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Jewish community leader in U.K. ‘extremely distressed’ by World Zionist Organization's role in attacks on members of Women of the Wall group in Jerusalem last week

Yaakov Hagoel heads both the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organization, a group that sanctioned an event last week where 150 members of the feminist prayer group Women of the Wall were attacked

In partnership with ultra-Orthodox activists, WZO brought hundreds of seminary girls to Western Wall while the feminist prayer group was holding its monthly Rosh Chodesh service

Steven Lowy, Chairman, World Board of Trustees and Sam Grudwerg World Chairman headed a two-day mission to Poland and Ukraine. Here is their report: Just a few days ago we returned from an intensive and emotional two-day mission to Poland and Ukraine. The mission was a senior leadership mission in which we were joined by…

Aliyah and Integration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata is in the region together with a delegation of Jewish Agency and Keren Hayesod leaders.

I invite you to come see The Jewish Agency for yourself. You'll surely like our upgrades of the past 4 years – and of course our assistance to Ukrainian Jews

Minister Elazar Stern, once considered the front-runner for one of the most high-profile positions in the Jewish organizational world, withdrew his candidacy following outcry over comments on handling of sexual harassment complaints

A candidate for the position of Jewish Agency chairman must be endorsed by nine of the 10 members of the nominations committee, but given the current makeup of the committee, the front-runner could be blocked from obtaining this majority

Yesh Atid MK will be supported as candidate by his party leader Lapid and PM-designate Bennett

Isaac Herzog, 60, was elected by a secret ballot in the Israeli Knesset on June 2 with 87 votes of the body’s 120 members. He defeated Miriam Peretz, a social activist and former Israel Prize winner.