Final Summer Flight of US Jews Immigrating to Israel TO ARRIVE IN ISRAEL THIS WEDNESDAY, September 6, 2006

 

850 N. AMERICAN & BRITISH children will start the New school year as Israeli citizens

 

230 North American Jews, among them 58 children, who are immigrating to Israel to start the school year as Israeli citizens, bringing the summer total to 850 young students.

 

This week’s El Al flight will be the 7th & final summer flight, completing a record summer of over 3,000 newcomers from the US, Canada and the UK.

 

 Among those arriving are Daniel and Andrea Leubitz who named their two year old daughter, Ma’ayan Naim, after a soldier killed in a suicide bombing. The two families have been in close contact and look forward to an emotional meeting at BenGurionAirport in Tel Aviv.

 

Nefesh B’Nefesh (www.nbn.org.il), is the organization that is facilitating this mass North American immigration to Israel (in Hebrew, “Aliyah”), in close cooperation with the Jewish Agency for Israel.

 

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August 29, 2006

Update on the Condition of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon

 

Tel Hashomer, Israel...  This morning, former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was transferred out of intensive care and back to the respiratory rehab department at the Sheba Medical Center.  This follow a noticeable improvement in his kidney function and the pneumonia in his lungs.

 

The ShebaMedicalCenter at Tel Hashomer is the largest medical enterprise in the Middle East, treating more than one million patients a year. It is situated on a 150-acre campus on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, with 120 departments and clinics and 1,700 beds, employing 850 physicians, 2,000 nurses and 3,000 other healthcare workers, scientists and support staff. The medical center uniquely combines a major AcuteCareHospital with a RehabilitationHospital, Women's Hospital, Children's Hospital, Academic Campus and Medical Research Complex.

 

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“On the Wings of Eagles”  (July 4, 2006)

 

10 special  flights of new immigrants will land in Israel this summer from North America, France and Great Britain.  The first special flight will land from America on Thursday, July 6th at 8 am with 213 new immigrants.

 

For the first time in decades – 650 new immigrants from France will arrive in one day.  By the end of the year, 24,000 new immigrants will have arrived.

 

During the summer months, 2,000 new immigrants from North America, France and Great Britain will arrive in Israel on 10 special flights sponsored by the Jewish Agency in cooperation with “Nefesh B’Nefesh and the “Ami” association.

 

 According to Jewish Agency estimates, 24,000 people from countries around the world will immigrate to Israel in the course of the year 2006, up from the 22,657 people who made aliyah in 2005. 

 

 During the summer months, six EL AL flights will land in Israel carrying 1,500 new immigrants from North America.  By the end of the year, it is estimated that there will be a total of 3,400 new immigrants from North America (U.S.A. and Canada), up from 2,987 in 2005. 

 

 In parallel, three special ISRAIR flights – two from Paris and one from Marseille -- will land in Israel on July 25 bringing 650 new immigrants from France.  This is the first time in decades that such a large number of new immigrants from France have landed in one day.  The expectation is that there will be 3,500 new immigrants from France this year, as opposed to 3005 in 2005.

 

For the first time, there will be a special EL AL flight this summer from Great Britain bringing 100 new immigrants.  Since the beginning of the year, there has been a marked rise in immigration from Great Britain.  By the end of May, the number of new immigrants from Britain was 219, up from 134 over the same period last year.  By the end of the year 2006, 500 new immigrants are expected to have arrived from Britain.

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Model of Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period and a new Dead Sea Scrolls study and information center opening in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem (06-28-06)

 

The Israel Museum has relocated to it's campus a model of ancient Jerusalem, covering nearly one acre, which reconstructs the topography and architectural character of the city as it was in 66 CE, the end of the Second Temple Period. Originally constructed on the grounds of Jerusalem's Holyland Hotel, this cultural landmark now becomes a permanent feature of the Museum's campus, adjacent to the Shrine of the Book, which houses the Dead Sea Scrolls. The concurrent completion and opening of the new Dead Sea Scrolls Information and Study Center will offer students, scholars, and the general public an introduction to the period and the Scrolls and access to related contextual research.

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35th Zionist Congress

The 35th Zionist Congress will open in Jerusalem on Monday evening, June 19th, an event held every four years.

 

Over 2000 representatives of Jewish communities around the world and Israel will demonstrate their solidarity with Israel.

 

The Congress will mark the opening of two consecutive weeks of “Jewish Solidarity”

 

The 35th Zionist Congress will be held in Jerusalem from June 19-22 at the International Convention Center under the slogan “Because the Dream Still Matters". This is the 35th Zionist Congress since the first Zionist Congress in 1897.  The Zionist Congress is the supreme legislative body of the World Zionist Organization and meets every four years in Jerusalem.

 

Around 2000 representatives of Jewish communities in 33 countries around the world and Israel will participate in the gathering which will deal with the major issues on the Jewish agenda, among them aliyah, strengthening the connection with the Diaspora, the struggle against antisemitism, the development of the Negev and Galilee and bridging the social gaps in Israel.

 

In the framework of the Congress, senior officials of national institutions –World Zionist Organization, Jewish Agency and Jewish National Fund -- will be elected.

 

The President of Israel Moshe Katsav will address the Congress as will Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and the leader of the opposition Binyamin Netanyahu.

 

Delegates from the Diaspora were chosen by their communities in a long and complex election process in which thousands of members of the Zionist movement took part.  Actual elections were held in some regions and in others, a mail or Internet vote was held.  The Israeli delegates were chosen by the Zionist political parties, the division among them being according to party representation in the Knesset.

 

The Zionist Congress will open the two-week period of  “Jewish Solidarity”.  The Congress will be followed by the Jewish Agency Assembly and Board of Governors which begin on June 25th.