Diaspora Jewry
They express imminent joy upon seeing family members already there.
Speaking with Nefesh B’Nefesh co-founders Rabbi Yehoshua Fass and Tony Gelbart, Israel’s Aliyah and Integration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata said that more than 100,000 new immigrants have moved to Israel from other countries in the last four years.
Maj. M. was only 3 when he fled Khomeini’s Iran with his father and siblings. Years later, he found a home in Israel’s Military Intelligence Directorate; now, he says his mission is to help Israel fight its main foe and free the Iranian people of the tyrannical regime in Tehran.
The five-and-a-half-acre Trehane House property was destroyed in a fire in 1946; only the walls and two of the four chimney stacks remain intact.
An online portal started accepting applications, where individual Americans, as well as private and public organizations, can apply to financially sponsor a Ukrainian for travel from Europe as part of a new U.S. program launched by the Biden administration.
“The Netherlands is making it very clear that the so-called conclusions of Amnesty International are incorrect, the term apartheid is a very serious allegation and in some cases, a malicious term, and clearly doesn’t apply to Israel,” said Shaun Sacks, a senior researcher at NGO Monitor.
“Just as memorial ceremonies can be held in Haifa or any other Israeli city, they will be in Miami and New York, too. These families gave their children, and we have to hug them wherever they live,” said Efrat Shefa Dor, manager of the Tiberias District for Bereaved Families.
Jewish Agency figures: 38,000 people have immigrated to the Jewish state since Israel’s 73rd Independence Day • Marking this year’s celebrations, Nefesh B’Nefesh welcomes 74,000th immigrant to Israel.
The theme of this year’s ceremony: “These Are Our Stories.”
“It is incredibly special to finally be here, and we are looking forward to beginning this new chapter in our lives,” said Charley Smith.
Some 80% of young Israelis and 70% of American Jews think that a strong Israel is necessary for the survival of the Jewish people.
The assistance offers a minimum of four months of tuition and a living stipend; researchers are also being matched with faculty members.
