Up to 300 Russian emigrants to the U.S. and Canada will leave for Israel on December 5 to explore living conditions and job opportunities in that country, according to Moshe Shechter, director of the Israel Aliya Center. The pilot trip, coordinated by the Aliya Center and Tour Va’aleh, would be the largest such tour of Russian Jews to Israel ever organized. The tour is unsubsidized and will be paid for by the participants themselves, Shechter said.
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