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For Jewish Federations, is there such a thing as a Jewish priority?

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The question of which issues the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) designate as their “Public Priorities” is not something that anyone outside of the alphabet soup world of organized American Jewry would pay...
Travelers at Israel's Ben-Gurion International Airport on Jan. 4, 2022. Photo by Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90.

Israel’s ever-changing COVID policies wreak havoc on Jewish American travelers

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Israel’s ever-changing coronavirus travel policies during the spread of the Omicron variant have wreaked havoc on Israelis, Jewish Americans and the Diaspora alike. Jerusalem barred travel from Dec. 22 to Jan. 7 to and from...
Jewish and pro-Israel gathered in New York City in solidarity with Israel and in protest against rising levels of anti-Semitism and severe anti-Jewish attacks, May 23, 2021. Credit: Ron Adar/Shutterstock.

Survey: 80 percent of Israelis concerned about growing anti-Semitism worldwide

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A recent Israel-wide survey has found that almost 80 percent of Israelis are concerned about anti-Semitism globally, with almost three-quarters of citizens (73 percent) believing anti-Semitism is widespread. More than half (61 percent) believe...

Future Jewish leaders, how are you using your voice?

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On an average day in December 2015, Rabbi Reuven Biermacher finished teaching Torah to his students in Aish Yeshiva’s Spanish program in the Old City of Jerusalem. He walked out of the building and...
Photo: Yair Aronshtam from Israel, via Wikimedia Commons

The Hanukkah story that Jews need to learn

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Many of us know the themes of the Hanukkah story: pride in being Jewish; the few against the many; the defeat of our enemy; and the rededication of the Jewish Temple. Or perhaps some...

Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai mulls Jewish Agency chair bid

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Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai has joined the growing list of candidates vying for the chairmanship of the Jewish Agency for Israel. The 74-year-old previously served as deputy Knesset speaker and a former spokesperson for the...
Blue and White Party Knesset member Michal Cotler-Wunsh. Credit: Courtesy.

Michal Cotler-Wunsh: Jewish Agency can shift relationship paradigm with everyone at table

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As a former Knesset member and now head of the Nefesh B’Nefesh Institute for Aliyah Policy and Strategy, as well as a senior consultant to the Jewish Federations of North America, Michal Cotler-Wunsh is...
Knesset member Michael Oren attends the lobby for strengthening ties with the Jewish world at the Knesset, June 27, 2017. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

With American and Israeli Jews at ‘crisis point,’ Michael Oren sees Jewish Agency as...

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Michael Oren says he has been “integrally linked to the Jewish Agency” for years. The former Israeli ambassador to the United States and former Knesset member is one of eight candidates to head the...
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid replies to Mark Wilf, chair of the Board of Trustees of the Jewish Federations of North America, as part of the 2021 General Assembly (GA) Leadership Lab, Oct. 6, 2021. Source: Screenshot.

Taking jab at previous government, Lapid aims to prioritize relations with Diaspora Jewry

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Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Israel’s government would highly prioritize its relationship with Diaspora Jews, differentiating itself from the government of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He made the statements during a Jewish Federations...
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Danny Danon briefs reporters ahead of the U.N. Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, February 2020. Credit: U.N. Photo/Manuel Elias.

Danny Danon’s quest to lead the Jewish Agency into the future

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Former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations and current chairman of World Likud Danny Danon is excited about another potential role, which he hopes will be as the new head of the Jewish Agency....