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	The Demise of Ideology April 28, 2008 By LEORA EREN FRUCHT Article in the Israel@60 anniversary issue, May 12, 2008 of The Jerusalem Report.


	Beit She’an Aiming To Get Younger April 22, 2008 By Douglas J. Guth Senior Staff Reporter Beit She’an leaders Lilach Melville, left, and Yoram Karin want to attract 500 new families to their region.


	Claims Conference Denies Ressuring Bielski on Survivor Disbursement April 18, 2008 By HAVIV RETTIG The Claims Conference is withholding funds for Jewish Agency programs until agency head Ze'ev Bielski recants his assertion that the conference is failing to


	J. Agency, Nefesh B'Nefesh Near Deal April 17, 2008 By HAVIV RETTIG New immigrants assisted by Nefesh B'Nefesh arrive at Ben Gurion Airport.


	BBC's Paschal Offering April 16, 2008 As we recall the Exodus from Egypt this Pesach, the BBC is set to mark the festival by looking at the cases of British Jews who have followed in the footsteps of their ancestors by


	Out Of Africa April 16, 2008 by Merri Rosenberg Westchester Hebrew High School students assist Ethiopian Jews making aliyah to Israel.


	Do-It-Yourself Jewish Learning April 16, 2008 by Walter Ruby Limmud-Moscow participant Yelena Berlin at breakfast.


	Limmud FSU Becomes Self-Sustaining and Spreads April 15, 2008 By Grant Slater Limmudniks at a retreat in Moscow participate in a Havdalah ceremony, April 11, 2008.


	Despite Delays, Aliyah Fair Still Meets with Success April 15, 2008 By Batsheva Lipschitz Occurring four months later than last year's November event, the fourth annual Yeshiva University Aliyah Fair was held on Wednesday night, March 26.


	From Gondar to Mevasseret, for Perhaps the Last Time April 15, 2008 By Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz Correspondent A Jewish community center in Ethiopia (Anshel Pfeffer) ADDIS ABABA - Holoager Kasa gathers her older children around her.


	Israel Is Losing Its Sovereignty April 15, 2008 By Haaretz Editorial The government decision to stop handling the immigration of the Falashmura starting in early June is a worthy move that comes much too late.


	Falashmura Group Vows to Close Camp if Israel Okays Aliyah April 15, 2008 By Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz Correspondent GONDAR, Ethiopia - The director of the Falashmura compound in Gondar, Getu Zemene, is very worried.


	Teenagers Learn Meaning of 'Aliyah' in School Trip April 13, 2008 By Veronica Ouellette MAMARONECK, N.Y. - Nili Yaari's notebook is filled with sketches of a house, a hand and other objects.


	Compound's Requirement - Skullcaps and Prayer April 13, 2008 By Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz Correspondent GONDAR, Ethiopia - Three times a day, the Falashmura gather to pray in a synagogue in their main compound in this city. The 7 A.M.


	Falashmura dream of aliyah fades as deadline approaches April 13, 2008 By Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz Correspondent Falashmura community members at a refugee camp in Gondar. (Anshel Pfeffer) GONDAR - Walelah Alemo last saw her granddaughter four years ago.


	Digging deeper in Ethiopia April 12, 2008 By Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz Correspondent ADDIS ABABA - In the old Falasha village of Ambober, 15 kilometers outside Gondar, there are only Christians living today.


	Tax so taxing for new olim April 11,


	Arbit will replace Wexler as UIA chair April 11, 2008 A nominating committee has selected Bruce Arbit to replace Richard Wexler as chairman of the United Israel Appeal.


	Aliya fair wins over ex-Israelis April 11, 2008 By Michal Lando Nine months pregnant with her second child, Rivi is impatient these days. She has the nerves of a woman about to give birth, but there is something else, too.


	The Success of Zionism April 10, 2008 As the State of Israel approaches its 60th birthday, the celebrations are being accompanied by soul-searching on the part of Israelis, as well as by many of its friends elsewhere, who