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through education and opportuni-
ties in Israel.
It means bringing 120 Israeli
azha and Irina
Mamisashvili and their
teachers to teach Hebrew in day
sons Nikoloz, 8, and David, schools; having (a record) 1,500
5, will celebrate this Rosh Hashanah
Israeli youth come for the summer
to serves as counselors in Jewish
in their new home at Kibbutz
Masada in the Jordan
camps; and bringing
dozens of young Israeli
Valley.
Just eight weeks ago,
shlichim (emissaries) to
they were living in Georgia
serve in communities
when the fighting broke
and on college campus all
out. They decided it was
across North America.
time to move to Israel.
It continues after high
"We wanted to do what
school, by getting young
is best for our children:'
adults to go to Israel for
Irina said.
a semester or a year of
Today, she is working at
studying, volunteering or
Zeev Bielski
the kibbutz guest house
working.
Spe cial
and is in ulpan with her
It continues with offer-
Comm entary
husband learning Hebrew;
ing Jewish youth, before
their children are starting
during or after college
school.
opportunities to study
As we begin a new year, we can be and live in Israel — from two-week
proud that we, the Jewish people, are volunteer programs to semester and
united together through hard times
year-long study or work programs
as when it's good; that Israel is there in the framework of MASA, a joint
for the Jewish people wherever they
project of the Government of Israel
are, and the Jewish people are there
and the Jewish Agency to give Jewish
for Israel.
youth abroad a significant life-expe-
When the bodies of the two
rience in Israel.
missing soldiers — abducted by
On the community level, it comes
Hezbollah in an attack that sparked
in the form of nearly 50 partner-
the Second Lebanon War — were
ships between Jewish communi-
finally brought home, the sense of
ties in North America and towns
closure, disappointment and accep-
and local councils in Israel or by
tance of their fate was felt not only
communities which want Israel
throughout Israel, but was shared
integrated into their synagogues,
among Jews in communities every-
schools, community centers through
the Makom program. It also comes
where.
And when Jews are in crisis
through the financial support we
— wherever in the world they are
give to the Taglit-Birthright pro-
— Israel and the Jewish people are
gram.
there at their side.
It is these efforts, aimed mostly at
But for this connection to last for
people during their formative years,
generations to come, we must recog- which lead some North American
nize that our underlying challenge is Jews to culminate their Zionist con-
to keep the flame of Zionism burn-
nection with aliyah.
ing in the hearts of Jews around the
For this very important group, we
world, the vast majority of whom
want to make sure they get the high-
live in peace and relative prosperity.
est level of service and help pos-
It is in these places that we need
sible to make their ultimate Zionist
to establish and strengthen an
dream a reality.
inalienable link between the next
That is why we recently
generation of Jews and Israel, so
announced our new partnership
that, like their grandparents and
with Nefesh B'Nefesh so that, togeth-
parents, they will love Israel and
er, we can achieve the best possible
results in helping olim (immigrants)
view it also as their home.
For the Jewish Agency, this means
from North America.
becoming more involved in North
Zeev Bielski chairs the Jewish Agency
America by providing greater and
more meaningful Israel content
for Israel.
Jerusalem
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