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Good Wednesday morning! Yom Ha’atzmaut Sameach! Happy Israeli Independence Day! In today’s edition of Your Daily Phil, we report on the Esserman Family Fund’s support for local investigative journalism. We feature op-eds from Dan Elbaum, Noam Weissman, Jeffrey Tiell and...

More than a year ago, Yaron Deckel paused his career on Israeli television and radio and was sent as a senior Jewish Agency shliach to Canada.

In first major speech since taking on job, Doron Almog says organization aiming to strengthen ties with Diaspora communities and Israelis abroad

“We were also looking for someone with stature within Israeli society,” says Dan Elbaum, noting that Maj. Gen. (Res.) Doron Almog fits the bill.

‘I like to think that the role will be worth the wait,’ Dan Elbaum, head of the Jewish Agency in North America, said of Doron Almog’s appointment as the organization's executive chairperson.

“It’s heartwarming to see such a huge crowd,” said Robin Feit of Long Island, N.Y., whose son, Marc, was marching with his school. “It’s a real morale boost.”

Partnership2Gether Fellows is a new program that sends “shlichim” from communities in North America to spend time in Israel and share their experiences as Jew in North America.

Thousands of Jewish Ukrainian refugees pour into Israel as war ravages their country.

Yulia Dor, deputy director general of Nativ, an Israeli government agency assisting immigration efforts, estimates that the Jewish state could see as a many as 50,000 immigrants from Ukraine.

Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh, a member of the Druze community, is the first non-Jewish Israeli to serve as a senior shaliach for the Jewish Agency.