We’re liberals, we’re Zionists, and we have some concerns about Israel. By now, this is a familiar script whose next passage can be predicted. But this is not that story. Our Zionism is one borne from the hard truths of our family’s respective histories. For Ari, it’s one where Israel served as a refuge for…
(JTA) — Jared Kushner reportedly is disclosing up to $250,000 in Israel Bonds that he previously owned but did not include on his initial financial disclosure in March. Kushner, who serves as senior adviser to President Trump and is married to his daughter Ivanka, has reported the Israel bond holdings in an amended financial disclosure…
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett will travel to New York this week to help Israel sell government bonds. Development Corporation for Israel, which underwrites the bonds in the United States and is commonly known as Israel Bonds, said Buffett will meet privately on Thursday with U.S., Canadian, Mexican and Brazilian investors who have each signaled plans…
NEW YORK (JTA) — Business magnate Warren Buffett is encouraging the purchase of Israel Bonds at private events in New York. Guests attending the events with Buffett on Thursday have pledged to buy $1 million to $5 million in Israel Bonds in order to meet the billionaire. Buffett hosted an event last November in his hometown of…
(JTA) — A record-breaking $1.127 billion in Israel Bonds was sold in the United States in 2016. The Development Corporation for Israel, also known as Israel Bonds – which issues debt securities by the government of Israel, also announced this week that it has sold more than $40 billion in global sales of Israel Bonds…
I write this letter with sadness and a heavy heart. My 5-year Israel Bond came due on February 1. Over the past few months, I have been deliberating whether or not to renew the bond, as I have done for decades. I have decided not to renew, as I cannot support the current Israeli government…
