Tag: Isaac Herzog
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...
Jewish Agency chairman warns of anti-Semitic ‘plague’ spreading in Europe
Jews face a growing threat in Europe because of rampant anti-Semitism, Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog said on Wednesday at a European Jewish Congress event.
The event was held at the European Parliament in Brussels...
Herzog flying to Pittsburgh to mourn, Jewish Agency sends trauma counselors
Isaac Herzog, the Jewish Agency for Israel’s new chairman, will visit Pittsburgh this weekend, from Nov. 2-4, to mourn the 11 Jewish victims of the Oct. 27 shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue *Or...
Masa Israel promotes ‘massive social musical initiative’ at GA in Tel Aviv
Masa Israel Journey, the public-service organization that creates engaging international experiences in Israel for those between 18 and 30 years old, gathered approximately 3,000 Masa participants and other General Assembly attendees in Tel Aviv’s...
Herzog makes first visit to US as head of Jewish Agency
Beginning his tenure last week as the chairman of the executive of the Jewish Agency for Israel, Isaac Herzog has been seeking to bridge the divide between Jews in Israel and Jews outside of the...
Thousands of North American teens gather in Israel for NCSY mega-event
On Wednesday night, more than 2,500 Jewish teenagers from hundreds of communities in North America gathered at the Latrun Armored Corps Museum near Jerusalem for the annual National Conference of Synagogue Youth Israel summer...