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Israel Alert Newsletter
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23 Shvat 5772
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February 16, 2012
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The Oldest Couple to Make Aliyah!
The oldest couple ever to make aliyah landed in Israel on Tuesday from Baltimore. Welcome to Israel, Phillip and Dorothy Grossman, ages 95 and 93!
They are part of a Nefesh B’Nefesh group with more than 40 other new immigrants from North America. The Grossmans immediately headed for their new home in Jerusalem.
“We love Israel and we are very excited about our Aliyah,” said Dorothy Grossman. “We are also extremely happy that we can live close to all our family in Israel.”
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Let Israel Defend Itself Against Iran
Watch this important video of Naftali Bennett, former Chief of Staff to Benjamin Netanyahu, who urges President Obama’s administration to either stop Iran, or let Israel do the job.
Naftali Bennett is successful Israeli businessman, political activist and advisor. After his IDF service, he received a Law Degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He took part in the Second Lebanon War and then joined Benjamin Netanyahu, serving as his Chief of Staff from 2006–2008.
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How to Demonize Israel in “Every Classroom”
In a breakout session of the “Academic Boycott of Israel” initiative, Amy Kaplan, professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania spoke about how teachers can most effectively demonize Israel in every classroom as well as the “positive aspects” of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
A member of the audience asked Kaplan how teachers could incorporate ways of de-legitimizing Israel “especially, I guess, when the course is not dealing directly with material that has to do with Palestine?”
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Plant Fruit Trees in Israel!
Israel has just celebrated the New Year for Trees
Now is the ideal time for planting Fruit Trees in the Land of Israel!
Spring is just around the corner, as we begin to see the beautiful Fruit Trees of Israel start the budding process. Soon the trees will blossom into magnificent expressions of bounty and beauty!
Please join our project, in partnership with Zo Artzeinu (“this is our Land”), to plant Fruit Trees in Israel – A Very Good Deed!
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