Moving to Israel

I recently posted an important piece of news for Olim that was pointed out by Paula Stern of www.writepoint.com and, therefore, it should come as no surprise that Paula has published this great article that I felt my readers must know about.

It’s entitled “In the Middle of a Wasteland” and very powerfully describes the recent injustices done to Jews in Hevron. Unfortunately, events such as these, as we all know, are not uncommon and we need strong voices like Paula’s to publicize them and get the word out to prevent these crimes against our people in the future.

Thanks for the story Paula and if anyone knows of any similar pieces that you think need help getting exposure with, please send them to me.

Ari

I wanted to share an extremely important piece of news for Olim that I saw in my TACHLIS news group. It was very alertly pointed out by Paula Stern of www.writepoint.com and applies to all potential Olim or those who have moved to Israel within the last ten years.

It seems the Misrad HaKlita (Min. of Immigrant Absorption) has just advertised that there is now a deadline for applying for its subsidy for Olim to get professional retraining. If you don’t get a voucher towards a course before December 15th they don’t know if the program will be renewed next year or at all. She mentions that, while she plans on working with Aliyah organizations to see if they can help turn this around, in the meantime this seems be a case of “use it or lose it.”

She goes on to suggest some action items for the applicable people and also adds how her personal technical writing course is working to accomodate potential students in light of the changes coming.

Thanks for the heads up Paula. We’ll help spread the word.

Ari