Moroccan Jews try to help new immigrants through a familiar process

From: Jerusalem Post | Date: August 29, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

DANIELLA CHESLOW
Jerusalem Post
08-29-2005
Headline: Moroccan Jews try to help new immigrants through a familiar process
Byline: DANIELLA CHESLOW
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 05

Monday, August 29, 2005 -- Last week, Irina Abu-Oucha, 22, walked away from Ofakim with a scholarship for NIS 3,000.

Abu-Oucha, who is studying psychology at the University of Haifa, is from Ma'alot-Tarshiha. Her parents, one an Israeli-Arab and one from Bulgaria, have little connection to Morocco.

But Abu-Oucha was one of 180 students to receive scholarships from the World Federation of Moroccan Jewry, awarded at ...

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