Minister of Education, Limor Livnat, and Chair of the Jewish Agency’s Education Committee, Amos Hermon, inaugurated a new program in New York earlier this month. The Elite Academy enables Jewish high school students ages 15-16, whose families immigrated to the US from the countries of the former Soviet Union, to study for three years (grades 10-12) at one of Israel’s top high schools free of charge. Their studies in the program will also allow the students to qualify for the Israeli matriculation exam.
The program is modeled on the Na’aleh program for youngsters from the Russian republics. The press conference at which the program was announced followed a visit to sites of Jewish Agency activities among Russian-speaking immigrants in New York. During the visit, Livnat and Hermon met with leaders and activists in the immigrant community in New York.
Minister Livnat emphasized the importance of Jewish Agency educational activities in the Diaspora, including those that target immigrants from Russian-speaking countries -- some 700,000 throughout the US and Canada. She promised that her office would continue to support Jewish educational institutions in the US, despite recent the budget cuts. (Based on a Jewish Agency report)
The program is modeled on the Na’aleh program for youngsters from the Russian republics. The press conference at which the program was announced followed a visit to sites of Jewish Agency activities among Russian-speaking immigrants in New York. During the visit, Livnat and Hermon met with leaders and activists in the immigrant community in New York.
Minister Livnat emphasized the importance of Jewish Agency educational activities in the Diaspora, including those that target immigrants from Russian-speaking countries -- some 700,000 throughout the US and Canada. She promised that her office would continue to support Jewish educational institutions in the US, despite recent the budget cuts. (Based on a Jewish Agency report)