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Catskill Storefront Aliya Center

July 18, 1978
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Jewish vacationers who stroll through this Catskill Mountains resort town can’t miss a message urging them to emigrate to Israel. It comes from a storefront window operated by the Woodbourne Israel Aliyah Center. The center was originated by Mrs. Shifra Hoffman, executive director of an aliya group called Shuva (Return).

The storefront idea enables people to come in and ask questions and pick up material on Zionism, Israel and emigrating to Israel. Sharing the headquarters at the center is another organization run by Mrs. Hoffman, the Jewish Identity Center, which she said is focussing on renewed activity against Nazis and the loss of Jewish identity among young Jews.

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