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 Aug 13 2008, 04:33 PM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 40 Joined: 4-December 05 Member No.: 2,069  |
Hi Everyone!
On Wednesday morning, August 13, 2008, I was at Ben-Gurion airport to greet the new olim that made aliyah from North America to Israel. There were 235 olim on the flight including 63 singles (including 43 joining the IDF) and 36 families with 93 children. The youngest oleh in the group is 5 months old and the oldest oleh is 96 years old. The flight also included 2 dogs and 3 cats. I took 356 pictures of the exciting event and I posted them online at: http://www.jr.co.il/pictures/israel/history/2008/a343.htm When the first page appears, press the F11 key to view the full length of the pictures. To move from page to page, use the navigation buttons on the bottom of the screen. May the aliyah from all over of the world grow and bring more Jews back to their homeland, Eretz Yisrael. Have a good day, Jacob |
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Aug 13 2008, 04:45 PM
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 Group: Members Posts: 35,359 Joined: 2-September 03 Member No.: 239 |
I spy with my little eye...one of the eidim on my wife's ketubah.
(I didn't see the h.com member...) |
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Aug 13 2008, 05:16 PM
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 Make Aliyah! Group: Members Posts: 7,812 Joined: 2-September 04 From: Back HOME! W00t! Member No.: 660 |
QUOTE (melech @ Aug 14 2008, 12:45 AM)  (I didn't see the h.com member...) The h.com member is on another flight from Toronto coming in tomorrow. (Sorry, no major ceremony.) Ypur's truly, on the other hand, was there, but once again manged to avoid the cameras (miraculously considering how many there are) with one close call. In photo 4984, Jacob captured a photo of my camera in the background, but not me. 
-------------------- There are a number of ideas that literally form the backbone of Judaism. Without knowledge of these ideas, it is virtually impossible to know how Judaism came to be as it is today, or how it functions. Unfortunately, however, the more important the idea, the less the average person knows about it. - Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, Handbook of Jewish Thought
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Aug 13 2008, 08:04 PM
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 Gabbai  Group: Members Posts: 809 Joined: 26-January 06 From: chicago, il Member No.: 2,285 |
what do their t-shirts say?
-------------------- Make aliyah, and live in the country where your forefathers walked.
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Aug 13 2008, 08:14 PM
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 ùbúntú  Group: Members Posts: 1,968 Joined: 5-December 04 Member No.: 864 |
QUOTE (rachel b. @ Aug 13 2008, 09:04 PM) what do their t-shirts say? Something to do with the army I think. -------------------- "Life is a combination of magic and pasta." -Federico Fellini  |
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Aug 13 2008, 08:21 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 40 Joined: 4-December 05 Member No.: 2,069 |
QUOTE (bigtoe @ Aug 14 2008, 04:14 AM) Something to do with the army I think. Yes, 43 of the olim are going into the army. The shirt says: Olim AL Madim Olim: people making aliyah AL: on Madim: is an army uniform Play on words. In essence they are making aliyah into the army. Have a good night, Jacob at 4:30 am Israel time |
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