Over 230 new immigrants from North America arrive on a charter flight in Israel, including the daughter of former US senator Joseph Lieberman and her family.
Hana Lowenstein, her husband and their four young children were on the flight that landed early Wednesday morning at Ben Gurion Airport. The group included 127 children.
A welcoming ceremony was held at the airport.
The flight carrying new immigrants, olim in Hebrew, from 20 US states and Quebec in Canada was chartered by Nefesh B’Nefesh in cooperation with the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, The Jewish Agency for Israel, Keren Kayemeth Le’Israel and JNF-USA.
The new immigrants ranged in age from 6 months to 80 years old, and included 34 families, 18 singles, three sets of twins and 15 medical professionals.
Some 600 new immigrants arrived in Israel on Monday and Tuesday from the United States, France, Russia, Argentina, Ukraine and Brazil.
— JTA
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