American Doctors Immigrate To Israel on Wednesday 

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=67040
August 9, 2004

Less than one year after the Arab terrorist murder of American-born 
Dr. David Applebaum, 15 US and Canadian physicians have decided to 
carry on his legacy by moving to Israel together with their families. 
The doctors and their families - scheduled to arrive on Wednesday - 
make up nearly 100 out of the 1,500 individuals making Aliyah this 
summer with the Nefesh b'Nefesh organization.

Dr. Applebaum was murdered in a suicide bombing attack, together with 
his 20-year-old daughter Nava on the eve of her wedding, September 9, 
2003, at Cafe Hillel in Jerusalem. Born in Chicago and educated in 
Cleveland, Dr. Applebaum immigrated to Israel in 1981. He served as 
director of Emergency Services at Jerusalem's Shaarei Zedek Hospital 
and founded the network of "Terem" emergency care centers.

Nefesh B'Nefesh initiated a special program of aliyah for doctors in 
memory of the murdered physician. Preference was granted to doctors 
with expertise in emergency medicine. Applebaum Fellows on this 
summer's third Nefesh B'Nefesh-sponsored El Al flight include: 
an Emergency Room specialist, a surgeon, a pediatric nephrologist 
and pediatric gastroenterologist. Support for the Applebaum 
Fellowship branch of Nefesh B'nefesh's Aliyah campaign was initiated 
by Israel Seed Partners, a Jerusalem-based venture capital fund, 
supported by the United Israel Appeal of Canada.

Dr. Jeremy Halberstadt, a pediatrics specialist who made Aliyah 
from Queens on this summer's first Nefesh b'Nefesh flight told 
IsraelNN's Ezra HaLevi about the legacy of Dr. Applebaum. 
"The greatest hope of physicians like myself who are arriving 
here is to be able to contribute to the Jewish people in the way 
Dr. Applebaum did," said Halberstadt. "I was involved with emergency 
care before I made Aliyah, and everyone would always tell me that 
I had to speak to Dr. Applebaum. One day we crossed paths in a 
hospital but I missed him and never did get to speak to him." 

Now Halberstadt, who lives in Ramat Beit Shemesh with his wife 
and five children, is becoming certified to practice in Israel 
and hopes to work at one of the famous Terem-emergency care centers 
founded by Dr. Applebaum. "The goal of these monsters who are 
attacking our people is to prevent us from coming here - but we 
are coming with our heads held high to help heal the Jewish people 
in our own land," Halberstadt said.

The August 11 flight will be greeted with the fanfare that has 
become customary since Nefesh B'Nefesh began assisting mass Aliyah 
from North America. Cabinet Minister Natan Sharansky will greet 
the new olim (immigrants to Israel) at Ben Gurion Airport Wednesday 
morning. IsraelNationalRadio.com will be providing live on-the-scene 
coverage of the flight arrival from 1-3 AM (EDT), Wednesday.