At our next meeting will have a lecture on "Anti-Masonry" which was written by VWB Mordecai Steuer z"l a past Master of the lodge. It was written and delivered first 20 years ago as the first of the Dov Berl Herman Lecture series.  Join our  Worshipful Master Shlomo Yaakov Rapaport and our new Officers at  the It will be held on May 15 at 19:00.
Our April 2012 meeting was a very interesting joint meeting with two other Israeli lodges who used very different rituals. Barkai who uses a ritual based on the Grand Orient but modified and La Wsperanza who use the Scottish Ritual	Mt. Carmel lodge brethren helped to distribute food packages to the needy on Tirat Hacarmel this past Passover-Easter. We will be helping them in the future on Thursday evenings. Please get in touch with the WM or the secretary to co-ordinate this. In addition to this the lodge gave a donation from the proceeds of the Dutch raffle at the installation. We areadding to that and  The WM asks bretheren to add their own contributions!!(via our Treasurer) We wish a happy Holiday season on Passover to Our Jewsh Brethren, Easter to our Christian Brethern and  Prophet Shoaib's (Jethro) day to our Druze Brethren!
At our  will be  March meeting at  W. Bro Yashar Carasso gave a fascinating lecture on "Templars- History, Lore and Mystery" .	Master's song at the Festive banquet at the Nof Hotel in Haifa There are already some picures published on our facebook account and soon to be followed here in the Gallery of the web site
2012-13 Mount Carmel Lodge 44 Officers	Our January meeting was the initiation of Brother Martin Benjamin followed by a festive board wih Masonic song and celebration
Our December 20``meeting was a Lecture meeting open to Candidates and the ladies of the Lodge by WB Irving Franklin!	Our November meeting( pictures to be added to the Gallery)
The joint meeting of all the English speaking lodges in Israel was in the Netanya Lodge on Wednesday 2nd Nov 2011, at the Dobkin Hall, 18 Yehuda Ha'Nasi(see gallery)	On Tuesday October 17 there was a social gathering of Brothers and their Ladies at Rachel And Bro. Shlomo Rapaport's Sukkah.  In addition to good spirits, food and drink, Brother Shlomo spoke of the connection between Sukkot (the feast of Tabernacles) and Freemasonry click here to read an article about that connection. .
Haifa Freemasons Gala event in the Haifa Museum of Art for the benefit of the Talia Fund founded by Marilyn and R.W.B. Maurice Hyman was a huge success. The fund helps to diagnose children who Click here to see the article from a local newspaper in Hebrew	Click on the link below to our FACEBOOK account: Mount Carmel #44 . You can leave your comments and communicate with the facebook accounts of your experiences                              In Addition we have published an old article explaining the use Anno Lucis. Anno Lucis is a dating system used in Freemasonry that is similar to, but different from Anno Mundi used by the Jewish Calendar. Click here to read that article See Israel channel 10 news report on Freemasonry in Israel click on link: http://news.nana10.co.il/Article/?ArticleID=851198
Worshipful Master of Mount Carmel Lodge #44 RWB Jeffrey Adler gave us a lecture on "Secret Societies" at the March 2011 meeting	The Annual Mt Carmel # 44 Barbecue was held on Thursday August 18, 2011 at 19:00 in Hoshaia. We had 10 visiting brothers from the Phillipines (who are stationed with the U.N. in Syria)
Brother Ferdinand Compay of the Pantabangan Bonari Lodge #203 under the jurisdiction of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of F&AM of the Philippines and Brother Shlomo Rapaport of Mount Carmel Lodge #44 meet in Tiberias	Martin Golumbic (picture below) giving  the last annual Dov Berl Herman memorial lecture on "Rededication" at the November 2010 meeting !  You can download here the lecture. See the gallery for more pictures!
WM Maurice presenting to the lodge Kippot for the initiation of new Brothers(who are Jewish)These were contributed to the lodge from Bro. Dan Toren who ia now a dormant member of the lodge living in Australia. THANK YOU Brother DAN!	Brother Mark Godfrey and Terrence Daugherty fom the USA are hosted in Haifa by Mt Carmel lodge brothers Shlomo Rapaport, Mekbel Shelah and David Mink. They took them to various sites incldung this good Steak dinner in El Gaucho in the Central Carmel. We hope to see Bro. Mark and his candidate to freemasonry as well as other visitors from overseas at our next meeting!!!

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First of all,  I welcome you on your visit to our virtual lodge which has been made possible by the commendable work of many brethren who have contributed pictures and articles. We welcome any suggestions to make the site better and don't forget that we have a facebook account: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Fraternally,  W.B. Shlomo Yaakov Rapaport Worshipful Master

The purpose of this site is not only to inform our brethren about the activities of our lodge but also to attract visitors and potential members to our lodge. One of the most important aspects of freemason lodges is the warmth and friendliness that can be found at our meetings. Undoubtedly, you will find this harmony often musical amongst our brothers both in the lodge and around the white table. At our lodge, where we work in English according to the Scottish ritual, you will find brethren of all ages from all over the English speaking World from different backgrounds, religions and professions. However, we all have in common: tolerance and respect for others, high moral standards and care and charity to our brethren and the community.

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