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Can You Guess The Top 10 Countries By Jewish Population?
We’ll give you a hint: Israel is #1.
New Jewish Agency Chief Learns Quickly About Intermarriage. It’s Sensitive.
He is a seasoned politician from Israeli aristocracy, but in this exclusive interview, Isaac Herzog shows he still has to learn about American Jews.
Rebuffing Bibi, Jewish Agency Appoints Opposition Head
The Jewish Agency for Israel’s Board of Governors unanimously approved Israel’s opposition leader Isaac Herzog to replace Natan Sharansky.
Israel Must Protect African Migrants Who Came As Children: Jewish Agency
“These youngsters have grown up in [Israel], speak fluent Hebrew, are imbued with Israeli culture, and are loyal to the State of Israel.”
Israeli Seniors Get $5 Million For Subsidized Housing From New Jersey Charity
There is a waiting list of 27,000 low-income Israeli seniors — half of them Holocaust survivors — for subsidized housing.
Jewish Agency Yanks Funds From Youth Group Over Anti-Occupation Activism
The Jewish Agency has cut funding from an Israel trip for young Jews over allegations that leaders brought participants to at a leftist protest camp.
Jewish Agency Vows No ‘Business As Usual’ With Israel After Western Wall Move
The Jewish Agency will reevaluate its relationship with the Israeli government.
Syrian Family From Ravaged Aleppo Claims Jewish Roots — Pleads For Israeli Help
A family in Aleppo says it is Jewish, and is asking Israel to rescue it from the Syrian city decimated by civil war.
Natan Sharansky Agrees To Stay On For Extra Year As Jewish Agency Chief
JERUSALEM — Natan Sharansky, chairman of the Executive for the Jewish Agency for Israel, will head the organization for an extra year. The board of governors announced Tuesday that Sharansky had agreed to its request that he stay a year past his second four-year term ending in June. The announcement came at the closing…
Natan Sharansky Won’t Seek New Term at Jewish Agency
(JTA) — Natan Sharansky announced he will be stepping down from his position as chairman of The Jewish Agency for Israel in June. Sharansky, 68, will complete his second term before he leaves. He took the post in June 2009. “I’m not going to serve another term,” he told The Jerusalem Post on Monday. “I told…