Avraham Ben Gigi, a young 23-year old
from Venezuela, never thought much about immigrating to Israel. Born to an
Israeli father, Ben Gigi grew up in San Antonio de Los Altos, a suburb of
Caracas, as part of the only Jewish family in town with no real way to keep
Jewish traditions. He moved to Israel a few months ago and is celebrating his
first Independence Day as an Israeli citizen. “I had originally not thought
about coming to Israel,” Ben Gigi told Tazpit Press Service (TPS). “I wanted to
go to America, and I did, first to Philadelphia, then to Miami. But life is
extremely difficult for an immigrant in America,” “I didn’t really feel I could
stay in America, and I certainly did not want to go back to Venezuela. A friend
suggested that I consider coming to Israel and when I heard about the
absorption package, I decided to give it a try,” Ben Gigi explained. More…
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