ALIYAH COMMITTEE
AMTON Newsletter
Spring 2004

Aliyah Numbers Increase

JTA (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) reports that in a recent interview, Sallai Meridor, Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, informed that aliyah from North America jumped from 1500 in 2001 to 2400 in 2003. He feels that North American Jews are starting to see aliyah as a realistic idea and therefore the Jewish Agency is increasing its budget to help olim from North America.

He acknowledges that getting North American Jews to move to Israel is a great challenge but he feels that "such immigrants are of special value to the Jewish state because of their democratic values and economic know-how..."

Plans are underway to increase help for North American immigrants once they land in Israel by creating stronger support systems between veterans and newcomers from North America.

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