Biezeit Society

The New York Chapter elected its new board members for the year 2010 and held a special celebration party with 178 Birzeitis and their friends in attendance. Santa Claus was also present with great gifts that brought cheers and drew big smiles on all the kids’ faces.

It is with pleasure that we officially announce to you that the date and place of Birzeit Society’s 10^th Convention has been set to take place from June 30^th – July 4^th, 2010 at the Marriot World Center Resort in Orlando, Florida with a great group rate of $99 extended 3 nights before and after the main event.

What: Birzeit Society and the 2010 Convention Committee are pleased to announce to you for the first time that we are sailing away to the beautiful Bahamas right after the convention’s main events end on July 4^th, 2010.

The ruins of an ancient Byzantine church have been discovered this summer at a local Birzeit mountain known as "Jabal Elkhirbeh".

Close to the site, Dr. Hamid Salem and his team from the History and Archeology Department of Birzeit University, unearthed what seems to be the ruins of a Roman cardo, a street which was lined with shops, and served as the center of economic life. The ruins of a smaller crusader church built on top of the Byzantine church were evident. Also, the place was settled by peasants from the Mamluk and the Ottoman period.