June 2, 1999
18 Sivan 5759
JerusalemJewish Agency for Israel brings 100 new immigrants on special flight from Argentina to Israel in cooperation with Keren Hayesod on Thursday June 3rd
For the first time a group from the women’s division of Keren Hayesod in Argentina will accompany the flight.
At the initiative of the Jewish Agency for Israel and Keren Hayesod a special flight with 100 new immigrants from Latin America will land at Ben-Gurion Airport on Thursday June 3rd at 5:00 PM on El-Al flight LY396. The new immigrants will be accompanied by representatives from the women’s division of Keren Hayesod in Argentina, who will be attending the World Assembly of Keren Hayesod’s Women’s Division which will take place next week in Upper Nazareth. This is the first time that a group from the local Jewish community will be accompanying a flight of new immigrants to Israel. On this flight there will also be a group of 15 youth who will be participating in an educational program with Israeli youth run by the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI).
This group of new immigrants includes about 100 people from Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. Most of the immigrants will be integrated within the “Immigration 2000” project of JAFI for absorption in the fields of employment, education, and job retraining. The JAFI Immigration Department estimates that 1000 Jews will immigrate to Israel from Argentina in 1999.
The following are some human-interest stories of the immigrants arriving on this flight:
A young speech therapist who visited Israel within the framework of the Jewish Agency’s "Apprenticeship program" and met in Israel a doctor from her hometown in Argentina. Now she is returning with a wedding dress in her suitcase, and will be met by her future husband at the airport. After the wedding she will begin work at "Beit Loewenstein" in Ra’anana. The young immigrant speaks a fluent Hebrew.
A well-known soccer player from the "San Lorenzo" Club of the Argentinean Premier League.
A young female doctor fluent in Hebrew, who has been accepted to a project for immigrant doctors at the Soroka Hospital in Be’er Sheba.
A young immigrant who has been accepted to a professional Hi-Tech retraining program. He will reside at the Kiryat-Bialik absorption center within the framework of the "Immigration 2000" project.
The delegation is being headed by Ms. Nava Rubenzadeh, International President of Keren Hayesod’s Women’s Division, who initiated this joint flight. The immigrants will be greeted at the Airport by Keren Hayesod World Chaiman, Avi Pazner; Chairman of the JAFI Immigration Committee, Chaim Chesler; and a representative of the Ministry of Immigration.
The immigrants are arriving on El-Al flight LY396 from Madrid (a connecting flight from Buenos Aires) which lands at Ben-Gurion Airport at 5:00 PM. A ceremony will take place on the tarmac alongside the plane. Call 03-9723344 to confirm final flight arrival time.
Journalists wishing to cover the event are advised to be at "Sha’ar Ovdim-Meches" Gate in the departures hall at 3:30 PM. Please call in advance with ID numbers.
pictures courtesy of Yael Somekh - Israel Sun
For further information contact:
Michael Jankelowitz
Liaison to Foreign Press and Media, JAFI
Tel: 972-2-6202780
Fax: 972-2-6202708
Mobile: 972-51-601706