Coming to Israel

-Michael Freund decries the fact that Subbotnik Jews are allowed to make aliya under the Law of Return “only as long as they married within their “community framework.”â€? (The Jerusalem Post)

-From southwestern Australia came the most invasive species on Israeli soil, the blue acacia, and now Israelis are trying hard to get rid of it. (Haaretz)

-Shlomo Avnieri argues that aliyah organizations should stop ferreting out people who qualify under the Law of Return, but are people “for whom the Law of Return was not intended.� (Haaretz)

-Keep/Modify/Abolish the Law of Return for Jews?

• Yair Shaleg (Haaretz)
• Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger (Ynet)
• Israeli public opinion (The Jerusalem Post)