IsraelNationalRadio Programming Director Yishai Fleisher, on a speaking tour in the U.S., is making waves with his heart-to-heart calls for Jews to return home on aliyah [immigration to Israel].
On Thursday, Fleisher was hosted by Nachum Segal on the "JM in the AM" morning radio show, widely heard throughout the New York area. The two discussed Fleisher's experiences in Gush Katif before and after the expulsion, and some of the positive lessons the religious-Zionist public learned in its aftermath.
He praised those Jews of the U.S. who recognize the goodness and blessing of the U.S. - and choose to make aliyah to Israel, the "destiny of the Jewish People," nonetheless. Fleisher further described G-d's pleasure in "having all His children at home."
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A week earlier, the Israel National Radio host addressed a group in the Ahavas Israel Congregation in Passaic, New Jersey, speaking on, "How is a Jew to Celebrate The 4th of July?" The speech, which also outlined his and his wife Malka's ideology and activities on behalf of aliyah in and outside of Israel, can be seen at
http://www.kumah.org/2008/07/yishai-speaks-in-passaic-nj.html .
Yishai also spoke at the 1st World Conference of the Noahide Nations in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and at the Moses Montefiore Anshe Emunah Congregation in Baltimore, Maryland. The topic: "Aliyah to Israel: A Modern Haven or Mandated From Heaven?"