MAP activities are open to anyone currently on a MASA affiliated program. All MAP events facilitate Shomer Kashrut and Shomer Shabbat observance. Fees for each activity range from 15 to 40 NIS. For details contact masamap@masaisrael.org Registration will open September 2008

Beaufort Film Screening	November 20, 2008	Language: English (Film Hebrew with English subtitles) Jerusalem Cinematheque, Jerusalem Tickets: 18 ₪   Focusing on a group of IDF soldiers stationed at the Beaufort Castle during the last days of the first Lebanese war, Beaufort functions as a personal diary portraying the fear, isolation, camaraderie, tension, love and commitment engulfing the soldiers that guarded the isolated outpost.  The film will be screened in Hebrew with English subtitles and followed by a meeting with the director, Joseph Cedar and/or novelist Ron Leshem, who wrote the book on which the movie was based.
Encounters with Israeli Writers - Etgar Keret and Shahara Blau   An evening devoted to the art of writing with with Etgar Keret and Shahara Blau, two of Israel's top contemporary literary figures.	December 18, 2008	Language: English Beit Avichai, Jerusalem Tickets:15 ₪   Etgar Keret's (1967) work, which is mainly a compilation of short stories, screenplays, and comic books, has been extremely well received within Israeli society and many regard his writing as idiosyncratic of a whole generation of young Israeli writers, particularly the body of literature published in Israel during the second half of the 1990s. Born in Ramat Gan, Keret currently lives in Tel Aviv.   Shahara Blau (1973) is a writer and journalist who often appears on Israeli radio and television to discuss issues concerning the Holocaust and the religious-secular divide within Israeli society.  Blau was born in the religious neighborhood of Bnei Brak where she continues to live today.
Ushpizin Film Screening	January 15, 2009	Language: English (Film Hebrew with English subtitles) Jerusalem Cinematheque, Jerusalem Tickets:18 ₪   The film tells the story of a newly observant couple who struggle to host two manipulative guests who come from the dangerous world the couple had left behind.  The film screening will be followed by a discussion with screenwriter, director, and staring actor Shuli Rand.
Israeli Music with the Idan Raichel Project	March 5, 2009	Language: Hebrew and English Binyanei HaUma Convention Center, Jerusalem Tickets: 40 ₪   An exclusive concert with the Idan Raichel Project, a unique collective of musicians headed by Idan Raichel that bring together their ethnic musical roots to form a collective sound that reflects the multi-cultural fusion of Israeli society.
Holocaust Remembrance Day with the Israeli Pisk Theater Company	April 20, 2009	Language: Hebrew with English subtitles Jerusalem Theater, Jerusalem Tickets: 25 ₪     Observe Holocaust Memorial day with Israel's Psik Theater's original rendition of The Court Jesters, a play that tells the story of four Jewish inmates of Auschwitz who are chosen to serve as court jesters for the camp commandant.  The strong desire to live and make some sense of life connects the world of the concentration camp to contemporary  reality and brings the court jesters close to those who are willing to listen and remember.
Yom HaZikaron “LIFE CIRCLES" Remembrance Day Ceremony for Israel’s Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism	April 27, 2009	Language: English and Hebrew with simultaneous translations in Spanish, Russian, and French Ammunition Hill, Jerusalem Tickets: Free     Responding to the 'outsider' sense many Diaspora Jews feel when observing Yom HaZikaron (Israel's national Remembrance Day), this ceremony has been designed to personalize the day of remembrance while enabling those in attendance to forge stronger emotional ties with the Jewish people.