By closing its borders, Israel is asking olim to choose

How can the country we love, contribute so much to, and sacrifice for, ask us to choose between our families and our country?

AN EMPTY arrival hall at Ben-Gurion Airport does not bode well for ‘olim.’

AN EMPTY arrival hall at Ben-Gurion Airport does not bode well for ‘olim.’

(photo credit: YOSSI ALONI/FLASH90)

ByBECCA WERTMAN

DECEMBER 26, 2021 21:02

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