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Jewish Agency Treasurer Hagai Meirom (left) and Chairman Zeev Bielski visited Sahiban, wounded in a rocket attack on Ashkelon, and provide him with financial aid.

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	A Hand for Gilad March 30,


	WZO Children's Haggada Now in 15 Languages March 29, 2009 By MEL BEZALEL THE WORLD Zionist Organization children's Haggada is available in several languages this year, including Turkish, Photo: Courtesy This Pessah, it is hoped there will


	'Jewish Eurovision Song Contest' Dedicated to Gilad Shalit March 26, 2009 By Maureen Shamee BRUSSELS -- Songs written about Gilad Shalit will be featured at this weekend ‘Jewish Eurovision song contest’ in Brussels.


	Aliya Brings a High; Wealth also Helps, Study Shows March 26, 2009 By ELAN LUBLINER Choosing to live in Israel may be a significant indicator of an average Israeli's happiness, according to a recent study published on Wednesday by the Jerusalem


	The Politics of Rescue March 25, 2009 Editorial Fearful: The mother and son of Moshe al-Nahari mourn his murder in Raida, where many Jews live in fear but are reluctant to leave.


	Visitors to Yemen Report That Jews Are Reluctant To Be Rescued March 25, 2009 New Assessment at Odds With Communal Groups' Dire Warnings by Anthony Weiss In recent weeks, Jewish organizations have insisted that Yemen’s tiny Jewish population is in grave


	Mother of Slain French Jew Ilan Halimi Calls for Public Trial March 25, 2009 by Haaretz Service Ruth Halimi, at the funeral of her son Ilan (AP) The mother of slain Parisian Jew Ilan Halimi has called for a public trial so that her son's death "will not have


	Raichel Event with USD/Hagshama in JTA Photo Gallery March 23, 2009 Israeli musician Idan Raichel speaks at New York University on March 23, 2009 at an event sponsored by USD Hagshama, the student division of the World Zionist Organization.


	In Israel and at Home, a New Perspective March 23, 2009 Broadened Horizons BY LARRY LEVIN, PUBLISHER/CEO At the Western Wall (from left): Larry Levin, Jewish Light Publisher/CEO; Barbara Raznick, Director, Saul Brodsky Jewish Community


	Yemeni Jews Where to? Sana'a, United States, Israel, 110 Yemeni Jews to Travel to Israel March 21, 2009 Yemen Post Staff During the coming two weeks about half of the Jews of Yemen are to migrate to the United States according to the Israeli newspaper, Maariv,the reason for which they


	Advocacy Groups: Financial Crisis Leading to Immigration Surge from West March 20, 2009 by Raphael Ahren The financial crisis has "drastically" increased Western Jews' interest in immigrating to Israel, several immigration advocacy groups said this week.


	Secret Yemen Rescue Imperiled by Communal Turf Battles March 19, 2009 Leaks of Planned Operation Put Delicate Negotiations at Risk Escape: A group of Yemeni Jews arrived in Israel in February after a rescue mission whisked them out of the Arabian


	UJC to Pull 110 Jews out of Yemen March 19, 2009 By HAVIV RETTIG GUR Satmar Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum Photo: Courtesy The United Jewish Communities is working with the US State Department, local federations and the Hebrew Immigrant


	OU’s First-Ever Job & Aliyah Fair In Israel Draws Huge Crowd March 19, 2009 By Bayla Sheva Brenner Using the OU National Convention, held over Thanksgiving weekend, as a venue, the OU brought together English-speaking, job-seeking olim and potential olim


	Secret Emigration Effort for Yemenite Jews Imperiled March 18, 2009 By Uriel Heilman NEW YORK -- A secret operation to take imperiled Jews out of Yemen could be in jeopardy after news of the effort was made public.


	Secret Yemen Rescue Imperiled by Communal Turf Battles March 18, 2009 By Anthony Weiss Leaks of Planned Operation Put Delicate Negotiations at Risk A secret and delicate operation to evacuate a substantial portion of Yemen’s tiny and beleaguered Jewish


	Uzi Dayan - the Next Jewish Agency Chairman? March 17, 2009 By HAVIV RETTIG GUR Maj.-Gen. (Res.


	Gov't Considers New Ways to Entice Olim March 16, 2009 By MAYA SPITZER AND HAVIV RETTIG GUR New olim disembark at Ben Gurion Airport.


	What Does Gilad Schalit Have To Do With You? March 15, 2009 By DAVID BREAKSTONE Captured IDF soldier Gilad Schalit.Photo: Courtesy "Israeli or Jew?" I enquire of the soldiers sitting in front of me.


	5th Israel Apartheid Week Bigger than Ever March 12, 2009 by ELAN LUBLINER Anti-Israel protesters at York University last week Photo: Shira Gilboord/Hasbara The fifth annual Israel Apartheid Week, which ended on Sunday, was a more popular,