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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 #120 on: March 02, 2020, 03:16:30 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.

I think best if everybody sent email to: callcenter@airserbia.com asking Airline to provide kosher meal from any local(US) caterer under OU superviosion
E.g.: Borenstein Caterers: 718-656-3600, customerservice@bcelal.com

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #121 on: March 02, 2020, 04:37:54 PM »
You were able to do it online or by calling? What month is the travel?
called them, dates are july and august

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #122 on: March 02, 2020, 05:38:57 PM »
called them, dates are july and august
Amazing. I'll try too. My travel is June-July

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #123 on: March 02, 2020, 10:00:43 PM »
is there going to be any problem because of the coronavirus?

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #124 on: March 02, 2020, 10:08:36 PM »
is there going to be any problem because of the coronavirus?
What do we know?

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #125 on: March 03, 2020, 08:28:08 PM »


When did you call to have your meal added? The problem only popped up a day or two before I called on February 25. If you called before then, the meal request should already be on your account.

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #126 on: March 04, 2020, 12:55:19 AM »
When did you call to have your meal added? The problem only popped up a day or two before I called on February 25. If you called before then, the meal request should already be on your account.
feb 21

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #127 on: March 04, 2020, 06:35:22 PM »
feb 21

Oh, I'm pretty sure KSML requests were still be accepted then. When I called on the 25th, the agent said that an internal email had gone out about the KSML problems only a day or two prior. She tried to put my KSML request into the system, but it wouldn't accept it.

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #128 on: March 04, 2020, 08:28:00 PM »
Oh, I'm pretty sure KSML requests were still be accepted then. When I called on the 25th, the agent said that an internal email had gone out about the KSML problems only a day or two prior. She tried to put my KSML request into the system, but it wouldn't accept it.
Curious to know what the "problem" was that popped up with the kosher meals  ;)

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #129 on: March 09, 2020, 02:33:59 PM »
What's everyone doing now that Israel has mandated a 2 week quarantine for all entries?

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #130 on: March 09, 2020, 02:43:28 PM »
Do you think they will cancel the flight?

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #131 on: March 09, 2020, 03:44:15 PM »
Do you think they will cancel the flight?

There's really no way to know at this point.

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #132 on: March 10, 2020, 10:57:42 PM »
Air Serbia is allowing free changes if you have a flight in March. At this point they haven't done anything with April and on.

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #133 on: March 10, 2020, 11:08:52 PM »
List of cancelled Air Serbia flights

https://www.airserbia.com/en/information/flights/list-of-cancelled-flights

March 20 and March 30 flights to and from tlv are on the list


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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #134 on: March 12, 2020, 01:01:18 AM »
What's everyone doing now that Israel has mandated a 2 week quarantine for all entries?
I guess everyone has to decide if they want to stay home or just stay home :)

Sorry I forgot, or you can fly to be locked in a house for 14 days, maybe it's worth it, all for the holy land....

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #135 on: March 12, 2020, 12:12:07 PM »
Did anybody have a flight in March?
I'm curious to know the process for changing flight. Is it through Air Serbia direct or through booking site (skyscanner, chase, etc.)
Obviously, other dates are more expensive, are they requiring you pay the fare difference? 

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #136 on: March 12, 2020, 03:38:29 PM »
I guess our plans to be Pesach in Israel will have to wait for another year, in addition to that my wife is already panicking that soon she'll have to make Pesach with all kids home, as all schools will be closed.

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #137 on: March 15, 2020, 11:36:07 AM »
did anybody try changing the flights what about the ones from trip.com?
do you have to pay fare difference?

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #138 on: March 17, 2020, 01:14:03 AM »
Please see below link of all flights canceled by Air Serbia. If your flight is not in the list, it isn't canceled yet.

https://www.airserbia.com/en/information/flights/travel-information-coronavirus/list-of-canceled-flights

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Re: Air Serbia NYC-TLV, Add Your Name To The Wiki For Minyan/Trips!
« Reply #139 on: March 19, 2020, 10:56:55 PM »
has anyone tried to get a refund or change date from air serbia or trip.com?