Tag: Jewish Agency for Israel
Nefesh B’Nefesh launches new institute for aliyah and strategy
It’s been three years since Hanna and Shamshy Schlager traded their home in New York for a new one in Modi’in, Israel.
It’s been a good three years, they’ll tell you, a time of growth,...
Former Druze MK appointed emissary to Washington, North American campuses
The Jewish Agency for Israel and the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington will be bringing former Knesset member Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh—the first female Druze member of Israel’s legislature, to Washington, D.C.—as a senior shlicha (Israeli emissary). She will...
Two of the 14,325 stories behind ‘Operation Solomon’
Ethiopia was in the midst of a brutal civil war in 1991 when Israel decided to launch an intrepid mission that would bring 14,325 Ethiopian Jews to Israel over the course of 36 hours....
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...
More than 20,000 people immigrated to Israel in 2020, despite the pandemic
Global pandemic notwithstanding, more than 20,000 Jews from 70 countries made aliyah over the course of 2020, reported the Jewish Agency.
Most of the immigrants arrived from Russia, Ukraine, the United States and France, according to the...
Despite coronavirus pandemic, Israel program sees spike in applications
Masa Israel Journey, founded by the Jewish Agency of Israel and the government of Israel, launched its 16th programming year on Monday at an online event attended by thousands of its fellows from countries...
Jewish Agency partnership with Canadian evangelical group prompts furor over missionary activity
In a strongly worded letter dated Dec. 6, leaders of Beyneynu, an Israeli nonprofit group dedicated to “good relations,” calls for the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) to investigate and put an end to...
90 North Americans arrive in Israel during Israeli National Immigration Week
Israel welcomed its 16,000th new immigrant of the year, Simcha Brodsky, who made aliyah with Nefesh B’Nefesh along with 90 other new olim arriving at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Tuesday as Israel celebrates National Immigration Week, in...
August 11, 1929: The creation of the Jewish Agency for Israel as we know...
The Jewish Agency was established by the World Zionist Organization at the 16th Zionist Congress, on August 11, 1929, as a partnership between the WZO and “non-Zionist” Jewish leaders, among them such luminaries as...
COVID-19 continued spread drives Brazilian Jews to immigrate to Israel
Thousands of Brazilian Jews interested in immigrating to Israel attended an online fair this week, organized by the Jewish Agency for Israel.
Since March, 140 Brazilian Jews have arrived in Israel.
This week’s online aliyah fair for Brazilian...