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In the News From 2006

The world press has chronicled the Jewish Agency's efforts to assist Ethiopian and FSU immigrants from their petition to move to Israel through the formal stages of immigration.

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	Grooming youths to lead February 19, 2006 Russian Jews learn new skills BY SNEJANA FARBEROV DAILY NEWS WRITER All over the city, local teens spend hour after hour glued to the TV, using the excuse, "There's nothing to do.


	Racing To Rescue Falash Mura February 17, 2006 Mission participants in Ethiopia say Jewish community must bring them to Israel ‘as quickly as possible.


	Ethiopians wait to immigrate as Israel, U.S. Jews plan their future February 16, 2006 Uriel HeilmanKafale Aviaw, right, who left Ethiopia for Israel nearly six years ago,is now in the IDF.


	From simplicity to modernity: The journey from Africa to Zion February 16, 2006 Uriel Heilman Falash Mura kids take a Hebrew class in the Gondar compound.


	Falash Mura immigration stalled by cost, doubt over Jewish identity February 16, 2006 Uriel Heilman Falash Mura in Gondar wait in line for food distributedby a program funded by the North American Conferenceon Ethiopian Jewry.


	Final list of Falash Mura olim hampered by inefficiency, abuse February 16, 2006 Uriel Heilman This villager in Ethiopia's Gojam province is among thethousands who might be classified as Falash Mura buthave yet to contact the Israeli government.


	Mission to Ethiopia confounds and commits federation leaders February 16, 2006 UJCA group of 150 new Falash Mura arrivals is welcomed toIsrael after landing at Ben Gurion Airport on Feb. 8.


	Fleeing famine and fighting: How Ethiopians got to Israel February 16, 2006 Uriel Heilman An Ethiopian cemetery outside Gondar, used by Falash Mura. The only tombstones are those erected by family members whohave returned to visit after moving to Israel.


	Jewish presence still persists in remote highlands of Ethiopia February 16, 2006 Uriel Heilman This bombed-out tank in Tigray is residue of an Ethiopiancivil war between Ethiopia´s government and the TigreanPeople´s Liberation Front.


	Helping Ethiopians’ image in Israel February 15, 2006 The Israeli government and the Jewish Agency for Israel are launching an ad campaign to boost the image of Ethiopians in the Jewish state.


	Gov't investing in Ethiopian image February 14, 2006 By HILARY LEILA KRIEGER Photo: IDF Government officials launched a campaign Monday to improve the image of Ethiopians at an event marking 30 years of aliya from the east African


	Juifs Éthiopiens : Promesse tenue ? February 13, 2006 Nina Levy-Strauss pour Guysen Israël News Une nouvelle campagne destinée à sensibiliser la société israélienne aux problèmes d’intégration des juifs éthiopiens a été lancée ce


	Campaign aims to boost Ethiopians' image February 13, 2006 New media campaign launched by government aims at changing Ethiopians' image among Israelis, in a bid to help improve their employment prospects Miri


	Ethiopian Jews long for Promised Land February 11, 2006 But many now in Addis Ababa may not be eligible to immigrate to Israel By EDMUND SANDERSLos Angeles


	Out of Africa: Israeli pilot to tell of rescue missions February 10, 2006 By: Rick Hellman, Editor Ethiopian Jews disembark in Israel during the 1991 'Operation Solomon.


	Video from Operation Promise Leadership Mission to Ethiopia February 9, 2006 Here's a link to beautiful video produced in Israel by Glenn Rosenkrantz with Noam Shalev of Highlight Films Ltd. http://www.highlight.co.il/ujc/master-op-ujc.wmv ...


	Talk about exodus February 9, 2006 David Rubien, Chronicle Staff Writer Twenty-one years after trekking 430 miles on foot with his family from northern Ethiopia to Sudan, then getting flown to Israel, Yossi Vassa is


	150 Falash Mura realize the 'Promise' February 9, 2006 By TALYA HALKIN Ethiopians protest in front of the Prime Minister's Office demanding that the Falash Mura be brought to Israel.


	Keeping the promise February 9, 2006 by: Leslie Bunder Operation Promise A project to help all the remaining Jews in Ethiopia emigrate to Israel has started.


	150 Ethiopian olim arrive in Israel February 8, 2006 By JPOST.


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