Volume 8, Issue 9 / Av 5765 / September 2005

Jewish Agency News

Gush Katif Evacuees – the Strength to Start Over

Nitzan's school age evacuees with new school supplies.   The Jewish Agency and the UJA Federation of Northern New Jersey, in conjunction with Office Depot in Israel, are supplying all of Nitzan's school age evacuees with new school bags and school supplies. Click for full story An Extended Family

Yuri Zbudko (left) with Commander Shachar Ayalon   As parents of a soldier, Liora and Shachar understood firsthand that it is nearly impossible to cope without family. They then decided to adopt a chayal boded. Babait-Beyahad staff matched them up with Yuri Zbudko, originally from Moscow. He lives in Hadera near Moshav Bet Yitzhak where the Ayalons reside. Click for full story Net@

Or Edri   Or loves computers and writing and combines both these passions in his everyday life: Or is in the process of writing a book – though the subject is still secret; and as a result of his extraordinary grades, motivation and exemplary behavior, Or was accepted to Net@. Click for full story Ole' Olim – Seeman Tov V'Mazal Tov!

Kyle with Ethiopian bar mitzvah "boys"   The idea for this mitzvah was started by Jewish Agency staff members. Many wonderful ideas, though, need financial support and it was necessary to search for a partner in a program that would enable 14 olim from Ethiopia to celebrate their bar mitzvah in Jerusalem. The call for a sponsor was answered by the UJA Federation of Greenwich, Connecticut who found a donor in the Kallman family. Click for full story