A senior member of the World Zionist Organization Executive may go to the United States for a couple of months to head the aliya desks being set up by local Jewish communities throughout the United States and Canada, according to Yosef Almogi chairman of the WZO and Jewish Agency Executives. Almogi, who returned last Thursday from London where he attended the meetings of the Jewish Agency and WZO, said he was pleased with the aliya desks that are now functioning in England and France.
Almogi said the aliya desks will provide information about Israel, encourage visits, volunteering for Israel and aliya. He said the main task of the Israeli headquarters will be to provide the aliya desks with up-to-date information about Israel.
The Jewish Agency is also studying a new project in which Israeli families will host Jewish youths from the diaspora for periods of one to four years, Almogi revealed. He said it is hoped that in this way Jewish youths, aged 14-17, will become involved in Israeli life. He said the project will aid Jewish education, encourage aliya, and promote involvement of Israelis in Jewish life in the diaspora and diaspora Jews in the life of Israelis.
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