A relative of the founder of modern Zionism was almost denied permission to make aliyah because she could not prove she is a Jew, an official with the Jewish Agency for Israel said last week. Mira Popovic, 90, whose grandfather was a cousin of Theodor Herzl, was questioned for one month by Israeli immigration officials in Budapest, where she had fled to escape the NATO bombing of her home in Belgrade. Popovic, who was allowed to immigrate last week, will join her grandson, Dan, who already lives in Israel.
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