(JTA) — An Israeli organization with major funding from Christian donors brought 17 French Jews to Israel in what its founder said was the “end of a monopoly” for the Jewish Agency for Israel.
The newcomers brought to Israel by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, or IFCJ, arrived in Israel on Dec. 27. They constituted the first group whose aliyah, the Hebrew-language term for Jewish immigration to Israel, was facilitated by his organization since it began working in France six months ago, IFCJ founder Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein told JTA.
The group was part of a total of nearly 7,900 Jews …read more
Source: JTA
