Tag: Jewish Agency for Israel

Israel is reaching out to the Jews of the Diaspora and has initiated a roundtable of global and regional Jewish organizations to assess the impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on Jewish communities and prepare a plan for their rehabilitation.

Interest in aliyah to Israel has been recorded in Jewish communities where the number of Jews who died from the coronavirus is high.

The Aliyah group will provide online informational sessions to nearly 1,000 pre-registered participants in lieu of this year’s New Jersey mega Aliyah event.

To honor International Women’s Day, data released by Jewish Agency shows women comprise over half of their emissaries worldwide.

The Zionist Organization of America was the only U.S. group at the very first World Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland, in 1897, helping to lay the foundation for the re-establishment of the Jewish state.

Watch them give the 2021 Genesis to AOC.

The first time Chaya Ticker, originally from Brooklyn, NY, set foot in Israel, she had the feeling that she'd come home...

The countries which contributed the highest number of Olim in the past 10 years were Russia (66,800), Ukraine (45,670), France (38,000) and the US (32,000).

In 1939, the world's Jewish population reached its historical peak of 17 million (0.8% of the global population).

The flight included 103 children under the age of 17, 21 medical professionals, three sets of twins, and a 28-day-old baby.

A few Olim on this morning’s flight plan to join the IDF as Lone Soldiers.

Rivlin: “We have seen events of this kind in development countries and there are usually casualties or loss of life.”

Watch the entire contest, courtesy of Kan 11.

"They have until April 5th," the email warns, using simple text, when cutout letters from magazines would have been so much more appropriate.

A record 48,000 participants from around abroad and 8,300 Israelis took part in 10-day tours in 2018.

Most Israeli Jews partake in several Hanukkah activities, such as eating sufganiyot (doughnuts) and latkes (79%) and giving Hanukkah gelt (64%).

The loans have been donated by the Ness Foundation – funded by the Jewish communities of Metrowest and Miami in the US.

The group includes 27 medical professionals, 13 Jewish community professionals, and 57 lone soldiers.

New Olim arrived in Israel.

Tuition in Jewish American schools has reached $40,000 a year per child.

Israel is home to the world’s largest Jewish community (more than six million Jews) followed by the U.S. (5.7 million).

"They didn't come to learn about Israel, but rather about Palestine... to bash Israel on purpose, and in public."

Signaling that he understand why had been selected, Herzog told the board on Sunday: “A Jew is a Jew is a Jew, no matter his denomination or the type of kippah he chooses to wear or not to wear on his head."

"Following an appeal from leaders of the Jewish Diaspora, I have agreed to take upon myself the position of Chairman of the Jewish Agency."

Sharansky will continue his service training and supporting the Jewish Agency shlichim (emissaries).

"This prize also goes to [wife] Avital and to all the Aliyah activists and Prisoners of Zion in the Soviet Union who fought valiantly for the right to immigrate to Israel."

“If you want to honor Natan’s legacy, then support the brave men and women of Iran who are fighting for freedom, yearning for freedom and praying for our support for their struggle."

Someone get them a ladder over at Princeton's Hillel.

We have seen no progress on any of these issues since the government’s regrettable decision in June.

Grants will be awarded to Olim looking to create change, enter the start-up ecosystem, impact Israeli society or engage the Olim community.