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NEW YORK (JTA) -- A $10 million initiative urging Jews to immigrate to Israel's north was launched.
Nefesh B'Nefesh, a nonprofit that provides incentives to Anglo-Jews to make aliyah, will work with the New Jersey-based Russell Berrie Foundation to help more than 1,000 Jews make the move over the next three years, the organizations announced on Dec. 8.
The project will also be funded in part by Israeli philanthropists and the nation's government.
According to Nefesh B' Nefesh, the groups will provide grants of up to $25,000 to make the move, as well as subsidies for transportation or car purchases, employment services and help with social networking.
According to Nefesh B'Nefesh and Israeli government officials, it is a strategic project to prompt a demographic shift.
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