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MisdemeanorRebel
2014 Apr 28, 5:30am
Since the early 1950s, The Jewish Agency has assisted more than 40,000 Ethiopians with their immigration to Israel.
The decision to appoint emissaries to Ethiopia came from The Jewish Agency management following requests from Jewish community leaders in Ethiopia. In 1953, The Jewish Agency appointed Rabbi Shmuel Be'eri as The Agency's first emissary to Ethiopia.
At the same time, the World Zionist Organization and The Jewish Agency appointed Yona Bogale as responsible for educational activity in the Diaspora. Rabbi Be'eri established the first Hebrew School for Ethiopian Jews in Asmara.
Between 1955 and 1965, approximately 27 Jewish Ethiopian teens, known as the "Kfar Batya Group," were brought to Israel where they were trained to be emissaries by The Jewish Agency, and returned to their communities as qualified and highly skilled teachers. Meanwhile, The Agency established medical clinics within these communities to serve the Jewish population, many of whom were awaiting approval for Aliyah.
1977-1987
By the end of the 1970s, Jewish immigration from Ethiopia took the form of Aliyah of Rescue. Until 1977, Jews from Ethiopia were permitted to immigrate to the Jewish State until 1977 when the dictator, Mengistu Haile Mariam, came to power.
During the decade that followed, immigration was clandestine and managed by the Government of Israel along with The Jewish Agency. Suffering persecution at the hands of Mengisto's Marxist regime for holding Jewish educational and Zionist activities, many of the Jewish villagers became refugees. The first refugees from the Tigray area walked all the way to Israel by foot with next to no aid.
Understanding the intense need, the Mossad Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations, along with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) joined with the The Jewish Agency to establish more effective procedures and improved conditions for Aliyah. The IDF and Mossad began to bring Ethiopian Jews to safety in Israel, and The Jewish Agency welcomed and absorbed the refugees, housing them in youth villages and special sites established for this purpose.
1984-1985
"Operation Moses" aided the arrival of 6,364 Jews from refugee camps in Sudan to Israel, via intermediating countries, by foot, planes, and boats.
1988-1991
Between November 1988 and May 1991, 150,000 Ethiopian Jews moved closer to Addis Ababa, the center for Aliyah activities in Ethiopia.
"Operation Solomon" was an aerial Aliyah maneuver for the rescue of Ethiopian Jewry. In May 1991, 14,000 Ethiopian Jews arrived in Israel aboard IDF, El-Al, and Ethiopian Airlines aircrafts. During the operation, the IDF, The Jewish Agency, the Joint Distribution Committee, and the Mossad joined forces. With aid of American arbitration, the Israeli government reached a settlement with Mengistu and with the rebels, allowing the rescue to take place within 34 hours.
1992-1997
From 1992-1997, the Israeli Government along with The Jewish Agency assisted Ethiopian Jews of the Qwara Province to reach the Jewish State. Since June 2008, The Jewish Agency, at the request of the Government of Israel, has continued to make Aliyah from Ethiopia possible, according to the Law of Return 1970 Amendment of "Zera Israel" from Ethiopia.
2010-2013
By government decision, immigration of "Zera Israel" continues with "Operation Dove's Wings" which commenced on October 29, 2012. This is the peak of the Aliyah process for those eligible for immigration by the Law of Return 1970 Amendment. It is the final wave of Aliyah from Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa; an operation that began in the 1950s and has come full circle thanks to the services of The Jewish Agency.
http://www.jewishagency.org/aliyah/program/301
The Jewish Agency, of course, is a premier Zionist organization, which I mean literally without any sarcasm.
tatupu70
2014 Apr 28, 7:18am
Absolutely. There was no sea of cash in 2008 and there is none right now.
So, you have no argument then. Can you explain how treasury bonds are trading at negative real returns then? If there is not a crapload of excess cash looking for any return, how is this possible?
Absolutely. There was no sea of cash in 2008 and there is none right now.
So, you have no argument then. Can you explain how treasury bonds are trading at negative real returns then? If there is not a crapload of excess cash looking for any return, how is this possible?
If you sum it all up, there is no sea of cash. There surely is inequality and fairly wealthy people who would be stupid not to diversify and be defensive at this point. Plus you have Fed monetization. Nonetheless rates will continue to go up slowly.
See, the eCONomy is getting better for everyone!!!
Well since the economy is heavily dependent on credit doesn't that mean that for the economy to being doing "well" that a lot of people are borrowing themselves into irrecoverable debt? Since most of the money(or is that a specific kind of money like "disposable income?") in the economy is held by a few people, doesn't that mean that the economy is doing best when those few individuals are doing best?
Local purchase power index shows that united states is second most powerful in that regard. I don't think that we are at the cliff of apocalypse.
http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/rankings_by_country.jsp
No worries here, I will merely work until I die - problem solved.
rooemoore
2014 Apr 28, 10:25am
Not the automation horseshit again. There is and will be a growing need for service sector jobs, medical, nursing, even restaurants. Productivity has hardly increased with all the automation and companies are outbidding each other in desperation to find qualified SW engineers (def. a booming sector right now) to take care of all the automation. I am not that negative on employment, just on deficit-spending and currency debasement. Let's talk automation in 20 years again and see if it's a real threat by then.
Not the service sector jobs horseshit again. Wipe old peoples' asses for $15/hr!
Heraclitusstudent
2014 Apr 28, 10:30am
Financial worries are for pussies.
There are people in the world living on landfills. They don't worry about retirement: They just wait for the next truck to come and deliver fresh trash from which they can pick food.
HydroCabron
2014 Apr 28, 10:54am
Torture = Sacrament
Amazingly, this is not perceived as an insult to Christianity in outer wingnuttia.
