The Community Centers Association announces that \"prayer meetings\" will be held in 50 community centers throughout the country tomorrow evening, at the onset of the Yom Kippur Day of Atonement. The sessions are designed for the public that does not ordinarily attend synagogue services, and is being co-sponsored by the Absorption Center and Deputy Minister Melchior\'s office. Many new immigrants are expected to participate. Similar sessions will be held for Ne\'ilah prayers at the end of Yom Kippur, Thursday evening.
Some 8,000 students of non-religious high schools throughout the country spent a \"Jerusalem night \" this past week. Gesher Association counselors greeted the busloads of students as they arrived in the capital in the afternoon hours, and escorted them on tours of the city\'s neighborhoods, meetings with residents, and visits to synagogues during pre-dawn slichot (penitential prayer) services. Gesher, which means Bridge, is an educational organization working to bridge the gaps between the religious and secular publics.
Some 8,000 students of non-religious high schools throughout the country spent a \"Jerusalem night \" this past week. Gesher Association counselors greeted the busloads of students as they arrived in the capital in the afternoon hours, and escorted them on tours of the city\'s neighborhoods, meetings with residents, and visits to synagogues during pre-dawn slichot (penitential prayer) services. Gesher, which means Bridge, is an educational organization working to bridge the gaps between the religious and secular publics.