Minister of Absorption and Jerusalem Ze’ev Elkin visited Jerusalem’s Machon Meir (religious Zionist outreach organization and yeshiva) and spoke with new olim (immigrants to Israel) from France, Ethiopia and Russia, currently studying at the institution.
Elkin told the students that 25 years ago, when he arrived in Israel, the Minister chose to integrate religious and academic instruction in his own life. Just like them, he believed that religious acclimation in Israel is even more important than physical acclimation.