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Issue of August 7, 2009 / 17 Av 5769

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jewish Agency Chairman Natan

Sharansky greeted 238 new immigrants from the US and Canada — including families from Far Rockaway and Long Island — at a welcoming ceremony at Ben Gurion airport Tuesday. The new Israelis — including 55 army recruits — left JFK Monday on a Nefesh B’Nefesh charter flight, the second such flight this summer. (L to R: Tzvi Mark from Maryland, Netanyahu, Sophie Lee from New York, Sharansky and NBN co-founder Tony Gelbart). Photo by Sassom Tiram