The SA Israel Centre is holding their biggest Expo to date. Rebranded from the Aliyah Expo to the Israel Connect Expo, they promise to offer the community “the greatest immigration tool that any country can offer.”

By helping folks to prepare their tailor-made Aliyah process, they also showcase what Israel offers in amazing additional educational and financial benefits, they will take care of 90 percent of your Israeli bureaucracy and ensure that you enjoy a soft landing in a hotel during your first two days in Israel.

They also offer a myriad of programmes to insure your meaningful absorption into Israeli society.

“Add to this the fact that Israel, being one of the most financially stable countries during the economical meltdown due to its highly developed technological infrastructure and exports,” says the Israel Centre, and Israel, “as a fully fledged first world country has truly become an extremely healthy and viable option to other immigration alternatives – undeniably a powerful combination.”

The Israel Centre says they are “at the heart of the SA Jewish Community, working around the clock to keep the Zionist dream alive. Siding with various organizations it creates a powerful synergy, insuring a constant awareness in our community of their very precious and vital connection to the Jewish people at large as well as Eretz Yisrael. This year Israel Centre is out on a mission to get that connection right and even to assist you to make the ultimate connection with the Homeland. Israel Centre accomplishes this in three ways: Partnership with Israel, Aliyah and Zionist Jewish Education focussing specifically on the youth. “

The Israel Connect Expo will first visit Cape Town from 21 – 23 May. It will then move to Jo’burg from 24 – 27 May.

To catch the Cape Town leg, contact Justine at 021 464-6718.

To book meetings with their Aliyah Shaliach to explore your options, contact Debbie at 011 645-2560.

To make the most out of their Jo’burg expo, they suggest that community members book their free one-on-one meetings with Aliyah experts from Israel by phoning Sheila and the team at 011 645-2574, or visiting their website at www.jewishagency.org/sa to see their expo program.

While surfing the site, they also recommend that you click on Aliyah and Absorption to learn more about all their wonderful absorption options and programmes.