Jewish Agency Treasurer, Chaim Chesler, posing with Na'amat USA present and past
presidents after receiving the organization's Golda Meir Human Relations Award for 2001, at
the recent Na'amat USA convention in Las Vegas. He earned the award for his efforts to free
Jews of the Soviet Union, Yemen and Syria and for his work in promoting dialogue between
Jews in Israel and throughout the world
DID YOU KNOW?
$10,000 - The Jewish Agency's allocation for the year 2001 to Israel Association for Ethiopian Jews for Community Empowerment Project, within the framework of projects that foster "unity, tolerance and mutual respect".
$17,000 - The Jewish Agency's allocation for the year 2001 to "Unity of the Jewish People for the Project on Jewish Values amd Texts as a Basis for Real Dialogue", within the framework of support of "Unity".
$10,000 - The Jewish Agency's allocation for the year 2001 to Bar Ilan University - Joseph Bung chair in Education and Human Values for Project to Deepen Jewish Values in non religious school, within the framework of allocations "enhancing Jewish identity for Israelis".
23,688 new immigrants arrived in Israel since the beginning of 2001. 17,938 are from the former Soviet Union.
924 new immigrants arrive in Israel this week. 628 from the former Soviet Union, 76 from Ethiopia and the others from France, Belgium, Switzerland, England, South Africa, Holland, Germany, Argentina, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, the United States, and Canada.
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