Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, will open a six-week nationwide celebration February 19 to mark the 20th anniversary of Youth Aliyah, the worldwide child rescue and rehabilitation service which has brought 62,000 homeless Jewish children to Israel from Europe, North Africa and the Middle East since 1934.
The celebration will open on the same date on which the first 43 children from Germany arrived in Palestine in 1934, and will close on April 4, which has been proclaimed World Jewish Child’s Day. The evening of Friday, February 19, and the morning of Saturday, February 20, have been proclaimed Youth Aliyah Sabbath by the Synagogue Council of America.
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