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MASA Grows by 15 Percent

MASA, the Jewish Agency-Government of Israel joint project that encourages young Jews from throughout the world to spend a semester or a year studying and volunteering in Israel, grew by 15 percent in its sixth year, the 2009-2010 academic year, when 9,400 young Jews spent extended periods in Israel.

The end of the year was marked by a multi-track conference that discussed the next stage of MASA, with a particular focus on the programs geared to English-speaking high school and college graduates, and Russian-speaking college graduates.

This past year saw a marked growth of more than 60 percent in the number of participants from the FSU, with a 45 percent growth from France and a 33 percent growth from South America.

Since the program’s inception, 45,000 young Jews from 60 countries have spent time in Israel; their contribution to the country’s economy, above and beyond the subsidies they receive from the government and the Jewish Agency, has been some $560 million.

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