The extent of support for Jewish education in Jewish communities has risen in the past three months, states Ephraim Lapid, spokesman for the Jewish Agency. Although a parallel increase in immigration to Israel has not been noted, \"we believe that Jewish education is the long-range key, and the increased involvement in education is encouraging.\" Similarly, the number of Jewish-American students arriving on organized tours to Israel is also on the rise. \"This very week,\" Lapid told Arutz-7 today, \"500 people are here on solidarity trips, such as a program called \'Israel Now\' from the U.S., and 32 from Montreal. In addition, some 5,000 youths are here for a week, including a delegation from South Africa… 833 new immigrants will be arriving this week, including 12 from the U.S., 36 from Argentina, etc.\"
Some 5,000 people rallied yesterday outside the United Nations, demanding that the U.S. assist Israel in obliterating terrorism. The event featured prayers, songs, and speeches, together with the recitation by students of names of victims in the recent terrorist massacres in both Israel and the United States. Many participants waved small American and Israeli flags, or held aloft banners such as \"Take the War to Arafatistan\" and \"America and Israel - Real Friends, Shared Values.\" Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice President of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, had some demands of the U.S. government: \"No more aid of any form to the Palestinian Authority until the violence ends, no more tolerance of their excuses, no more of their lies, no more of their incitement... The rules that apply to the Taliban must apply to Arafat. Hamas, Hizbullah, Islamic Jihad are as interlocked with Al Qaeda as the Taliban.\"
Some 5,000 people rallied yesterday outside the United Nations, demanding that the U.S. assist Israel in obliterating terrorism. The event featured prayers, songs, and speeches, together with the recitation by students of names of victims in the recent terrorist massacres in both Israel and the United States. Many participants waved small American and Israeli flags, or held aloft banners such as \"Take the War to Arafatistan\" and \"America and Israel - Real Friends, Shared Values.\" Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice President of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, had some demands of the U.S. government: \"No more aid of any form to the Palestinian Authority until the violence ends, no more tolerance of their excuses, no more of their lies, no more of their incitement... The rules that apply to the Taliban must apply to Arafat. Hamas, Hizbullah, Islamic Jihad are as interlocked with Al Qaeda as the Taliban.\"