lev, seen here. Sami Bar Lev is mayor of the town of Qatzrin, the largest town in the Golan with a population of 8,000.
he trip participants ate lunch at the Golan Heights Winery with Sami and Ramona Bar Lev, seen here. Sami Bar Lev is mayor of the town of Qatzrin, the largest town in the Golan with a population of 8,000.
The delegation visited Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science. During a campus tour, they visited the Solar Power Tower which faces a field of 64 large, multi-faceted mirrors (heliostats). Each heliostat tracks the movement of the sun independently and reflects its…
The delegation visited Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science where Professor Emeritus David Mirelman, the Besen-Brender Chair of Microbiology and Parasitology, briefed them on the Institute’s work with a focus on basic research for market penetration. Here, trip participant Maria Contreras-Sweet,…
Trip participant Fernando Mateo, President of Hispanics Across America, with Dr. Mirelman.
Joseph Abraham, Director for International Investments at the Israeli Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor’s Investment Promotion Center, briefed the delegation on how Israel attracts foreign investment focusing on the high tech sector.
Trip participant Ike Monty, President of Investment Builders, Inc. (IBI) of El Paso,Texas (on right) with Deputy Chief Scientist Ran Freilich of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor. Dr. Freilich briefed the delegation on the Office of the Chief…
At a dinner with leaders of the Sephardic community, mostly from Turkey where their ancestors had fled to from Spain to escape the Inquisition after living there for centuries. Their traditional language is Ladino (Judaeo-Spanish, a Romance language derived from…
Trip Chairman Jacob Monty, founding partner of the Houston-based Monty Partners, LLP, addressed the dinner hosts, representatives of Israel’s Turkish community who trace their heritage to pre-Expulsion Spain.
That same evening, Abel Maldonado, 47th Lieutenant Governor of California, also addressed the dinner audience as Momo Uzsinay, head of Israel’s Turkish community, looks on.
Also that night, Maria Morales-Prieto, President and CEO of The Hispanic Network, spoke while Momo Uzsinay, head of Israel’s Turkish community, looks on.