It's not too late to register for the AJCC Golf Tournament this Sunday at Egwani. Please call 690-6343 or e-mail ajccgolf@aol.com We would love to have you join us.

KJA's Camp Tikkun Olam program began yesterday. Ethan Snow, Gabe Olenik, and Samantha Hull left for Hadera-Eiron Israel with our program director, Melissa Treece. They will be in Hadera for two weeks then return with their new Israeli BFFs (best friends forever) for two more weeks in Knoxville and the southeast. If you would like to meet the Israeli kids and their staff, learn about the program, or just have an enjoyable evening, join us at the AJCC on July 28 for Israel Night.

For a look at another Israel Partnership program, look in This Week's "Below the Calendar."

We have a new supply of books from the Jewish Book Council and they are for sale at $9.00 each. This is a real bargain for newly published books either written by Jewish authors and/or about Jewish interests. We have fiction, non-fiction, and children's books available. KJA is a member of the JBC and gets this benefit along with access to authors who speak at our Jewish Book Month events.    

Congratulations to Arnold Cohen who this week takes the lead as chair of the University of Tennessee's Chancellor's Associates. Arnold is a KJA board member and chair of our Community Relations Committee.

One of our favorite policies at KJA is that when the occasion calls for wine, we only serve Israeli vintages. Here is a recommended list we picked up courtesy of Hadassah and the Consul General's website  http://www.israelatlanta.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=466%3Aisraeliwines&catid=60%3Aisrael-beat&Itemid=247&lang=en

Mark your calendars for our Meet the Mayoral Candidates event on Sunday July 17 at 1:30 p.m. This is your chance to get to know the people running for Mayor of 

Knoxville.

 As we try to guess which way Egyptian politics will develop, it will be interesting to keep an eye on the fate of Ilan Grapel. Mr. Grapel is an Israeli-American law school student at Emory who was in Egypt doing charity work. He is accused of spying for Israel and has been repeatedly interrogated by Egyptian police.http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=226517 

The Knoxville Jewish Alliance cares for those in need, rescues those in harm's way, and renews and strengthens the Jewish people in Knoxville, in Israel and around the world.