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Highlights from 2006

Over the years, the Jewish Agency has highlighted many of the activities of Operation Promise, including enhancing the lives of new immigrants from Ethiopia and the FSU.

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	Summer Camp Leads to MASA/Israel Journey May 21, 2006 / 23 Iyar 5766 Irina Merzlykh: "I grew up as a proud Russian in Moscow, entrenched in Russian culture.


	President Katsav Hosts Parents of Lone Soldiers May 9, 2006 / 11 Iyar 5766 A reception was held at the President's House on May 8th to honor lone soldiers and their visiting parents.


	Lone Soldiers Reunite with Parents May 4, 2006 / 6 Iyar 5766 130 parents from the former Soviet Union, whose children have made aliyah and are now serving in the IDF, arrived on May 2nd, the eve of Independence Day.


	For Our Soldiers May 3, 2006 / 5 Iyar 5766 New immigrants from Ethiopia, who are currently residing at the "Galilee" absorption center at Kibbutz Ayelet HaShachar, distributed holiday gift packages to soldiers and


	Bat Mitvah Visit to Mevaseret Absorption Center April 20, 2006 / 22 Nissan 5766 Former USA ambassador to Italy and Austria, Mr. Mel Sembler of St.


	Trustees of the Weinberg Foundation Visit Ben-Shemen Youth Village April 9, 2006 / 11 Nissan 5766 On Monday, April 4, as part of their trip to Israel, seven trustees of the Weinberg Foundation in Baltimore visited the Ben-Shemen Youth Village.


	Neiger Family greets new immigrants April 5, 2006 / 7 Nissan 5766 The Neiger family from Ohio, USA held Israeli flags as they greeted 100 new immigrants from Ethiopia at the Ben Gurion Airport.


	Operation Promise March 16, 2006 / 16 Adar 5766 A delegation of leaders from the Jewish Federations of North America, the UJC (United Jewish Communities), and prominent donors were accompanied by Jewish Agency


	ORT Alon – Yokneam and Jewish Agency Join to Aid Ethiopian Jewish Community March 13, 2006 / 13 Adar 5766 The ORT Alon School in Yokneam has a tradition of partnership with the Jewish Agency for Israel, which has assisted in many fields, including providing funds for books


	Camp Havaya in the Ukraine March 6, 2006 / 6 Adar 5766 This month marked the conclusion of Camp Havaya 2006 in Dnepropetrovsk, in which 300 students from the 'Levi Yitzchak Schneerson' Ohr Avner School participated.


	Scholarships Granted to Kavkazi Students at the Altshul Absorption Center February 26, 2006 / 28 Shevat 5766 On February 20, the Altshul immigrant absorption center held a ceremony awarding Eleanor Voss scholarships to 14 Kavkazi (Caucasus Mountain region) students from


	Thirty Years of Ethiopian Aliyah


	Tu B'Shevat Celebrations February 13, 2006/ Shevat 15, 5766 Tu Bishvat plantings with 80 Young Judaeans from the 2005-6 Year Course at Neurim last week, while visiting us.


	From Chicago to Kiev February 9, 2006 / Shevat 11, 5766 The following is a report from Noa Ben-Yishai in Kiev, Ukraine: On Thursday, we received a visit from a delegation of rabbis from the Chicago Federation


	Employment Workshop February 2, 2006 / 4 Shevat, 5756 The immigrants at the Jewish Agency's Tzahal 9 Absorption Center completed this week a three-month employment workshop.


	Amazing Recovery January 31, 2006 / 2 Shevat, 5766 Lejallem Shamma arrived in Israel a very sad and pathetic little boy.


	Kibbutzim Seminar in Safed January 2, 2006 / 2 Tevet, 5766 Students at the Kibbutzim Seminar in Tel Aviv decided to do something to help new immigrants. With the assistance of Mrs. Sara Cohen of Safed and Mrs.