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	Analysis: Expanded Diaspora affairs ministry may be on tap October 6, 2008 By HAVIV RETTIG The Olmert years saw a sharp spike in consultations between Israeli officials and Diaspora leaders, and the launching of several initiatives to improve


	At-risk youth in Israel get tech training, courtesy of local CEOs October 3, 2008 by amanda pazornikstaff writer Marc Benioff believes in the power of technology and the Internet as a great equalizer. As the founder, chairman and CEO of Salesforce.


	Watchdog: State's decision to limit Falashmura aliyah was 'reasonable' October 2, 2008 By Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz Correspondent State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss has said that the government acted properly when it decided to limit the number of Falashmura


	La Paradoja de la Emancipación Judía October 2, 2008 La asimilación en las sociedades en que vive es el principal peligro que se cierne sobre el pueblo judío, que registra la paradoja de que el cese de las persecuciones ha


	Israel Home to Largest Jewish Population in the World, Report Says September 28, 2008 Zeev Bielski, chairman of the Jewish Agncy for Israel: "The data proved that a tangible danger of assimilation was hanging over the Jewish people.


	Israel Home to Largest Jewish Population for First Time: Report September 28, 2008 An Orthodox Jewish youth prays at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem's old city JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel is now home to the largest Jewish community in the world, just ahead


	Erstmals Leben in Israel Mehr Juden Als in den USA September 26, 2008 In Israel leben nach amtlichen Angaben erstmals mehr Juden als in den USA.


	Large Number of Locals Making Aliyah this Year September 26, 2008 By Abigail Klein Leichman From left, Ariana, Rena, and Ahron Glazer are met in Jerusalem by Ahron’s mother June, who made aliyah from Teaneck in December (Sasson Tiram)


	Celebrating a New Year, Sustaining the Dream September 25, 2008 By Zeev Bielski Vazha and Irina Mamisashvili and their sons Nikoloz, eight, and David, five, will celebrate this Rosh Hashana in their new home at Kibbutz Masada in the Jordan


	World Jewish Population Grows by 70,000 September 25, 2008 By MATTHEW WAGNER People take part in an Israel solidarity rally outside the Goldsmith Jewish Federation Center in Los AngelesPhoto: AP Natural population growth in Israel that


	Jewish Agency Emissary Recalls Georgia’s Plight September 23, 2008 By Debra RubinNJJN Bureau Chief/Middlesex Idan Peysahovich of the Jewish Agency for Israel, left, speaks to Jack and Sylvia Kirshner of South River following a Sept.


	'Gov't must decide on Falash Mura aliya' September 23, 2008 By DAN IZENBERG There are up to 3,188 Falash Mura in Ethiopia whose eligibility for aliya has not been examined, even though the Jewish Agency has already withdrawn its


	School Opens in Ethiopia to Prepare Falash Mura Children for Aliya September 18, 2008 By Ruth Eglash Falash Mura Ethiopians Photo: Ariel Jerozolimski [file] Days after the Israeli government did an about-face and agreed to continue evaluating Ethiopia's Falash


	Philanthropy to Israel Rose 2001-2006 September 18, 2008 by Malkah Fleisher and Aryeh Haffner A landmark report released Wednesday by the E.H.L Consulting Group entitled "Philanthropic Support for Israel's Nonprofit Organizations by U.S.


	Your Taxes: Will Tax Law for New Residents Spark Aliya? September 17, 2008 By LEON HARRIS The Knesset passed a major tax-reform law for new and returning residents last Tuesday.


	Gov't, JA Start Forum to Aid Distressed Communities September 17, 2008 By HAVIV RETTIG IsraAid trucks carry food and supplies to some of the 65,000 people in Gori, Georgia, displaced in the fighting with Russia last month Photo: Courtesy The


	Analysis: Some Things Can't be Privatized September 16, 2008 By HAVIV RETTIG When the Jewish Agency ceded aliya activities in North America to Nefesh B'Nefesh, it didn't lose all that much in organizational terms.


	Gov't to Continue Falash Mura Aliya September 15, 2008 By Ruth Eglash Interior Ministry representatives will continue checking the eligibility for aliya of some 3,000 Ethiopian Falash Mura, who claim that under a 2003 government


	The Jewish Agency's Smart Decision on Aliyah September 15, 2008 By Alex Sinclair In a recent Haaretz opinion piece, Anshel Pfeffer wrote that the Jewish Agency, by ceding its aliyah portfolio to Nefesh B'Nefesh, has "signed its own death


	Green Light for more Falash Mura September 15, 2008 Israel will allow additional Ethiopians to petition for aliyah under the special circumstances afforded the Falash Mura.