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Saturday, March 6, 2010

8 aliyah fairs to be held in North America [to recruit Jewish Americans to emigrate to Israel]

YNET
Nefesh B'Nefesh has decided to accelerate and deepen its activities in North America, in order to realize the potential increase in the number of immigrants to Israel during 2010.

In cooperation with the Jewish Agency and government offices, the organization will hold next week, between March 7 and 14, eight large fairs in major cities in the US and Canada, in order to give hundreds of potential immigrants reliable information, guidance and inspiration on immigration to Israel.

More than 1,500 North American Jews are expected to participate in the fairs...

Immigration fairs will be held in the following cities: New York (March 7), Baltimore (March 8), Los Angeles (March 9), Montreal (March 10), Toronto (March 10), San Francisco (March 10), Chicago (March 11.3), South Florida (March 14)...

....."According to data gathered and based on our current estimates, we expect that in 2010 over 5,000 new immigrants from North America will arrive in Israel.... [All will also retain their American citizenship]  Full story
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