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(Isaiah 45:17) <a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" src="http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t50/Friend_of_Yeshua/This2520Group2520Supports2520Israel.gif" border="0"></a> <a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" src="http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t50/Friend_of_Yeshua/pray2520for2520the2520peace2520of25.gif" border="0"></a>  <a href="http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t50/Friend_of_Yeshua/?action=view&current=Priestlyblessing-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t50/Friend_of_Yeshua/Priestlyblessing-1.jpg" border="0"></a> <a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" src="http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t50/Friend_of_Yeshua/blessing.gif" border="0"></a></center> Sat, 1 Nov 2008 19:44:41 -0000 Sat, 1 Nov 2008 17:04:48 -0000 <center><a target="_blank" href="http://photobucket.com/"><img alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" src="http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t50/Friend_of_Yeshua/vlag2.gif" border="0"></a>ALIYAH<a target="_blank" href="http://photobucket.com/"><img alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" src="http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t50/Friend_of_Yeshua/vlag2.gif" border="0"></a> <a target="_blank" href="http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t50/Friend_of_Yeshua/?action=view&current=2731527_2192576.jpg"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t50/Friend_of_Yeshua/2731527_2192576.jpg" border="0"></a></center> http://images.777alijah777.multiply.com/logo http://777alijah777.multiply.com 100 100 Succot 2008 Jerusalem http://777alijah777.multiply.com/photos/album/5/Succot_2008_Jerusalem Sat, 1 Nov 2008 17:04:48 -0000 NEW ALIYAH COMMUNITY…WAITING FOR YOU!‏ <a href="http://trailer.web-view.net/Links/0XA40B945D338A09C90D1461AC59825FD340800631CAB49D63E0C5E9F59184BE51FD9DA519772508481AA42BE110B9D5B8F64847A0E2FDDB80B056B0C882B44C4E.htm" target="_blank"><img height="282" alt="" src="http://www.virtualjerusalem.com/nofei/images/nofei_01.gif" width="650" border="0"></a> <a href="http://trailer.web-view.net/Links/0X955280C82DBC35DAA096423323A2BC3D36E1477C7B030433C2CF722171E123A61EB820BE8C81B9211AA42BE110B9D5B8F64847A0E2FDDB80B056B0C882B44C4E.htm" target="_blank"><img height="259" alt="" src="http://www.virtualjerusalem.com/nofei/images/nofei_02.gif" width="650" border="0"></a> <a href="http://trailer.web-view.net/Links/0XC8E9AC7A47025FE9B34D8830F9F36408B1726B4A8F89B148163E6E423CC5CA9523E4E0A0CDB875BD1AA42BE110B9D5B8F64847A0E2FDDB80B056B0C882B44C4E.htm" target="_blank"><img height="368" alt="" src="http://www.virtualjerusalem.com/nofei/images/nofei_03.gif" width="650" border="0"></a> http://777alijah777.multiply.com/journal/item/47/47 Tue, 7 Oct 2008 16:39:56 -0000 Open the Temple Mount to Jewish Prayer! <img class="alignmiddleb" src="http://images.richsoil.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SIQxvQoKCGMAAGZIVR41/JerusalemDawn-Watercolor.jpg?et=j7yakQ7PliD7xm3BKkPTjw&nmid=0" border="0">     <a href="http://www.petitiononline.com/har1/petition.html">http://www.petitiononline.com/har1/petition.html</a> Open the Temple Mount to Jewish Prayer! <blockquote>  </blockquote> <hr width="20%"> <blockquote> To:  The State of Israel The Temple Mount is the holiest place in the world to the Jewish people; yet Jews are denied the right to pray in groups, and even as individuals; this refusal is accompanied by their constant degradation, and they are granted no opportunity for any religious expression whatsoever on the Temple Mount. It is our position that if the stature of the Jews on the Temple Mount were to change positively, in a manner that would reflect their status as law-abiding citizens, sons of the nation that is sovereign on the Mountain and as people who have basic human rights in the Jewish state, then the standing of the State of Israel would immediately improve. This would effect a positive change for the benefit and security of all its citizens. Ever since the Six Day War, many Jews to whom the Temple Mount is precious (and what Jew does not hold the Temp... http://777alijah777.multiply.com/journal/item/46/Open_the_Temple_Mount_to_Jewish_Prayer_ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:59:18 -0000 Nefesh B'Nefesh - Nefesh b'nefesh US & Canada calendar of events http://777alijah777.multiply.com/links/item/8/Nefesh_BNefesh_-_Nefesh_bnefesh_US_Canada_calendar_of_events Mon, 5 May 2008 11:48:53 -0000 Ted Pearce http://777alijah777.multiply.com/music/item/47/Ted_Pearce Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:52:50 -0000 Aliyah I am thankful to have found your group. I am learning about Aliyah and readying to go to Jerusalem as soon as I am able. Would like to connect here and learn and make some lasting friends. Shknh http://777alijah777.multiply.com/journal/item/39/Aliyah Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:08:32 -0000 "Kadosh" Holy Unto You - Prg#15D-dance http://777alijah777.multiply.com/video/item/8/Kadosh_Holy_Unto_You_-_Prg15D-dance Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:29:01 -0000 "Yaweh Is Holy" http://777alijah777.multiply.com/video/item/7/Yaweh_Is_Holy_ Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:18:06 -0000 40 Iranian Jews Arrive in Israel After Secret Departure from Iran 40 Iranian Jews Arrive in Israel After Secret Departure from Iran 40 Iranian Jews secretly left home as part of a covert operation run by the quasi-governmental Jewish Agency and arrived safely in Israel as new immigrants. The flight was routed through a third country that Israeli officials have refused to identify. Although it's the largest Iranian immigration to Israel since the fall of the Shah, it's a tiny percentage of the estimated 25,000 Jews remaining in Iran. http://777alijah777.multiply.com/journal/item/34/40_Iranian_Jews_Arrive_in_Israel_After_Secret_Departure_from_Iran Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:27:34 -0000 Aliyah & Integration Homepage http://777alijah777.multiply.com/links/item/7/Aliyah_Integration_Homepage Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:25:23 -0000 To My Beloved, Israel <A href="http://bettyseiley.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R0OqpAoKCmQAABwEIrM1"><IMG class=alignleft src="http://images.bettyseiley.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R0OqpAoKCmQAABwEIrM1/angelorbswailingwall.jpg?et=iQ6Hu36Vs%2BCnlmor1v8ZeA" border=0></A>To My Beloved, Israel, I say unto you, How I love thee, how My heart longs for thee, you who are the apple of My eye! My watch over you is continuous, never-ending, for I have watchmen set upon thy walls who give Me no rest day or night, crying unto Me for your protection, your deliverance, and your peace. My watchmen pray for the peace of Jerusalem, and they will not become weary in prayer for you. I have set My angelic hosts around you, as in the days of Elisha, so that there are more with you than with any of your enemies. Michael, the archangel, the protector of Israel, is forever standing watch over you. Fear only the Lord your God, for this is the beginning of wisdom. Be strong, and of good courage, be not afraid, of what man can do to you, for I am with you and I fight for you. Listen only to My voice, not the voice of a stranger, for I will guide you in the way that you should go and hold you in My everlasting arms. I have engraved you on the palms of My hands, and my thoughts to... http://777alijah777.multiply.com/journal/item/31/To_My_Beloved_Israel Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:49:41 -0000 Israel, My Love Album of pictures of Israel and the love of the Father and Jesus, the Son, for http://777alijah777.multiply.com/photos/album/3/Israel_My_Love_ Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:34:47 -0000 Jerusalem, City of David http://777alijah777.multiply.com/photos/album/2/Jerusalem_City_of_David Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:46:15 -0000 New Online Business Directory for Olim   New Online Business Directory for Olim   by Gil Ronen <IMG height=106 alt="" src="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/static/pictures/resized/136-106/21/21467.jpg" width=136> Nefesh B'N<A href="http://trailer.web-view.net/Links/0XFFB019B5899C5CF7C17B14C5C5D5D5124601E737BDF8843D85CD1BE5C808232E6E2817A262588058465080BFF7E857F898773E55A45E1CE7CA7CC5A36F3EAB7A.htm" target=_top></A>efesh, the organization dedicated to revitalizing Aliyah from the U.S., Canada and the UK, has launched a new <A href="http://trailer.web-view.net/Links/0XA717D83B352251383956B889180583B93A38A64F5FD152306456317EE2B6FDAE682F2C0833D76C52465080BFF7E857F898773E55A45E1CE7CA7CC5A36F3EAB7A.htm" target=_top>online business directory</A>, providing English speakers in Israel with listings of services offered nationwide as well as special discounts for Olim (immigrants) who came to Israel with <A href="http://trailer.web-view.net/Links/0XF019B2FED9F1ED6E28DCADDB60997C35B35CC100E88CD6B5D9F553F0FED0A1711642E418D558547D465080BFF7E857F898773E55A45E1CE7CA7CC5A36F3EAB7A.htm" target=_top>Nefesh