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JFK to TLV:
4/6: Yehoshua2 +1, TrueCaller, peshzen, Hockeynut123, belzagripas, Samy1716, brooklyndan (9 people - 1 male)
4/20: greatdeals (total of 6 people), cyginsberg
4/27: israel11219
5/11: shmaltz, danthecan (family of 8 - only 1 counts for minyan)
5/18: DoB, shmuel2004
5/25: ConfusionisKey (2 people)
6/22: Dovdovmoneytree (with 2 teenage daughters), Issac Karahod (family of 8 )
6/29: @mike
8/10: YJ1M8F
8/17: Rivkao (family of 8 ), fisher (family of 4)
9/1 : @yonah's son - 1
9/21: Danfan+ (family of 7), Shvitzer (family of 6)
10/5: pcgeek (2 ppl)

TLV to JFK:
4/19: Yehoshua2 +1, Hockeynut123, belzagripas, Samy1716, brooklyndan (9 people - 1 male)
4/22: TrueCaller, peshzen
4/29: greatdeals, (total of 6 people) cyginsberg
5/10: israel11219, alizab613
5/17: shmaltz, danthecan (family of 8 - only 1 counts for minyan)
5/31: Shmuel2004
6/3: DoB
6/10: ConfusionisKey (2 people)
7/8: Issac Karahod (family of 8 )
7/12: @mike
7/15: Dovdovmoneytree (with 2 teenage daughters)
8/23: YJ1M8F
8/24: fisher (family of 4)
9/6: Rivkao (family of 8 )
10/14: Danfan+ (family of 7 ), shulemw (family of 8 ), Shvitzer (family of 6)
10/18: pcgeek (2 ppl)
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Welcome to Serbia!
 
Serbia is a safe country, Belgrade is a safe city. The Serbs love Jews, and there is no anti-Semitism. You can walk around the street with a kippa without fear. As in all cities, just beware of pickpockets who can try to take money without you noticing.

Transportation to the city
Private driver:
Reliable English-speaking driver: Mr. Aleks.
Phone number / Whatsapp: + 381-693571234

You have to coordinate with him in advance.

Prices For each direction:
4- car seat: $ 25
7- car seat: $ 40
You can pay him in US dollars.

Taxi:
It is recommended to take a taxi from the airport. the estimated cost for each direction is $18 but you can only pay in local currency – Serbian Dinar. You can convert dollars to local currency at the airport. The conversion rate at the airport is high so it is advisable to convert only the necessary amount for a taxi and to convert the rest in the city. There is a money change location in every corner of the city.

Pay attention! You should only take a taxi from the official station where there is a large taxi sign at the airport. local drivers will offer you a taxi please don’t go with them as they will charge you an excessive price. Again, just go to the official station!

Accommodation
You can feel secure with any hotel on Booking.com or Airbnb.

Chabad apartment:
You can rent our beautiful newly renovated apartment in Chabad House. There are only 2 rooms and each room has 2 beds. Its suitable for a maximum of 4 people. Price for one room: 40 Euro. Price for 2 rooms 80 Euro. For more information and reservations click on this link.

For recommended hotels in the city center close to the Chabad House please click here.

Kosher food:
Please note! Belgrade has no kosher restaurant or shop. even if Google redirects you to “kosher restaurants”, they are not kosher at all!!!
Chabad provides kosher dinners at 7:30pm by reservations only. Please send requests within 2 weeks of your visit. For information and pre-order click here.
Breakfast and lunch can be ordered for groups of 10 or more by sending a request within 2 weeks of your visit.

Minyanim:
Usually there is no Minyan on weekdays, but sometimes when there is a group of guests we make a minyan at the Chabad House for Mincha and Arvit.

We recommend that you send us a message two days in advance to see if there is a chance for a Minyan. Also, if you see a lot of Jews on your flight, you can arrange with them and schedule a prayer time at the Chabad House.

Tour guides:
Belgrade is a beautiful and interesting city with a fascinating Jewish history. there are many Jewish tour guides in Belgrade who will be happy to take you on a tour.

Here is a list of recommended Jewish tour guides.
Mr. Yoel Simhony – Phone Number +381-60-550-7150. E-mail: office@noatours-serbia.com
Mr. Amnon Glid – Phone Number +381-69-715-517. E-mail: agl988@yahoo.com
Mr. Aleksander Benvenisty – Phone/Whatsapp Number +972-52-331-8689. E-mail: benva@yahoo.com
Mr. Yair Arama – Phone Number +381-69-269-3388. E-mail: its.yair@gmail.com
You can always reach us by email: info@chabad.rs

Kol tuv and Welcome,

Chabad of Serbia


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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #100 on: February 24, 2020, 08:56:20 PM »
The answers to the questions are:
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I'm sure he can come up with a username and password himself.
How many accounts have you opened to remember the questions ;)

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #101 on: February 24, 2020, 08:57:55 PM »
How many accounts have you opened to remember the questions ;)
I asked @JTZ for the answers.
I'm not who you think I am.

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #102 on: February 25, 2020, 12:57:49 PM »
We booked April 6-19. 2 Adults and 4 kids.
not planning anything major with small kids, i did email Chabad today to reserve dinner, i hope they will have enough food for right after Pesach.

