Volume 8, Issue 4 / Adar II 5765 / April 2005
Jewish Agency News
Out of the Box
"I wanted to come to Israel, but I was aware that the economic situation isn't great," says Mauro Singer. "I knew I had to find a solution that was out of the box."
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From Empowerment to Employment
Turo and Osnat join 17 other single-mothers who have emigrated from Ethiopia for a women's empowerment group that meets in the Ashkelon Absorption Center called Beit Canada (The Canada House).
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MADA Program
Atara Haber wasn't considering aliyah before, but she is now. "The Jewish Agency inspired me," she said. "My work for MADA has inspired me."
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The Beat Goes On
In America, Benyamin once filled in on a radio show on Christmas. "I played all this Christian music," he recalls. But I felt pretty dumb so I began playing Jewish music. "But I felt pretty dumb doing that too – who am I to be playing Jewish music on Christmas? No matter which way I went I could never fit in."
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