Volume 8, Issue 2 / Shevat 5765 / February 2005

Jewish Agency News

Making Aliyah Resiliently

Alison Stern Golub   "It was a dream of mine to live in Israel. I always thought idealistically that it was the land of milk and honey," says Alison Stern Golub, who came on aliyah in October 2003 from Providence, Rhode Island. Click for full story The Ultimate Volunteer

Tsvi Gouet   When Tsvi Gouet was 18, he came to Israel as a volunteer for three weeks. It turned out to be a turning point in his life. "I understood then that this was the place for me to live," he recalls. Click for full story Learning to (Day) Care for Others

Day-Care Takers course for Ethiopian women.   These women, mostly single mothers, were selected along with fifteen others to participate in a unique pilot project that will prepare them for a professional and much-needed means of income. Click for full story Land of Opportunity

Sasha Yaroshevskiy   On a visit to Israel Sasha realized that Israel is vastly different from the way it is portrayed in the mass media. Click for full story