Department for the Promotion of Aliya co-organized the event where thousands of people in New York City’s Times Square viewed an empty Shabbat table set for 224 people, symbolizing the 224 hostages held captive by the terrorist group Hamas.
On December 10th, at the Jewish community center JCC KINGS BAY in Brooklyn, an Aliyah Fair was held, organized by the Department of Repatriation Support of the World Zionist Organization.