Marina Rosenberg Koritny, Head of the World Zionist Organization Department for the Promotion of Aliyah Israel is going through difficult times.

In Paris and Marseille, a psychometric exam for admission to Israeli universities was recently held.

The birthday of Israeli civil aviation is considered to be September 28, 1948, when the first president of the state, Chaim Weizmann, arrived in Israel from Geneva on board a military aircraft, Douglas C-54 Skymaster, converted for civilian use.