Posts Tagged: Jewish Agency for Israel
Hundreds of French Jewish Immigrants Arrive in Israel
Two special flights arrived at Israel's Ben Gurion airport on Wednesday, carrying 430 French Jewish immigrants leaving Paris and its suburbs. The flights, organized by the...
Jay Leno Arrives in Israel to Host ‘Jewish Nobel Prize’ Ceremony
Ynet - American television host Jay Leno arrived in Israel on Tuesday evening ahead of the Genesis Prize ceremony, which he will host on Thursday, and met...
French Immigration to Israel Quadruples in First Quarter of 2014
JNS.org - New figures released by the Jewish Agency for Israel on Monday show that French immigration to Israel has quadrupled in the first...
Christian Zionist Organization Sponsors Ukrainian Jewish Aliyah
JNS.org - The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ), a Christian Zionist organization based in Jerusalem, welcomed a group of 19 Ukrainian Jews who are...
Ukrainian Jewish Immigration to Israel Rises 70 Percent Amid Instability
JNS.org - Ukrainian Jewish immigration to Israel has risen 70 percent in 2014 amid the recent political upheaval in that country. According to the Jewish...
Jewish World Jams Together, But What Kind of Music Will it Produce?
JNS.org - Jam session. Flash poll. A tapping into our collective mind. For four days, from Feb. 16-19, 2,135 people—61 percent between the ages...
Jewish Agency Board Convenes for First Time in Former Soviet Union
JNS.org - The Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) convened in the territory of the former Soviet Union for the...
Sharansky Re-elected as Jewish Agency Chairman
Members of the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) Board of Governors has re-elected Natan Sharansky for another term as JAFI's chairman of the executive, Israel Hayom...
Israeli Government Asks Sharansky to Review Western Wall Gender Policies
In light of growing concern within the progressive Jewish community in the U.S. over gender segregation at the Western Wall, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has...
Amid Gaza Rockets, Federations’ New Fund Will Raise up to $5 Million for Israelis
Responding to the onslaught of rockets hitting southern Israel from Gaza, the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) on Thursday announced the establishment of a...
Sharansky Urges Soviet Jewry Freedom Movement’s Inclusion in Jewish Education
BALTIMORE—Modern Jewish education, according to Natan Sharansky, ignores an event of historic proportions akin to the exodus from Egypt. While in dialogue on Monday with Elie...
Gaza Rocket Attacks Close Beersheba Schools for a Day
Two Grad rockets fired from the Gaza Strip exploded near Beersheba in southern Israel on Sunday morning, prompting Mayor Ruvik Danilovich to close down the...
Jewish Agency Facebook Page Inundated with Anti-Semitic Posts
In an apparently coordinated cyber-attack of a different kind, the Jewish Agency for Israel's Facebook page was flooded with hundreds of anti-Semitic and anti-Israel messages over the...
NY Teen Wins National Torah Competition
A high school freshman recently won her division of the Chidon HaTanach, a national Torah competition that took place at Yeshiva University. According to the New York Times,...
