Posts Tagged: Jewish agency
Jewish Organizations to Extend Emergency Assistance to Ukraine’s Jewish Community
JNS.org - Jewish organizations have set up emergency assistance for Ukraine's roughly 200,000-member Jewish community amid ongoing political unrest there. The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee...
Aliyah on the Rise: 19,200 New Immigrants Arrive in Israel in 2013
Approximately 19,200 immigrants arrived in Israel in 2013, according to data compiled by the Jewish Agency for Israel and the Israel Ministry of Immigration and...
Zionist Leader’s Skepticism on Truman Administration Vindicated by New Documents
JNS.org - At the 50th anniversary of the death of American Zionist leader Abba Hillel Silver, newly discovered documents appear to confirm his skeptical view...
Jewish Agency’s Sharansky Asks if Iran’s Rouhani is the New Gorbachev
For Natan Sharansky, former Israeli politician, Soviet dissident, and current Chair of the Executive of the Jewish Agency for Israel, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's global...
Ukraine’s President: Anti-Semitism Will Not be Tolerated
During a meeting Tuesday with the Board of Trustees of the Jewish Agency, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said that he will not give anti-Semites room...
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...
El Al Unveils Torah Scroll on Political Flights
In honor of the Shavuot holiday this week, when Jews worldwide celebrate God's giving of the Torah to the Jewish people on Mount Sinai, Israeli...
Israel Study Abroad an Expanding Option for High School Students
ADULLAM PARK, ISRAEL—I sit in a cave near the Madras Ruins just south of Jerusalem, my legs dusty with the powdery chalk of the rock...
Ethiopian Aliyah Enters Final Stages
Approximately 240 new immigrants were set to arrive at Israel's David Ben-Gurion airport on Monday as part of a final effort to bring the remainder...
From Ethiopia to the Knesset: Shlomo Molla Lives the Israeli Dream
NEW YORK—In July 2012, the Israeli government announced its decision to allow the aliyah of the last remnants of the Ethiopian Jewish community. Each month, 250 Falash Mura (Ethiopian...
Purim and Politics
Purim is all about appearances and how misleading they can be (disguise). Normally we like to think that "what you see is what you get". But...
Feldman: The Jewish Agency Should not Host Anti-Semites
In my capacity as the President of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee, I am privileged to enjoy a very active and positive relationship with the Jewish...
Population boom? Why 7 billion isn’t enough
I may be a rabbi who lives and works in the heart of New York City -- in fact, I was just voted one...
