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I flew into Tel Aviv today with a group of 360 new olim from N. America on the latest Nefesh B'Nefesh charter flight of 2011. The pictures reflect the olim checking in and saying goodbye to family and friends at JFK; the flight and their arrival this morning at Ben Gurion airport, greeted by hundreds of family, friends, an IDF band and a host of Israeli dignitaries. I'll be writing more about some of these extraordinary people in the newxt few days...