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Howard Blas

Reporter · US

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Sep 15, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Howard Blas

    ‘Aliyah in One’ makes aliyah easier for aspiring North American immigrants (opens the original)

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    Sarah Kantor and her colleagues at Nefesh B’Nefesh are aware of the bureaucracy, frustrations and obstacles potential olim (immigrants) face as they navigate the aliyah process. With ‘Aliyah-in-One’, a series of one-day events held across North America, the process has just gotten easier. “We were thinking of how to help more people come to Israel and be successful,” reports Kantor, the organization’s CMO and herself an olah of 18 years from Kingston, Ontario in Canada. “Aliyah in One was a way

  2. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Howard Blas | Sep 04, 20260

    Overcoming serious challenges, Israeli team conquers Kilimanjaro (opens the original)

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    Members of Jeremy's Circle gather at Marangu Gate before beginning their ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro, July 2026. (JNS) - For a group of determined Israelis, climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, which rises 5,895 meters (19,341 feet), was only the most recent challenge they have had to overcome. Thirty-six Israelis-Jews, Muslims and Druze-including people with disabilities, those dealing with cancer or loss, victims of terror, soldiers with war wounds and PTSD, and those evacuated from their h

  3. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Howard Blas

    Overcoming serious challenges, Israeli team conquers Kilimanjaro (opens the original)

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    For a group of determined Israelis, climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, which rises 5,895 meters (19,341 feet), was only the most recent challenge they have had to overcome. Thirty-six Israelis—Jews, Muslims and Druze—including people with disabilities, those dealing with cancer or loss, victims of terror, soldiers with war wounds and PTSD, and those evacuated from their homes in the north, set out in late July to climb Africa’s tallest mountain—and to show what is possible even when facing

  4. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · By Howard Blas, JNS

    Never too late to make aliyah: American ‘oleh’ turns 105 - EJP (opens the original)

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    When Sandy Goldstein turns 105 on Aug. 28, he and his wife of 78 years, 100-year-old Rosalie Goldstein, may be among the oldest living olim in Israel. The centenarian couple, who have three children, six grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren, made aliyah from Englewood, N.J., to Ir Yamim in Netanya in March 2023. Sandy, born in Fall River, Mass., and raised in Borough Park, Brooklyn, worked as a certified public accountant and served the U.S. government in Washington during World War II. His

  5. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · Howard Blas

    Never too late to make aliyah: American 'oleh' turns 105 (opens the original)

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    When Sandy Goldstein turns 105 on Aug. 28, he and his wife of 78 years, 100-year-old Rosalie Goldstein, may be among the oldest living olim in Israel. The centenarian couple, who have three children, six grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren, made aliyah from Englewood, N.J., to Ir Yamim in Netanya in March 2023. Sandy, born in Fall River, Mass., and raised in Borough Park, Brooklyn, worked as a certified public accountant and served the U.S. government in Washington during World War II. His

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