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Hundreds of North American and Ethiopian
Jews Make Aliyah
18:53 Jul 28, '05 / 21 Tammuz
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By Ezra
HaLevi
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In a simultaneous ingathering of
exiles from two sides of the globe, two planes filled with new
immigrants touched down in Israel Wednesday morning - one from
America and one from Ethiopia. |
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The flight from the U.S.
was the third of seven flights this year bringing immigrants
from North America to the Jewish State. It was organized by
the Nefesh b'Befesh organization, which encourages Aliyah
(immigration to Israel) by removing the financial and
logistical obstacles facing North American Jews who dream of
making the move.
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| Friends, relatives and
fans of Aliyah wait in Ben Gurion Airport's Terminal 1
for the Olim to arrive. |
Israel
National Radio's Eli Stutz was on the scene to greet the
new arrivals.
"I am here because I think it is so
important to make Aliyah. If you are Jewish, Israel is the
place to be," said Elana Wenner from Vancouver, Canada, who
came to the airport with members of her summer program to
welcome the new arrivals. "We need to be together here in
Israel to be united, to be together and to make a difference
in the world." Wenner says she is excited to make Aliyah
herself in the coming years.
Chaim Moche of Montreal
stepped off the plane with his family. "We have been here on
many visits, we were seduced, and at a certain point we just
could not leave," he said. "It is a little like getting
married."
"We
were planning on moving next year but we decided after our
last visit, five weeks ago, to move now," said Peretz Rickett,
who made Aliyah from Dallas, Texas. He and his family plan to
settle in the Gush Etzion town of Alon Shvut.
Eighty
new immigrants also arrived in Israel Wednesday from Ethiopia.
They plan to settle in the Jerusalem suburb of Mevaseret
Tzion, the northern town of Tzfat, and the coastal city of
Ashkelon.
The 150 new immigrants from America will be
settling in Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem, Gush Etzion and the
communities in the Benjamin Regional Council region of the
Shomron, north of the capital.
Listen
to the coverage of the arrivals on Israel National
Radio
(Photos:
Jonathan Stein)
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Published: 12:28 July 28,
2005
Last Update: 18:53 July 28, 2005 |
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