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CHAIM CHESLER: WE WILL CONTINUE TO HELP JEWS RECONNECT TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE Since 1989, the Jewish Agency has worked to bring 883 thousand new immigrants to Israel and created learning frameworks for hundreds of thousands of students overseas "We are constantly exploring new channels to reach out to Jews who have not yet reconnected to the Jewish world, in the hope that they will choose to identify as Jews and certain that many of them will ultimately decide to move to Israel," says Chesler Over the past decade, the Jewish Agency has been answering the very real spiritual hunger among the Jews of the former Soviet Union for identity, knowledge and a sense of belonging. In addition to facilitating the immigration to Israel of over 883,000 people since 1989, it has developed a wide range of informal Jewish and Zionist educational opportunities for children and youth in the FSU, including summer and winter camps, after-school activities and clubs. In the past year, more than 18,000 youth and students attended these camps, while our ongoing activities in 180 clubs reach out to more than 20,000 young Jews. Most recently it has introduced a Jewish identity program which helps prepare prospective immigrants for their new life in Israel by exposing them to Jewish and Israeli history, culture and traditions through lectures and a weekend experiential seminar. Regarding Jewish Identity, Jewish Agency Treasurer Chaim Chesler published an article in the Jerusalem Post on December 27, 2001.
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