B'Nefesh</A>. The site highlights businesses operated by Nefesh B'Nefesh Olim and enables all Israeli businesses to advertise their services to Olim free of charge. The website contains a services directory in English as well as a yellow-pages type listing of businesses and services run by Nefesh B'Nefesh Olim. Businesses not owned by Nefesh B'Nefesh Olim that wish to be listed on the site may also do so free of charge, provided they offer discounts to new immigrants. The directory is intended to help people obtain a wide range of services at the most affordable prices, including gardening, h<A href="http://trailer.web-view.net/Links/0X98C25BDDE11A86E9F5D9D8089C6B8358FDC1482042F17806523F81C9390209BBB5A2902FB3E76857465080BFF7E857F898773E55A45E1CE7CA7CC5A36F3EAB7A.htm" target=_top><IMG height=42 alt=" " src="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/static/images/q_top.png" width=160> ["It's a] win-win si... http://777alijah777.multiply.com/journal/item/27/New_Online_Business_Directory_for_Olim Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:14:21 -0000 "EVERYTHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME IS IN ISRAEL" <IMG height=25 alt="Star of david blue" src="http://maoz.convio.net/images/content/pagebuilder/11363.gif" width=25 align=left border=0>"EVERYTHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME IS IN ISRAEL" A five-week-old baby and an elderly 93-year-old woman - these are the youngest and oldest of the 215 olim who arrived this week in Israel from North America to make aliyah. Some will join their families already here, while others have left behind family, friends, their property and homes and the "good life" of America in order to realize their Zionist dream. Lee Diskind, the eldest of the new immigrants, said this week that at the age of 93 she is fulfilling her dream. Her son has been living in Israel for more than 30 years and now she can be close to him and his children and grandchildren. "He pushed me to make aliyah. Now I am doing it. <IMG height=270 src="http://maoz.convio.net/images/content/pagebuilder/23000.jpg" width=210 border=0> I waited for this for 93 years, it is a dream come true." She plans to spend her time in Israel mostly with grandchildren and great grandchildren rather than learning Hebrew. It seems that aliyah at an advanced age is a family tradition: her father made aliyah when he was 90 and lived ... http://777alijah777.multiply.com/journal/item/26/EVERYTHING_THATS_IMPORTANT_TO_ME_IS_IN_ISRAEL Sat, 15 Sep 2007 03:46:12 -0000 Shavei Israel http://777alijah777.multiply.com/links/item/6/Shavei_Israel Sun, 9 Sep 2007 14:28:00 -0000 Bnei Menashe Immigrants Visit Kotel For the First Time   Bnei Menashe Immigrants Visit Kotel For the First Time   by Arutz-7 Staff <IMG height=106 alt="" src="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/static/pictures/resized/136-106/22/22080.jpg" width=136> The <A href="http://trailer.web-view.net/Links/0X2DDAF6B944F65D90FC35BBD4F3B75DC36376063A3C12A02BCBE8F12DE0378EEC19F96E4271D63FB1DE88AB45D89F84B8AF0B07B843509774CA7CC5A36F3EAB7A.htm" target=_top>recent group of Bnei Menashe immigrants</A> from northeastern India, who made Aliyah (immigrated to Israel) last week, paid an emotional first visit to the Kotel (Western Wall) in Jerusalem Thursday.   Singing the verse from Jeremiah 31, "And your sons shall return to their borders", the group of 230 descendants of a Lost Tribe of Israel recited the daily afternoon and evening prayers in fluent Hebrew, with tears streaming down their cheeks. <IMG height=283 src="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Tolaim/ResizeImg.aspx?save=1&source=album&album=153&image=2004&a=377&b=1000" width=377> <IMG height=394 src="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Tolaim/ResizeImg.aspx?save=1&source=album&album=153&image=2002&a=377&b=1000" width=377> <IMG height=299 src="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Tolaim/ResizeImg.aspx?save=1&source=album&album=153&image=2003&a=377&b=1000" width=377> <IMG height=503 src="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Tolaim/ResizeImg.aspx?save=1&source=album&album=153&image=2001&a=377&b=1000" width=377> <IMG height=283 src="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Tolaim/ResizeImg.aspx?save=1&source=album&album=153&image=2000&a=377&b=1000" width=377>   The group was brought to Israel last week by the Jerusalem-based <A href="http://trailer.web-view.net/Links/0XEDC7C2FBCD777F895CD8D03F721A0CC5F2F3BEC289E0EB5CFC779CDA5C57424536374B64F84491D1DE88AB45D89F84B8AF0B07B843509774CA7CC5A36F3EAB7A.htm" target=_top>Shavei Israel</A> organization, which assists "lost Jews" seeking to return to the Jewish people. Once the immigrants had a chance to settle in, Shavei Israel organized buses to bring them to Jerusalem for a day of touring and sightseeing in the nation's capital.    "It was an extremely moving scene," said Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund. "As the Bnei Menas... http://777alijah777.multiply.com/journal/item/25/Bnei_Menashe_Immigrants_Visit_Kotel_For_the_First_Time Sun, 9 Sep 2007 14:27:07 -0000 Final Summer Aliyah Flight Brings 210 Americans Home To Israel   Final Summer Aliyah Flight Brings 210 Americans Home To Israel   by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz <IMG height=106 alt="" src="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/static/pictures/resized/136-106/19/19763.jpg" width=136> Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was on hand Tuesday morning to welcome to Israel 210 new immigrants from the US and Canada. Their arrival marks the end of a record summer for immigration from North America and Britain. <IMG height=254 src="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Tolaim/ResizeImg.aspx?save=1&source=album&album=157&image=1990&a=377&b=1000" width=377> The El Al "Carmel" plane has arrived! <IMG height=279 src="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Tolaim/ResizeImg.aspx?save=1&source=album&album=157&image=1989&a=377&b=1000" width=377> PM Olmert gives out the first 'Teudat Oleh' - New Immigrant Certificate The group of North American olim (immigrants to Israel) arrived by plane at Terminal One of the Ben-Gurion International Airport. Their flight was organized and chartered by <IMG height=37 alt=" " src="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/static/images/q_top.png" width=156> Their arrival marks the end of a record summer for immigration from North America and Britain. <IMG height=37 alt=" " src="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/static/images/q_bottom.png" width=156>Nefesh B'Nefesh (NBN), an organization dedicated to promoting Aliyah (Israeli immigration) among Western Jews. Tuesday's flight was the 15th of its kind since this March. Over the past six years, NBN has assisted some 12,000 people to immigrate to the Jewish State. <IMG height=500 src="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Tolaim/ResizeImg.aspx?save=1&source=album&album=157&image=1987&a=377&b=1000" width=377> "I am an Israeli" <IMG height=462 src="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Tolaim/ResizeImg.aspx?save=1&source=album&album=157&image=1975&a=377&b=1000" width=377> <IMG height=269 src="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Tolaim/ResizeImg.aspx?save=1&source=album&album=157&image=1991&a=377&b=1000" width=377> In addi... http://777alijah777.multiply.com/journal/item/24/Final_Summer_Aliyah_Flight_Brings_210_Americans_Home_To_Israel Tue, 4 Sep 2007 14:30:10 -0000 Negative Support f we take a hard look at the missteps and blunders we make in life, we will find one common denominator in most of these actions: we always have support for what we do. This support helps us overcome objections or guilt by supplying an unending list of rationalizations to free us to pursue our agenda. The source of this support is the yetzer hara (evil inclination) which joins us at birth and remains a challenge, for us to overcome until our last moment on this world. A situation in which we should be on guard, says the Chofetz Chaim, is where we know that someone has been guilty of thievery or some other form of monetary dishonesty. If the victim is someone who is close to us, then there is a strong natural urge to inform the person of what happened and to let him know the identity of the perpetrator. However, as we have learned, we can only relate such information for a constructive purpose, and only after fulfilling the necessary conditions. If the victim cannot retrieve his money a... http://777alijah777.multiply.com/journal/item/22/Negative_Support Mon, 3 Sep 2007 12:40:06 -0000 More Than 200 Bnei Menashe Arriving in Israel   More Than 200 Bnei Menashe Arriving in Israel   by Gil Ronen <IMG height=106 alt="" src="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/static/pictures/resized/136-106/21/21934.jpg" width=136> Seventy-eight members of India's Bnei Menashe community entered Israel by bus from Jordan on Thursday and 40 more were scheduled to arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport early Friday morning on an El Al flight from Mumbai (Bombay), according to <A href="http://trailer.web-view.net/Links/0XA7F3DC3DDE4CCEC801DF2A1A66546F86A63FE68CA6D84A4DB482B7A31F243D8DD8451B680928B5A4868C224CBCE9395D42134C61F5021751CA7CC5A36F3EAB7A.htm" target=_top>Shavei Israel</A> Chairman Michael Freund, whose organization organized the operation. Freund said that the "Aliyah" (Jewish immigration to Israel) operation had been coordinated with all relevant government authorities. The Bnei Menashe entered Israel on tourist visas and will undergo conversion to Judaism in Israel. Then they will receive permanent status as citizens. These details were worked out in an agreement with the former Interior Minister, Meir Sheetrit, who is now Minister of Construction and Housing. <IMG height=283 src="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Tolaim/ResizeImg.aspx?save=1&source=album&album=153&image=1855&a=377&b=1000" width=377> Bnei Menashe Children in Kiryat Arba Yigal Henshin, the Bnei Menashe community's president, said Friday: "This is a historical day for us. We have come home." The Bne... http://777alijah777.multiply.com/journal/item/21/More_Than_200_Bnei_Menashe_Arriving_in_Israel Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:54:50 -0000 NBN Aliyah - Up, Up and Away!   NBN Aliyah - Up, Up and Away! by Hana Levi Julian <IMG height=90 alt="" src="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/static/pictures/resized/136-106/13/13512.jpg" width=115> Another El Al flight with of North American olim (new immigrants) touched down at Ben Gurion International Airport Monday morning. Some 50 new Israeli citizens, brought to you by the Nefesh b’Nefesh (NbN) aliyah organization, were greeted by the cheers of relatives and friends. A much bigger group is set to arrive Tuesday. Three charter flights from the U.S., Canada and UK will touch down almost simultaneously, landing within half an hour of each other at Ben Gurion International Airport, with hundreds of new English-speaking olim to add to the Jewish melting pot. Two of the flights are coming from opposite sides of the Atlantic; one charter from the UK and one from the United States. According to the organization's website, by September 3rd the organization will have brought a total 15 groups from the U.S., Canada and the UK. Former Ambassador to the U.S. Danny Ayalon, who recently joined NBN, said that the org... http://777alijah777.multiply.com/journal/item/19/NBN_Aliyah_-_Up_Up_and_Away Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:43:58 -0000 200 North American Olim Arrive in Israel 200 North American Olim Arrive in Israel Nefesh B'Nefesh's second summer chartered aliyah [immigration] flight, through El AL airlines, arrived in Israel Tuesday morning [July 31]. The flight brought 200 new immigrants from North America. The oldest immigrant is 90 and the youngest is four months old. Sixteen US states and 3 Canadian provinces were represented. The new immigrants will be moving to 28 cities throughout Israel. Among the immigrants was Kevin Schreiber of New York, a pediatrician who arrived in Israel with his wife and three children. Schreiber brought with him a 250-year-old Torah [Gen.–Deut.] scroll which originated in an ancient Krakow synagogue. The scroll was hidden in an ancient books' library during World War II and forgotten there, until a relative of Schreiber found it during a trip to Poland in 1988 and decided to take it with him to the United States. The scroll finally landed in its final destination Tuesday. Over the course of the summer, more than 2,200 North... http://777alijah777.multiply.com/journal/item/15/200_North_American_Olim_Arrive_in_Israel_ Sat, 4 Aug 2007 07:23:30 -0000 Home of the Aliyah Revolution! http://777alijah777.multiply.com/links/item/4/Home_of_the_Aliyah_Revolution Fri, 3 Aug 2007 13:32:10 -0000 24-Hour Delay of Airport Strike Allows 600 French Olim to Arrive 24-Hour Delay of Airport Strike Allows 600 French Olim to Arrive   by Ezra HaLevi <IMG height=106 alt="" src="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/static/pictures/resized/136-106/21/21590.jpg" width=136> More than 600 French Jews arrived together in Israel Wednesday, thankful that the looming airport strike did not postpone their Aliyah (immigration to Israel). The <A target=_top>two chartered flights</A>, one from Marseilles and one from Paris, touched down at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport Wednesday morning. <IMG height=283 src="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Tolaim/ResizeImg.aspx?save=1&source=album&album=122&image=1597&a=377&b=1000" width=377> French