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	Israel Stoppt Zuzug Athiopischer Falaschmura August 24, 2008 Gelobtes, fernes Land VON INGE GÜNTHER Jerusalem. Eigentlich kann sich Masaret Assafa (32) glücklich schätzen.


	Georgian Olim to Receive Grant for Basic Provisions August 24, 2008 By HAVIV RETTIG Some 100 olim fled the fighting in Georgia since its outbreak on August 8.


	Jerusalem & Babylon / Loving Aliyah, Hating the New Immigrant August 22, 2008 By Anshel Pfeffer Two relatives embrace as a flight from Georgia lands atTel Aviv's Ben-Gurion Airport two weeks ago (Dan Keinan) Last week, a group of Israelis stood around the


	PMO: No Decision yet on Bnei Menashe August 21, 2008 By HAVIV RETTIG A Bnei Menashe member visits the Western Wall Photo: Ariel Jerozolimski Government officials tried to dampen expectations Wednesday, following a report that Prime


	From Tbilisi To Tel Aviv August 20, 2008 A Georgian woman, above, tears up upon her arrival in Israel last week Brian Hendler, Getty Images By Stewart Ain A total of 90 Jews from war-ravaged Georgia have made aliyah in the


	Olmert Decides: Thousands of Bnei Menashe Will Come to Israel August 20, 2008 By Eli Bardenstein In a historic decision, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has decided that all 7,232 members of the tribe of Bnei Menashe who are living in northern India will be allowed


	Anatomy of an Aid Effort: Rescue and Relief in Georgia August 19, 2008 By Grant Slater Rosa Jinjikhashvili, the last Jew remaining in the Ossetian capitalof Tskhinvali, stands on the ruins of her home. She is living in a summer house next door.


	Georgian 'Olim' Happy to be Home August 19, 2008 CBNNNews.com - JERUSALEM, Israel - Seventy-five new immigrants [olim chadashim in Hebrew] who fled the Russian offensive in Georgia are happy to be home.


	Georgian Olim: We're Home August 18, 2008 Israel absorbs 75 new immigrants from Georgia during past week in wake of war; Immigrant Absorption Ministry approves assistance plan for newcomers; one immigrant says he'll do


	Small-Scale Aliya from War-Torn Georgia Continues August 18, 2008 By HAVIV RETTIG A Georgian man in front of a destroyed building in thevillage of Ruisi, near South Ossetia, Tuesday (Photo: AP ) Sixty-seven Georgian Jews have made aliya since the


	2 Agencies Help Jews Displaced In Georgia Fighting August 17, 2008 By ELIZABETH HAMILTON As relief agencies pour into the Caucasus region to help tens of thousands of people displaced by the recent fighting between Russia and Georgia, the Jewish


	Israel Declares End to Ethiopian Immigration August 17, 2008 Thousands of Africans still declare links of ethnicity, backed by U.S.


	Sweden Jewish Community Hosts 30 Disabled Israeli Kids August 17, 2008 By SHELLY PAZ Members of Malmo's Jewish community sit with one of the children they hosted Sunday Photo: Ester Siton Thirty children with disabilities and chronic or genetic


	Flee for Safety or Guard Home? August 15, 2008 By Grant Slater Bella Pshavtoshvili, 18, fled the Russia-Georgia fighting in her hometown in South Ossetia.


	Pacifists Assail Israel Scouts for Recruiting Army Enlistees Overseas August 15, 2008 By Cnaan Liphshiz Local pacifists this week sharply criticized the Israel Scouts movement for recruiting ex-Israelis and Diaspora Jews to enlist into the Israeli military, saying its


	From War-Ravaged Georgia to a Jordan Valley Kibbutz August 15, 2008 By Eli Ashkenazi The Mamashvili family - Vazha, 39, Irina, 29, and their two children - arrived on Thursday from Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, and went directly to their new home


	Jerusalem and Babylon -- '80% of Georgian Jews Want to Move to Israel - Just Not Yet' August 15, 2008 By Anshel Pfeffer TBILISI - On Wednesday evening, Rossiko Harnavi stood at the entrance to the Israeli Embassy in Tbilisi waiting to receive the longed-for visa that would enable her


	Israelis Open Arms to Georgian Jews August 15, 2008 Displaced Georgians Contemplate Whether to Stay in Israel or Return Home By RACHEL LEBOWITZ Left to right: Iakobiashvili Shota, the booth manager for the festival; David


	Jüdische Flüchtline aus Georgien August 15, 2008 Bisher war die georgische Stadt Gori an der Grenze zu Südossetien vor allem als Geburtsort von Josef Stalin bekannt, doch aus jüdischer Sicht hat der Ort seit dem Ausbruch


	It's the Economy, 'Tipesh' August 14, 2008 By CHAIM I WAXMAN American Jews make aliya Photo: Ariel Jerozolimski [file] America's Jews enjoy relatively high socioeconomic status.