November 7, 2007 / 26 Cheshvan 5768
1. Felix Palacci – Lone soldier from Switzerland. Felix made Aliyah through Garin Tzabar. He is 21 years old and serves at the IDF Paratroops 101 Brigade.
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Felix will be in Sacramento, CA from November 14 until the morning of the 16th and he will be in San Francisco during Nov. 16-17 (Shabbat).
2. Irina Kopytova – 26 years old, made Aliyah from Gomel, Belarus through the Na'aleh program of the Jewish Agency, participated at summer camps in Belarus, was an Aliyah counselor during her army service, was a counselor is various summer camps at the Former Soviet Union, has a B.A from Bar Ilan University in Social work, worked with Birthright groups from the FSU that visited Israel and with SELAH students, and works with groups from abroad.
Irina sings and play a guitar beautifully (in Hebrew/ Yiddish) and can add it in addition to her speech.
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Irina will be in New York on November 14-15 and will be available for speaking engagements.
3. Lucas Lejderman – Made Aliyah from Porto Alegre in Brazil (the third Jewish community in Brazil). Lucas was a member of a youth movement "Hazit " and was also a counselor for 8 years. He studied in a Jewish school and became a teacher for Judaism. He taught folk dancing in the Jewish school and also worked at the Jewish club and at the federation. He worked at the Jewish Agency in Brazil with the youngsters. He studied Law in Brazil and was very active at his University. He took part in the Jewish Agency "Tapuz " program in 1997 and in 1998 on behalf of "Hazit " youth movement and visited Israel for 45 days each time. He participated at one year course for counselors from abroad and volunteered in Ramat Rachel in Jerusalem. In 2004, he was a counselor for Birthright groups. He made Aliyah 8 months ago and studied at Jewish Agency Ulpan Etzion. He will start his M.A in Education this year at the Hebrew university. He is 25 years old.
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4. Adi Benaim – 25 years old. Adi was born and raised in Sderot. She works at the "Youth Futures" program in Sderot . She is responsible for 15 kids, part of them are children at risk. Since they live in Sderot, all the kids deal with trauma following the Kassam rockets that fall on Sderot on a regular base. She served a full service in the IDF.
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5. Hen Ginat – 26 years old, takes part in the "Young community" program in Eshbal. She is part of the graduates of the Youth movement " H'noar H'oved Ve'Halomed" and Eshbal is one of the Kibbutz's that they work at. During her army service, she served at the Nachal Brigade in a combat unit and continued her service at Kibbutz Eshbal. She also works with kids in Tzfat through the "Youth Futures" program of the Jewish Agency. Before her army service, Hen participated in a mission to Pittsburg on behalf of the Jewish Agency "Partnership 2000" program between Pittsburg and Karmiel-Misgav .
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6. Liat Damoza – made Aliyah with her family in 1983 from Ethiopia through the Sudan desert. She has a B.A in Informal Education and Sociology and Anthropology from Bar-Ilan University. Liat volunteered at advocacy on behalf of "Israel at Heart". Liat works as a mission coordinator at the ' Resource Development & Public Affairs Department' of the Jewish Agency.
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