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‘I like to think that the role will be worth the wait,’ Dan Elbaum, head of the Jewish Agency in North America, said of Doron Almog’s appointment
Almog will succeed Israeli President Isaac Herzog as the agency’s executive chairman
Yair Lapid, Israel's foreign minister and alternate prime minister, is pushing a different candidate — his deputy
The Jewish Agency for Israel’s annual world Jewish population figures have been released, and they reveal that Jews continue to be spread throughout the world, although mostly concentrated in major countries. According to research by Hebrew University of Jerusalem professor Sergio Della Pergola, the global Jewish population in 2019 is 14.6 million. There are 175…
On Sunday, Isaac Herzog — outgoing leader of Israel’s opposition party, son of the sixth president of Israel, grandson of a chief rabbi — was unanimously elected chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, the largest Jewish nonprofit in the world. It took only a few days for him to run into the buzz saw…
(JTA) — The Jewish Agency for Israel’s Board of Governors unanimously approved Israel’s opposition leader Isaac Herzog to replace Natan Sharansky as its head. The board voted on the appointment Sunday June 24, accepting the nomination of the Leadership Nominating Committee, composed of the leaders of The Jewish Agency’s constituent organizations – the Jewish Federations…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel should grant legal status to over 500 young African migrants, The Jewish Agency board said. The board called on Interior Minister Arye Deri to grant legal status to the more than 500 young migrants who arrived in Israel several years ago as unaccompanied minors and were integrated into Israeli society through…
(JTA) — A New Jersey-based foundation is granting $5 million to a Jewish Agency for Israel initiative providing subsidized housing for senior citizens in Israel. The Wilf Family Foundation on Thursday announced the grant to the the Senior Affordable Housing Initiative, which is planning to build about 3,000 affordable housing units for seniors on 17 sites…
Hybrid event in London and online.
Aug 14, 2022
1:30 pm ET ·
Join audiences and participants from across the globe for this live celebration of Yiddish songs, poems, jokes, stories, games, serious and funny - all performed in Yiddish with English translation.
