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Article: Reform Movement widens bridge to Israel by encouraging aliya
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- July 5, 2007
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MICHAL LANDO, Jerusalem Post correspondent
Jerusalem Post
07-05-2007
Headline: Reform Movement widens bridge to Israel by encouraging aliya
Byline: MICHAL LANDO, Jerusalem Post correspondent
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 05
Thursday, July 5, 2007 -- NEW YORK - Joining in the spirit of the evening, Union for Reform Judaism President Rabbi Eric Yoffie surprised the crowd of several hundred olim, who gathered here for a sendoff this week, with his outspoken Zionism.
"Those of us who live here live in galut, and to live in Israel is to live a fuller Jewish life," Yoffie said. "For an American people that does not understand the importance and centrality of Zion, you are an important bridge."
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