Participants of the Israel 64 Festival on Sunday, May 6, at the Tucson Jewish Community Center, will be able to send a prayer to the Kotel at Chabad's booth.
A life-like cardboard of the Kotel, or Western Wall, will be presented by Chabad of Tucson and allow visitors to write a prayer on a sticky note.
The prayers will be taken to Jerusalem to the real Western Wall by Guy Gelbart, Weintraub Israel Center director and one of the organizers of the festival.
This year's theme is "Celebrate Jerusalem Together," emphasizing the importance of Jerusalem to Israel and to the Jewish people worldwide, as well as to other religions, says Gelbart.
"It's basically the heart and soul of Israel," he says, noting that it is 45 years since the Israeli capital was reunified.
Rabbi Yossie Shemtov and Rabbi Yehuda Ceitlin of Chabad of Tucson, Rabbi Rami Bigelman of Chabad on River and Rabbi Yossi Winner of Chabad at the University of Arizona will be on hand.
Alongside the educational and entertainment opportunities, the rabbis will be offering visitors to do a Mitzvah, or good deed, for the sake of Israel and its people.
Chabad will also be holding a fun and educational activity for children upstairs led by Feigie Ceitlin and Goldie Shemtov, coordinators of Chabad of Tucson's youth programs.
Admission is free. The festival, co-sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona, is chaired by Roni Ben-Dov with the assistance of Jim Liebeskind, festival chief of operations.
For more info, visit jewishtucson.org