immigrants landing at Ben Gurion airport Photo: Kobi Selah The flights were organized by AMI (Aliyah et Meilleure Integration) and the Jewish Agency and marked the largest arrival of French Jews immigrating to the Jewish State in decades. AMI is a French Aliyah assistance organization modeled after Nefesh B’Nefesh, which is active in English-speaking countries. The new immigrants were welcomed by crowds of French Jews already living in Israel, as well as by Aliyah activists and enthusiasts from around the country. President Shimon Peres, Absorption Minister Yaakov Edri and Jewish Agency C... http://777alijah777.multiply.com/journal/item/14/24-Hour_Delay_of_Airport_Strike_Allows_600_French_Olim_to_Arrive Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:17:55 -0000 Photo Essay: Summer of Record N. American Aliyah Begins   Photo Essay: Summer of Record N. American Aliyah Begins   by Ezra HaLevi <IMG height=106 alt="" src="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/static/pictures/resized/136-106/21/21416.jpg" width=136> The first of the summer's seven chartered flights of Western olim (immigrants to Israel) arrived Tuesday morning at Ben Gurion Airport. [video:122898] <IMG height=283 src="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Tolaim/ResizeImg.aspx?save=1&source=album&album=123&image=1503&a=377&b=1000" width=377> The sight greeting the new arrivals at the old Terminal 1 arrivals hall <IMG height=413 src="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Tolaim/ResizeImg.aspx?save=1&source=album&album=123&image=1444&a=377&b=1000" width=377> "Aliyah Revolution - It Has Begun!" <IMG height=464 src="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Tolaim/ResizeImg.aspx?save=1&source=album&album=123&image=1501&a=377&b=1000" width=377> "Welcome Home Bubbie and Zayde" <IMG height=305 src="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Tolaim/ResizeImg.aspx?save=1&source=album&album=123&image=1443&a=377&b=1000" width=377> Bubbie and Zayde (Grandma & Grandpa) step off the plane <IMG height=473 src="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Tolaim/ResizeImg.aspx?save=1&source=album&album=123&image=1461&a=377&b=1000" width=377> "It's never too late to come home" reads Bubbie's T-Shirt <IMG height=503 src="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Tolaim/ResizeImg.aspx?save=1&source=album&album=123&image=1500&a=377&b=1000" width=377> Grandmother and grandchild reuinited in the Holy Land “I feel like I won the lottery!” exclaimed an ecstatic Miri Gantsher as she made her way with her husband David and six kids through the gauntlet of cheering IDF soldiers and well-wishers welcoming her to Israel. Gantsher has left Monsey, NY. A friend met her on the tarmac with a warm embrace and a bouquet. <IMG height=346 src="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Tolaim/ResizeImg.aspx?save=1&source=album&album=123&image=1494&a=377&b=1000" width=377> Miri Gantsher is greeted upon arrival with a warm embrace Yitzchak and Rivkah Gonzales have looked forward to the move fo... http://777alijah777.multiply.com/journal/item/12/Photo_Essay_Summer_of_Record_N._American_Aliyah_Begins Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:40:34 -0000 Why We Chose to Make Aliyah   <H1 align=center>Why We Chose to Make Aliyah</H1> by Rabbi Zev M. Shandalov We finally shared with everyone our good news. About one week ago, we let the rest of the world in on a little secret that our family had known for well over two years. We finally could share with everyone our good news: we were going to make Aliyah. As the Rabbi of a synagogue in Chicago, and being very involved in the community, I was concerned that the reaction would be a very mixed one. On the one hand, I hoped that people would be happy for us, but on the other hand, I expected some negative feedback. I was pleasantly surprised when the "positive" comments were 99% of the reaction. However, I must say that one comment caught me a little off guard. <IMG height=37 src="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/static/images/q_top.png" width=156> For a moment, I hesitated in my reply. <IMG height=37 src="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/static/images/q_bottom.png" width=156> One man approached me shortly after the conclusion of the Shabbat on which I "announced" and, after verifying that he had heard correctly, that indeed we were making Aliyah, he posed a one word question: "Why?" For a moment, I hesita... http://777alijah777.multiply.com/journal/item/11/Why_We_Chose_to_Make_Aliyah Mon, 2 Jul 2007 13:19:06 -0000