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The Answer Isn’t…

Rob Eshman December 4, 2003

Aliyah is the oat bran of the Jewish people. We know it\’s good for us. We know we should be having more of it. But truth is, we just find it hard to swallow. And we certainly don\’t like it shoved down our throats.\n\nWhile in Israel last week, I heard several Israeli officials, from Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on down, proclaim that increased Jewish immigration to Israel is crucial to the country\’s long-term well-being. And each time I heard an Israeli or American Jewish leader say that, I thought: \”Uh-oh.\”

World Briefs

JTA Staff November 20, 2003

Israel said it would resume ties with the British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC), which recently named an ombudsman to oversee its Middle East coverage.

American Jewry By Numbers

Joe Berkofsky September 11, 2003

The National Jewish Population Survey (NJPS) 2000-01, dubbed \”Strength, Challenge and Diversity,\” offers key findings on demographics, intermarriage, Jewish \”connections\” — that is, communal behavioral trends — and such \”special\” topics as the elderly, immigration and poverty.

Making Dreams of Israel Come True

Gaby Wenig August 14, 2003

Nefesh B\’Nefeshs\’ determination to encourage Jews to move to Israel comes at a time when tourism to the country is at an all-time low, devastated by almost three years of the intifada.

Rise in Aliyah Rates From Frum

Gaby Wenig July 3, 2003

\”We have always intended to go to Israel,\” said Rich Brownstein, an Orthodox Jew from Pico-Robertson. \”And in terms of the perceived danger, I don\’t think it is very different to any other time in Jewish history. They have always been shooting at us, there have always been wars and there have always been difficulties.\”

Jews in Crisis IV

Rob Eshman March 6, 2003

On Feb. 16, Israel\’s previously ruling Cabinet agreed to expedite the immigration of Falash Mura to Israel from Ethiopia. The ruling affirms Israel\’s responsibility to these people, but it also raises significant questions. No one can say when the immigration will occur, or what aid and absorption services the Falash Mura will receive in Ethiopia or in Israel. Nor is it clear who will pay the cost of immigration and absorption, which some estimates put at $400 million over four years.

Call of the Kiwi

Henry Benjamin March 6, 2003

Jews in distress are being encouraged to seek out a trouble-free environment way, way down under — in New Zealand.

Fear and Loathing in ‘America’

Keren Engelberg January 16, 2003

Iris Bahr is pretty, but you could watch her for the full span of her 54-minute one-woman production and still manage to miss that.Â

With the help of a masculine hairdo (she cut her hair for the show, and wears it slicked back) and some minimal wardrobe changes, Bahr morphs into no less than seven different characters, each with individual, and often hilarious, accents. The show is called \”Planet America, or Are You Carrying Any Fruits of Vegetables?\” and Bahr\’s characters bring differing perspectives to the themes of American isolationism, xenophobia and racism.

The issues are particularly timely, but for Bahr, who was recently nominated for an L.A. Weekly best solo performance award, they were also personal. She said she\’d finished the first draft prior to the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Growing up in Riverdale, N.Y., and Herzliya, Israel, she said, \”I have the advantage of having lived in two very different cultures.\” It made her conscious of issues like terrorism and immigration long ago.

Persian Jews Protest Recent INS Tactics

Tom Tugend December 19, 2002

Members of the Persian Jewish community in Los Angeles are accusing the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service of mistreatment during a federally mandated registration of certain groups of immigrants.

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