Tag: Nathan Sharansky
Natan Sharansky is awarded 2020 Genesis Prize
Natan Sharansky, the former Russian Prisoner of Zion who would later become head of Israel’s Jewish Agency, was named on Tuesday as the winner of the 2020 Genesis Prize in recognition of his “extraordinary...
Institute for Study of Global Antisemitism announces Natan Sharansky as chair
The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy announced on Friday that Natan Sharansky, a Jewish icon who was one of the most well-known Soviet refuseniks and a leader of the fight to...
Isaac Herzog nominated to head Jewish Agency
Israeli Opposition leader Isaac Herzog has been tapped to head the Jewish Agency after its search committee rejected the choice suggested by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Herzog will replace Natan Sharansky, a former Soviet...
Trump, Kim and the ‘good citizen’
One of the many memorable scenes in “The Lives of Others”—an exemplary German movie whose plot centers on the Stasi secret police in the late, unlamented German Democratic Republic—involves the indiscreet telling of a...
Jewish Agency launches new program to bolster emissaries stationed worldwide
A new Israeli program celebrating the work of Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky will invest in the advancement and optimization of the agency’s emissaries worldwide.
The Jewish Agency was established in 1929 to provide vital...