Pnina Tamano-Shata
Community members whose families risked everything to reach Jerusalem are reconnecting to rich traditions following a challenging integration process.
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“Many have been waiting for decades for this moment; we see it as a central Zionist ideal to make reunions possible,” said Yael Eckstein, president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews.
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.
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“He sees great importance in connecting with the Jewish communities in his city for increased security in their districts,” Pnina Tamano-Shata says of Eric Adams.
Aliyah and Integration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata is in the region with a delegation of Jewish Agency and Keren Hayesod leaders.
Amid a 30 percent increase compared to last year, “there is no doubt that the rise in anti-Semitism and the COVID-19 pandemic had an influence,” said Becca Wertman-Traub from Vancouver.
“Finally, parents, children, siblings and orphans will be reunited with their families after decades of waiting,” says Immigration and Absorption Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata.
The prize winners “serve as proof of the important contribution of ‘aliyah’ to the flourishing and success of our country in all walks of life,” says Immigration and Absorption Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata.
This particular group included doctors, lawyers, teachers, engineers, media professionals and 46 young people under the age of 18.
Minister of Aliyah and Integration Pnina Tamano-Shata was honored for her work in the struggle for social equality and against injustices for disadvantaged communities with a focus on the Ethiopian community.
“This is a journey that is well underway, but far from complete,” said Minister of Aliyah and Integration Pnina Tamano-Shata, who is leading the operation with the Jewish Agency.