“Next Year in Jerusalem”. This Year, Thanks to You
Each year, as Yom Kippur ends, we declare together: L’Shanah HaBa’ah B’Yerushalayim. Next year in Jerusalem. For generations, Jerusalem has been a symbol of our shared vision of unity, peace, home, and for the right to live freely and proudly as Jews.
With your help, UIA can make it not only memorable but dignified. By sending a UIA e-card to friends or family, your donation will directly support new Olim through food vouchers and Yom Tov dinners at UIA-supported absorption centres. In this way, our community is able to bring comfort and celebration into the homes of those starting fresh in Israel.
With the help of UIA, this vision becomes a reality. Through the support of the Australian Jewish community and UIA’s strategic partner The Jewish Agency for Israel, UIA is helping Jewish families from around the world make Aliyah, find safety, and begin new lives in Israel.
This year, that dream came true for Tadela and Sarah. Tadela made Aliyah from Ethiopia 27 years ago. Her daughter Sarah, just a child at the time, was forced to stay behind. Across continents and decades, mother and daughter remained in contact, holding onto hope, praying for the day they could be together again.
That moment finally came this year. Sarah, now an adult and qualified doctor, arrived in Israel in an emotional reunion at Ben-Gurion Airport. A miracle made possible by the generosity of UIA supporters – people who understand that no family should ever be separated by politics, poverty or persecution. For the first time in nearly three decades, mother and daughter embraced on the soil of the Jewish homeland. But their journey isn’t over. Now, their road to absorption and integration into Israeli life begins.
This Rosh Hashanah will be Tadela and Sarah’s first Yom Tov together in almost three decades.
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In a time of global uncertainty, here is something real and hopeful our community can do. Make their Yom Tov, and your Yom Tov, extra meaningful. Send a UIA e-card today. Go to uiaaustralia.org.au/e-cards
“Next year in Jerusalem” is a phrase recited at the end of the Passover Seder and Yom Kippur, expressing a longing for a rebuilt, peaceful Jerusalem, symbolizing hope for Jewish redemption, spiritual fulfillment, and the arrival of the Messiah. ”
The bibical terminology claimed by others, giving you a “separated bretheren” status whether believed or not.