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BLIND DATE WITH ISRAEL Jewish Agency pilot tours for potential olim from France, South America, Turkey, Belgium and England In response to increased interest in aliyah by French Jews, the Jewish Agency has been organizing weekly pilot trips for prospective immigrants - sometimes two a week. Participants explore housing, employment, and education opportunities for their children and learn about benefits received by new immigrants, as well as getting "tips" on successful absorption. Mayors of many municipalities and heads of regional councils, who see aliyah as a means of bringing "new blood" into their communities, are actively involved in the absorption process. On June 9, a group of 34 prospective immigrants from France arrived in Israel and visited communities that are interested in absorbing new immigrants: Beit Shemesh, Ashdod, Jerusalem, Carmiel, Haifa, Ra'anana and Jerusalem. On June 10, a group of 40 prospective immigrants arrived. They toured the settlement of Kochav Ya'akov, the Jewish Agency's Beit Canada Absorption Center in Talpiot, Jerusalem, the Azata-Netivot region, and Beit Shemesh. The Jewish Agency's Tnuat Aliyah (Aliyah Movement) has organized five pilot tours from France in recent weeks and is planning more in the near future. The Jewish Agency also organizes similar pilot tours for prospective immigrants from Argentina. Venezuela, Turkey, Bulgaria, and the UK.
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