
This Shabbat is the once a year Shabbat Irgun that celebrates the founding of the Bnei Akiva, the Orthodox youth organization that spans Israel and the Diaspora, was even active in DP camps after the Holocaust and has inspired tens of thousands of Jewish youth with Zionism and Jewish ideals, Its motto "Torah and Work" is has become synonymous with settling the land of Israel, volunteering for combat units in the IDF and for welfare and education in National Service. The Israeli website is at http://www.bneiakiva.org.il/ and the World Bnei Akiva site is at http://www.bneiakiva.net/.
The Detroit chapter of the Bnei Akiva religious youth group sent a video to Israel in honor of this week's organizational Shabbat (Shabbat Irgun). The theme of Bnei Akiva's organizational month this year is "Going on Aliyah (Immigration to Israel)" and the organization's emissaries throughout the world decided to make a connection between their members and activities in Israel.
The Detroit branch asked the many branches in Israel which received the video, to play it after Shabbat on Saturday evening as a way of connecting Israeli members with the Diaspora.