Jewish Agency braces for aliya from Argentina

JPOST ^ | 12-20-01 | Etgar Lefkovits

[College Repub]

(20:15) Jewish Agency braces for aliya from Argentina
By Etgar Lefkovits

Jewish Agency offices in Argentina are on a high state of "aliya alert" in response to the economic crisis gripping the country.

The agency is bracing for the possibility of a wave of immigration from the 200,000 Jews who live in Argentina, Jewish Agency spokesman Yehuda Weinraub said today.

Widespread protests and looting continued to rage today, with at least 16 people reported killed in the past two days.

Jewish Agency offices in Argentina are staying open until midnight to cope with increased numbers of Argentinian Jews making inquiries, Weinraub said. He did not rule out the possibility of an air lift to Israel if needed.

Meanwhile, Jewish Agency Chairman Sallai Meridor, anticipating a dramatic increase in aliya from Argentina, called upon the government to approve a Jewish Agency program earmarking special assistance to immigrants from Argentina.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

a·li·yah (äl-ä, -l)
n. pl. a·li·yahs, also a·li·yot (äl-t)

The immigration of Jews into Israel.

[Pete]

Live few.

Not lookin' good.

[Pete]

Yikes. Freudian slip.

Live few = Live view (which may soon be live few). Phew!

[Bogie]

By the way, this is the real reason why the world supports the existance of the state of Israel. What if the mob turns its anger at the Jews who live there?

This problem is on the hands of the political leaders. They promise the world to promote their careers!

P.S. Does it sound a little like the Clinton administration?

[Salman]

notice, if you print things like this..you might get called an anti-semite.

Why? I'm Jewish, and it seems like a neutral informative story to me.

[rface]

.....if you print things like this..you might get called an anti-semite...

How do you figure?

on another note: This is a part of the Middle East equation that I bet nobody has thought through. How will the intoduction of so many more Jews into Israel effect the Israel vs. Palistine quagmire?

Ashland, Missouri

[goldstategop]

Yasser Arafat and Hamas And Islamic Jihad won't like this one bit. 200,000 more Jews coming into Israel? There goes the Oslo War...

[ambrose]

on another note: This is a part of the Middle East equation that I bet nobody has thought through. How will the intoduction of so many more Jews into Israel effect the Israel vs. Palistine quagmire?

Won't make a dent. The Arabs are outbreeding the Israeli Jews by a wide wide wide margin. By 2025, Jews will be in a minority over there.

[a_witness]

By 2025, Jews will be in a minority over there.

Jews are already a minority over there. There will be a separation from the Moslems.

[TopQuark]

notice, if you print things like this..you might get called an anti-semite.

You lost me with this remark. Why would you be called anti-semite?

It sounds to me like some charity or government agency in Israel tries to exploit the situation to raise money --- just like our charities and politicians do. What's anti-Semitic if you say so?

[Thinkin' Gal]

Jeremiah 30:10 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.

Homeward bound!

[OldFriend]

There are many many jewish people in Argentina.....when fleeing Europe oftentimes Argentina was the only open door.

[College Repub]

They don't call Israel the Jewish State for nothing. It was created as a safe haven for Jews should they become troubled in any other country or region like what happend in WWII during the Holocaust.

[College Repub]

http://www.geocities.com/bargfamily/argentina.html

[Lent]

Looks like it.

[NativeNewYorker]

Argentines of Italian and Spanish ancestry have been lining up for visas to their old homelands for many months now. This is just part of that pattern.

[onyx]

You always come through with the best!

[BushMeister]

I don't think things will get so bad that an appreciable number of Jews will leave Argentina for Israel. A lot more people have died in Israel in the last 18 months from political violence than in Argentina.