Over 600 young women gathered at the Renaissance Hotel in Jerusalem last night for an inspiring evening dedicated to North American Aliyah. The participants currently live abroad, mostly in the United States, and are studying in Israeli seminaries for a year or more. The event was organized by Aloh Naaleh, a grassroots group of prominent rabbis and laymen aimed at encouraging North American Jews to consider aliyah (immigration to Israel).
The young women, studying in any of close to 20 different institutions in Jerusalem and elsewhere in Israel, were treated to inspirational talks by Rabbi Sholom Gold of Jerusalem; Rabbi Meyer Fendel of Aloh Na'aleh; Dyonna Ginsburg, who studied in a one-year program a few years ago, has since made aliyah, studies in Hebrew University, and is active in Tehilla Tze'irah and Yavneh Olami; and Mrs. Shira Smiles, another recent new immigrant who teaches at two of the one-year institutions herself. Participants called each of the speakers "inspiring," talking of the centrality of the Land of Israel and of the opportunity that much of American Jewry seems to be missing. Musical entertainment was provided by Chaim Dovid and Band. Aloh Naaleh can be reached at .
The young women, studying in any of close to 20 different institutions in Jerusalem and elsewhere in Israel, were treated to inspirational talks by Rabbi Sholom Gold of Jerusalem; Rabbi Meyer Fendel of Aloh Na'aleh; Dyonna Ginsburg, who studied in a one-year program a few years ago, has since made aliyah, studies in Hebrew University, and is active in Tehilla Tze'irah and Yavneh Olami; and Mrs. Shira Smiles, another recent new immigrant who teaches at two of the one-year institutions herself. Participants called each of the speakers "inspiring," talking of the centrality of the Land of Israel and of the opportunity that much of American Jewry seems to be missing. Musical entertainment was provided by Chaim Dovid and Band. Aloh Naaleh can be reached at .