FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
Contact: Joyce Sachartoff
JNF Campaign
Executive
818-704-5454
jsachartoff@jnf.org.
'Field of Dreams' Mission to
Israel
JNF To Run a Baseball
Tour
April 13, 2007 --
Los Angeles,
CA -- Professional
baseball is coming to
Israel
and now you can be a part of it.
Join Jewish National Fund and baseball fans from all
over the country on the first JNF “Field of Dreams”
Mission, from
June 21-27, 2007.
Watch the historic opening day ceremonies
in premier seats with sports stars and VIPs. Learn about
the critical work that JNF is doing to help the Jewish
homeland in its continued growth and survival, including the
new JNF Project Baseball.
The Israel Baseball League is
Israel’s
professional baseball league. Created by Boston
businessman Larry Baras, the IBL has already established
itself as a league-of-choice for baseball players from the
U.S., Canada, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, Australia,
Europe and Israel.
In March of 2006, the IBL announced a joint venture with
Jewish National Fund called “Project Baseball,” a campaign
aimed at dotting the landscape of
Israel
with community baseball fields. In July of that year,
the IBL revealed its plans for the new professional league and
announced the date for Opening Day June 24, 2007, the 8th of
Tammuz, 5767!
Former major leaguers Ken Holtzman, Art Shamsky and Ron
Blomberg will manage three of the six teams in this first
season. The League’s commissioner is Daniel C. Kurtzer,
former U.S. Ambassador to
Egypt
and then
Israel. Dan
Duquette, former General Manager of the Montreal Expos and
Boston Red Sox, serves as the Director of Baseball Operations
and Larry Baras is the Founder and Managing Director of the
IBL.
Whether you have been to
Israel
too many times to count or would like to plan your first
visit, there is nothing like a trip with JNF Travel &
Tours. This will be an exciting as well as historic mission:
eating kosher hot dogs, hearing the crack of the bat, and the
words “play ball” in Hebrew.
The
itinerary will take you from the ancient city of
Jaffa to the
modern metropolis of Tel Aviv. You will float in the
Dead Sea, take a cable car ride to the
top of Masada and hear from prominent
Israeli leaders. And of course, you can get
autographs.
For more information, contact Joyce
Sachartoff at 818.704.5454 or email at jsachartoff@jnf.org.
or call JNF Travel and Tours at 877-JNF-TOUR.
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Jewish
National Fund is a non-profit organization founded in
1901 to serve as caretaker of the
land of
Israel, on behalf
of its owners—Jewish people everywhere. Over the past century,
JNF has planted over 240 million trees, built over 180
reservoirs and dams, developed over 250,000 acres of land,
created more than 1,000 parks, provided the infrastructure for
1,000 communities and educated students around the world about
Israel and the environment. Today, JNF is restoring northern
Israel,
making it home again to its residents, and is putting its
century of experience to work with Blueprint Negev,
supporting
Israel’s
newest generation of pioneers in developing the Negev Desert,
Israel’s last frontier. For more information on JNF or
to plant trees in
Israel,
call 800-542-TREE (8733) or visit www.jnf.org/trees
To contact your local office, please call 888-JNF-0099 or
visit www.jnf.org.
