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Michael Siegal, outgoing chairman of the Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency, reflects on organization’s importance and future.

In a letter, leaders of four international organizations call on the prime minister to take 'immediate actions' so all Jews feel 'at home, safe and welcome' at holy site

(JNS) — Heads of major Jewish organizations, led by the Jewish Agency for Israel, delivered a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett

Wilf has long been involved in efforts locally, nationally and globally to ensure the welfare and vitality of the Jewish community and the State of Israel. (Courtesy of The Jewish Agency) The Jewish Agency for Israel announced that its Leadership Nominating Committee has unanimously approved the nomination of Mark Wilf for the position of chairperson of the organization’s board of governors.

Former commander who later opened a center for the disabled was largely seen as a consensus candidate to replace Isaac Herzog, who left the semi-governmental group a year ago

Heads of major Jewish organizations, led by the Jewish Agency for Israel, delivered a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett calling on the Israeli government to designate those killed in anti-Semitic incidents outside of Israel as official victims of terror. The letter urges the prime minister to commemorate these victims in state ceremonies, as…

The letter urges the prime minister to commemorate these victims in state ceremonies, as they are an “integral part of national memory.”

“Ironically, on this day, which strongly symbolizes the unity of the Jewish people, a large part of our people, Diaspora Jewry, seems to have been forgotten,” they wrote.

Kathleen Brown, the Democratic Party opponent for U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Amarillo, spoke about measures she would propose to reduce gun violence.

After an icy board of governors meeting, acting JAFI chief Yaakov Hagoel signs onto criticism of group he partnered with, after it clashed with liberal Jews at Western Wall