Tag: Isaac Herzog
Groups welcome Israel’s next president; Herzog brings ‘deep understanding of world Jewry’
Jewish leaders in the United States and elsewhere welcomed the election of Isaac Herzog as Israel’s next president, with most praising his deep understanding of the worldwide Jewish community.
“I cannot think of a better or...
Isaac Herzog elected Israel’s 11th president
The Knesset elected Jewish Agency for Israel chairman Isaac Herzog as Israel’s 11th president on Wednesday. The vote was conducted in a special session during which Knesset members cast secret ballots for either Herzog...
Israel welcomes 104 new immigrants from North America
Israel welcomed 104 olim (new immigrants) from North America at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Monday. The group arrived on a specially chartered New York-Tel Aviv flight, facilitated by the organization Nefesh B’Nefesh, in cooperation with the...
Jewish Agency head Herzog calls out to European leaders on rising anti-Semitism
Isaac Herzog, chairman of the executive of the Jewish Agency for Israel, has called on European leaders to take decisive measures in combating anti-Semitism and vehemently counter repeated attempts at creating an unsafe and...
Jewish organizations rally behind Italian Jews amid coronavirus shutdown
Amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis in Italy, which has brought the country to a virtual standstill, prominent Jewish organizations continue to engage the Jewish community in the country.
Chairman Isaac Herzog and Chairman of Keren...
Jewish Agency to rebrand as a global hub for the Jewish world
At the board of governors meeting that began on Sunday in Jerusalem and runs until Oct. 29, the Jewish Agency announced its new strategic plan, which includes rebranding the 90-year-old organization as a hub...
100 ‘olim’ from 45 countries experience pre-Yom Kippur prayer at Western Wall
Jewish Agency for Israel chair Isaac Herzog led 100 new olim (“new immigrants“) from 45 countries to selichot services—special prayers said by Jews worldwide during the days before and between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur—at the excavated tunnels...
Isaac Herzog: From the Labor Party to ‘prime minister of the Jews’
The ORT Jewish school in Buenos Aires was looking festive: Israeli flags hung in every corner, the classrooms were pristine and the walls were decorated. The party, held several months ago, was in honor...
Jewish Agency chair Herzog visits volunteers helping children in South Africa
Jewish Agency for Israel chair Isaac Herzog visited Durban, South Africa, on Thursday, meeting with visiting agency volunteers who are assisting disadvantaged people as part of tikkun olam initiatives to “repair the world.”
He told a group...
Herzog calls on world leaders to stem tide of anti-Semitism at March of the...
Isaac Herzog, the chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, called on world leaders to unite and stem the tide of anti-Semitism during Thursday’s March of the Living on Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance...