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100 Million Shekel Pledged by IDB Group
Israel Discount Bank Group (IDB) to cooperate with the Jewish Agency and UJC in assisting Northern and Southern Communities.
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Q&A with Tsega Melaku
December 31, 2008 By RUTH EGLASH Tsega Melaku Photo: Esteban Alterman What are your initial plans for Reshet Alef? Firstly, I plan to keep up the high quality of our programming, but I also
Radio Days
December 31, 2008 By RUTH EGLASH Tsega Melaku Photo: Esteban Alterman Tsega Melaku does not try to downplay the challenges she has faced in becoming the first Ethiopian director of Israel
Jewish Agency Mobilizes to Respond to War
December 30, 2008 by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz The Jewish Agency for Israel has responded to the move to a war footing in the south of the country with emergency assistance, a hotline for new immigrants,
Gillerman Turns Down Offer of Jewish Agency Chairmanship
December 30, 2008 By HAVIV RETTIG GUR Former Israeli Ambassador to the UN Dan Gillerman Photo: AP Former UN ambassador Danny Gillerman has turned down a request that he run for chairman of the
Even Under Rocket Fire, Georgian Olim Happier in Ashdod
December 30, 2008 By RUTH EGLASH A police officer inspects damage after a rocket, fired by Palestinian terrorists from the Gaza Strip, hit a house in Tkuma, near the western Negev town of
South Learns from North's Travails During 2nd Lebanon War
December 28, 2008 By RUTH EGLASH Municipalities in southern Israel appear to have heeded the experiences of their northern counterparts during the Second Lebanon War two years ago, and efforts to
National Leader Discusses Jewish Needs
December 26, 2008 Straight talk from Baltimore’s Richie Pearlstone about pitting funds for local vs. international Jewish needs.
MKs: Gov't must step in and save Na'aleh youth aliya
December 25, 2008 By HAVIV RETTIG GUR Thirteen MKs called on the government to rescue the Na'aleh aliya program in an emergency session of the Knesset's Immigration and Absorption Committee on
500 New Immigrants On Their Way
December 23, 2008 by Hillel Fendel Five hundred Jews from the U.S., Russia, England and South Africa will make their new home in Israel between now and the end of this year.
Increase in Aliyah from English-Speaking Countries in 2008
December 22, 2008 by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz In a year-end report on aliyah (immigration to Israel) for 2008, the Jewish Agency reported an increase in immigration from English-speaking countries, even
Aliyah Down 16 Percent
December 22, 2008 Some 16,500 Jews from around the world have made aliyah in 2008, a 16 percent drop from the previous year.
500 More New Immigrants Coming by Year's End
December 22, 2008 By MAX SOCOL Some 500 more new immigrants are expected to arrive in Israel before the year ends, the Jewish Agency reported, publishing a schedule of olim-bearing flights due to
Jewish Agency: Na'aleh Will Not Be Cut
December 22, 2008 By HAVIV RETTIG GUR Amid concerns that Jewish Agency cutbacks were threatening the continued operation of Na'aleh, an agency spokesman promised the unique youth aliya program
Jewish Students Prepare to Defend Israel at Durban II
December 22, 2008 By HAVIV RETTIG GUR Though Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has formally announced a boycott of the April 2009 Durban Review Conference in Geneva, Israel is hard at work assisting its
Cash Crunch Hits FSU Jewish Learning Programs
December 21, 2008 By HAVIV RETTIG GUR Polyakova Synagogue, Moscow Photo: Channel 2 [file] Jewish education programs in the former Soviet Union are in danger of collapse as Israel government
Immigrant IAF Pilot Fights to be Recognized as a Jew
December 19, 2008 by Yair Ettinger, Haaretz Correspondent The Israel Air Force will receive its first non-Jewish pilot next week, when Andrei (whose last name is classified) receives his wings at
Haifa's Sole Absorption Center Faces Ax
December 19, 2008 by Cnaan Liphshiz Haifa City Hall was quick to announce last week that it triumphed over the Jewish Agency over the latter's plan to close the city's only immigrant absorption
Students and Alums Fight to Keep Ulpan Etzion in Baka
December 19, 2008 by Raphael Ahren Only "a miracle" could keep Ulpan Etzion in its current Jerusalem location, the upscale neighborhood of Baka, a senior Jewish Agency official told Anglo File this
Vigdor: Jewish Agency Cuts will Affect 40,000 People
December 18, 2008 By Leon Cohen of The Chronicle staff Moshe Vigdor When leaders of the Jewish Agency for Israel decided that JAFI’s director general had to speak to some North American
Jewish Agency: Yemeni Gov't is Protecting Jewish Community
December 18, 2008 By HAVIV RETTIG Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh Photo: Courtesy Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh is showing genuine concern for the country's Jews and making every
 
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