Tel Aviv – Goodbye America, Hello Israel: 233 New Immigrants Arrive In The Land In Israel

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    New immigrants from USA and Canada arrive on a special " Aliyah Flight 2016" on behalf of Nefesh B'Nefesh organization, at Ben Gurion airport in central Israel on August 17, 2016, The Nefesh B'Nefesh organization works on promoting immigration to Israel from western countries. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90Tel Aviv – An overflow crowd greeted 233 new immigrants who arrived in Israel Wednesday morning, including the 50,000th immigrant brought to Israel by Nefesh B’Nefesh, an organization which promotes immigration to Israel, or Aliyah.

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    The new citizens were greeted by President Reuven (Ruby) Rivlin, Minister of Absorption Sofia Landver, Minister Tzachi Hanegbi, Nefesh B’Nefesh Co-Chairmen Tony Gelbart and Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, and Jewish Agency Director Natan Sharansky.

    President Rivlin praised the new immigrants, or Olim, at a festive greeting ceremony held at the airport. “I am happy to be part of this special and exciting moment, the moment when you are marking the transfer from the exile to the Land of Israel, from the Diaspora to home,” he exclaimed.

    “It is such an honor to be here at this moment, the moment you come home,” Rivlin continued. “You are no longer Jews in exile—you are Israelis.”

    The new immigrants range from a three-week-old baby to an 85-year-old man and include 24 families. They originate from 22 different states and one Canadian province.

    The flight also brought 75 future lone soldiers, or young people who left their families in the US and Canada to move to Israel and volunteer for the Israeli Defense Forces. They will join the more than 900 lone soldiers from the US and the 3,000 lone soldiers from around the world who are currently serving in the IDF.

    Amit Fogel ,17, from New Jersey is one of the soon-to-be lone soldiers who decided to move to Israel without her family in an effort to contribute to the State of Israel. “I have always been a Zionist and I decided to move here to join the army and to strengthen Israel,” she contended. “Nefesh B’Nefesh has been amazing with that. They have helped me with everything and I was able to turn to them with any problem that I had.”

    Fogel will live in Kibbutz Afikim, a community which participates in a program that hosts lone soldiers.

    “The Lone Soldier Center in Memory of Michael Levin is proud to welcome these new immigrants soon to be drafting as lone soldiers,” declared Ari Kalker, a senior staff member at the Lone Soldier Center. “We welcome them into the lone-soldier family and are honored and excited to support them throughout their IDF service.”

    The State of Israel places a high priority on Aliyah and offers a variety of services for new olim, such as free college tuition and tax breaks. The government recently declared a new national holiday called “Aliyah Day” that is designed to celebrate those who have immigrated to Israel.
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    kenyaninwhitehouse
    kenyaninwhitehouse
    7 years ago

    they should be commended and weary that the government not try to lower their religious level as they have done with all immigrant groups with the exceptions of those from former soviet union and Ethiopia (non-Jews).

    alterknaker
    alterknaker
    7 years ago

    Whaaaaaaaaat? YOU ARE NOT MORE IN EXILE? that’s already taking the p…s, let alone all the rest of it,
    they wanted to make an ALIYA? OK, so be it, everyone is entitled to their own, but such APIKORSOS?

    thegreatone
    thegreatone
    7 years ago

    I wish them good luck.

    But,but Nebach on these poor souls who believe they will be in safe place. We all hope Israel should be a safe place. But fact is that the Misnachlim live among bloodthirsty Arabs which makes it the least safest place.

    Also, it would be interesting to see how many Yordim Israel has. How many Israelis leave it for Germany,India and the USA. Probably far more than Olim.

    And why would sane parent let their children be lone soldiers?
    By observant Jews there is no such a thing as “dying for our country”. It should be called “brainwashed by the Zionist ideology”.

    ALTERG3
    ALTERG3
    7 years ago

    “You are no longer Jews in exile”? What does thet mean? Museac came already? Its כפירה ממש,
    Anyway the coming from a safe land to a land with stabbings daily, they goint to regret they very soon.

    puppydogs
    puppydogs
    7 years ago

    Beautiful

    hashomer
    hashomer
    7 years ago

    Always spiteful, negative, angry posters when there is good news from Israel. You’d like it better if they stayed here and went OTD, or converted to some cult? They are living Jews, looking forward to life in a Jewish state, not looking backward to the ashes of the shetl.

    NeveAliza
    NeveAliza
    7 years ago

    Just like their מרגלים forefathers, the 2016 versions always try to sound Torahdik, with wonderful סברות and quoting some גדול or another. And we all know what happened to them.

    PaulinSaudi
    PaulinSaudi
    7 years ago

    Any idea how many will give up their old passports?