Thanks,
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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #103 on: February 25, 2020, 02:07:58 PM »
We booked April 6-19. 2 Adults and 4 kids.
not planning anything major with small kids, i did email Chabad today to reserve dinner, i hope they will have enough food for right after Pesach.

Thanks,
SE

I added you to the Wiki.

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #104 on: February 25, 2020, 03:47:44 PM »
Same as every airline. Spend time worrying if you want, but it'll do you no good.

Can we really say it's the same as every airline? They have ONE plane (an older A330) that services the JFK-BEG route. ONE plane! How difficult can it be for the airline to have delays and/or cancellations?

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #105 on: February 25, 2020, 06:36:04 PM »
FYI, kosher meals are not currently available. I just spoke with an agent, who informed me that there is some sort of "problem" - she seemed to think that they'd be available again in time for my flight (mid-May) and suggested that I call back in a few weeks. The option has also vanished from airserbia.com.

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #106 on: February 25, 2020, 07:33:52 PM »
Can we really say it's the same as every airline? They have ONE plane (an older A330) that services the JFK-BEG route. ONE plane! How difficult can it be for the airline to have delays and/or cancellations?
I have seen this as a issue on Lot JFK- BUD route since only 1 plan is around to service this route and if there is a mechanical issue or delay like I had many times the flight will either get delayed or canceled.

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV
« Reply #107 on: February 25, 2020, 07:41:17 PM »
I changed mine to April 6-22.
how did you change?? i booked my tickets in a rush 10/27-5/10, and tried several times calling them to change for 1 week later... i had no success.. they want to charge me some fees what came up close to $1000!

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #108 on: February 25, 2020, 07:47:47 PM »
FYI, kosher meals are not currently available. I just spoke with an agent, who informed me that there is some sort of "problem" - she seemed to think that they'd be available again in time for my flight (mid-May) and suggested that I call back in a few weeks. The option has also vanished from airserbia.com.

For food on the jfk-blg flight I was thinking of doing door dash or similar from the schnitzel place in 5 towns.

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #109 on: February 25, 2020, 08:02:46 PM »
@DoB I'm staying at the Metropol for the stopover on 5/31. I emailed the chabad about meals. I would like to do dinner on 5/31, breakfast on 6/1 and lunch for the plane on 6/1 just in case the kosher meal is dog food.

Also there's another family and single girl on this flight. I think they're staying at an airbnb.

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #110 on: February 25, 2020, 08:06:49 PM »
I have seen this as a issue on Lot JFK- BUD route since only 1 plan is around to service this route and if there is a mechanical issue or delay like I had many times the flight will either get delayed or canceled.

My primary concern is that my flight back in NY lands Thursday evening. Hopefully all will go well!

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #111 on: February 25, 2020, 09:12:45 PM »
For food on the jfk-blg flight I was thinking of doing door dash or similar from the schnitzel place in 5 towns.

Since I live in New York, I'm not too worried about the outbound flight - I'll just bring food from home.

It's the return flight from Belgrade that will be more challenging if there's no kosher food on the flight. I guess I'll have to find something nonperishable before I leave Israel.

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #112 on: February 25, 2020, 10:48:26 PM »
Since I live in New York, I'm not too worried about the outbound flight - I'll just bring food from home.

It's the return flight from Belgrade that will be more challenging if there's no kosher food on the flight. I guess I'll have to find something nonperishable before I leave Israel.

I emailed the chabad in Belgrade to see if they can prepare food for the plane.

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #113 on: February 26, 2020, 01:00:23 PM »
I just got the following message from Air Serbia regarding the kosher meals.

Dear passenger,
Thank You for contacting Air Serbia Call Center.

Currently, we are not able to add Kosher meals on JFK flights.

We kindly ask You to contact us with the same request in one month.

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV
« Reply #114 on: February 26, 2020, 10:07:00 PM »
alot of countries need you should have international drivers license
I emailed Chabad of Serbia and got a response that I can drive with a US driver's license.

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #115 on: February 26, 2020, 10:24:06 PM »
Anyone familiar with the Etihad program?

I guess that by opening an account with them and registering the tickets to my account, I'll earn points after the flight, anyone has any input?

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #116 on: March 02, 2020, 01:42:50 AM »
Anybody from 4/19 TLV flight, plan, or want to go to Kerestir ?
One transportation company (Gea tours) wants 700 Euros for the trip in a 9,11,15 or 17 passenger van with 2 drivers (i guess they feel it's too much driving for 1 driver). Maybe another company will be cheaper.
I wanted to visit the Subotica Shul on the way. It's the 2nd largest in Europe, and beautiful.

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #117 on: March 02, 2020, 11:39:13 AM »
Hi anyone has any info or perspective about flying at the beginning of April- due to the Coronavirus ?   

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #118 on: March 02, 2020, 02:32:27 PM »
FYI, kosher meals are not currently available. I just spoke with an agent, who informed me that there is some sort of "problem" - she seemed to think that they'd be available again in time for my flight (mid-May) and suggested that I call back in a few weeks. The option has also vanished from airserbia.com.

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #119 on: March 02, 2020, 02:38:44 PM »

You were able to do it online or by calling? What month is the travel?