Strategist
2014 Apr 28, 11:00am
Financial worries are for pussies.
There are people in the world living on landfills. They don't worry about retirement: They just wait for the next truck to come and deliver fresh trash from which they can pick food.
What do you think we do at Walmart?
Tenpoundbass
2014 Apr 28, 11:59am
She was just saying they should get right with the Lord, Jesus take a chill pill.
Makes sense. 1973 is when Nixon dumped the gold standard and told the rest of the world to do our manufacturing in exchange for using U.S. dollars only for oil.
Waterboard them.
Imagine if the FBI had waterboarded those guys in Boston after the Russians told them to watch them? This would have saved innocent people.
If you don't want to waterboard terrorists, just have no more visas except tourist visas.
TheOriginalSBH
2014 Apr 28, 1:30pm
Not to mention all the victims with missing limbs....
If waterboarding is considered too violent, maybe we can just run over them with the back wheels on a Dairy Queen truck....
Waterboard them.
Imagine if the FBI had waterboarded those guys in Boston after the Russians told them to watch them? This would have saved innocent people.
Ceffer
2014 Apr 28, 1:38pm
Apparently, it doesn't worry them enough to actually work at saving money, but it does worry them enough to vote for politicians who promise they will rob somebody else to get them the money.
Retirement Remains Americans' Top Financial Worry
#2 on the list was:
Dying Penniless in a Crack Hotel.
And #3 was:
That I Would Have To Pay For All of This
Ceffer
2014 Apr 28, 1:50pm
She operates on two neurons.
One is inhibitory, but intermittent. The other opens her mouth, opens her legs and pulls the trigger in no particular order.
Vicente
2014 Apr 28, 4:15pm
APOCALYPSEFUCKisShostikovitch says
necrobestiality porn
I had no idea this was a thing now.
Well at least it's better than homo-necro-pedo-bestiality.
Ceffer
2014 Apr 28, 4:20pm
He can choke down chick dick and ride rump roast until the cows come home: no miscegenation.
It's cheating a little, but not entirely inconsistent with his illustrious philosophy of not mixing the races.
Ceffer
2014 Apr 28, 4:41pm
Maybe the kid was lighting farts from his colostomy stoma. That almost qualifies as a felony.
HydroCabron
2014 Apr 28, 11:23pm
She was just saying they should get right with the Lord, Jesus take a chill pill.
Yes .
Stupidity makes her more down-to-earth. I like her more and more.
bubblesitter
2014 Apr 29, 12:33am
Has anyone tried the zillow "premarket" feature lately? I see a considerable increase in # of properties in distress. Steam is running out no matter what inventory on the top shows.
bubblesitter
2014 Apr 29, 1:47am
What good is a mansion on an estate if you have to have paramilitary guards at the gate to keep the cannibals out?
Hehe, to protect the yam in the backyard.
I'm not sure what you are trying to accomplish here with quoting Sterling. He has a history of well publicized quotes of pitting Hispanics against blacks, blacks against Hispanics, whites against blacks, Koreans against blacks. Who knows why he says the things he does, but his quotes regarding race certainly shouldn't be given any credibility even if he's Jewish.
New Renter
2014 Apr 29, 2:23am
but not as much as it will when the recast hits and principal must also be repaid on a 20-year schedule.
Of course. We are not talking about interest rates, New Renter, we are talking about the need to pay Principle!! It is going to kill housing until the rich want to buy more. Unless they think it is a lost cause.
No its all about he monthly payment and whether those people refi'd into a new mortgage that will allow them to make their monthly nut.
New Renter
2014 Apr 29, 2:24am
What good is a mansion on an estate if you have to have paramilitary guards at the gate to keep the cannibals out?
Hehe, to protect the yam in the backyard.
Kinda overkill for one yam don't you think?
bubblesitter
2014 Apr 29, 2:34am
Kinda overkill for one yam don't you think?
Every yam counts when cannibal anarchy hits.
New Renter
2014 Apr 29, 2:36am
Kinda overkill for one yam don't you think?
Every yam counts when cannibal anarchy hits.
The cannibals aren't coming for your yam. Except perhaps as a side dish.
zzyzzx
2014 Apr 29, 2:40am
Americans Are Starting to Miss More Mortgage Payments
It's all Obama's fault!!!
bubblesitter
2014 Apr 29, 3:35am
Pretty soon a sole property on sale in a neighborhood like Compton,Stockton,Oakland,CA will fetch a few million $ a piece. Way to go! Low inventory rules.
A communal apartment living where 7 families rent out 7 rooms and share one bathroom and 1 kitchen above a pizza joint will be the new normal and everyone will have time to paint.
bubblesitter
2014 Apr 29, 3:36am
A communal apartment living where 7 families rent out 7 rooms and share one bathroom and 1 kitchen above a pizza joint will be the new normal and everyone will have time to paint.
Where? In Mexico city?
I don't know what is in the mind of renters, but unlike past renters, today renters often have a positive net worth including a 401K.
If you have equity in something, it is irrelevant what it is, actually the assets like mutual funds are more liquid and useful than real estate anyway.
The trade to buy/sell a stock costs me $2 at Vanguard Brokerage, selling/buying a house is about $10,000 in just fees.
There may be a lot of happy renters out there, and unhappy women wanting that house with the picket fence.
bubblesitter
2014 Apr 29, 3:46am
don't know what is in the mind of renters, but unlike past renters, today renters often have a positive net worth including a 401K.
If you have equity in something, it is irrelevant what it is, actually the assets like mutual funds are more liquid and useful than real estate anyway.
Liquidity! Although it comes at a risk.
There may be a lot of happy renters out there, and unhappy women wanting that house with the picket fence.
Man, you read my mind.
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