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Screenshot from conference brochure.
June 12, 2024, 12:30 pm
Inaugural Jewish doctors conference will discuss antisemitism in the workplace
Israeli Medical Association, General Medical Council and Campaign Against Antisemitism will speak at two-day event in Brighton
By Michelle Rosenberg
Beta Israel, Pic: Meketa
August 14, 2023, 9:45 am
OPINION: How long can the 6,000 Ethiopian Jews caught up in civil war survive?
Israel needs to urgently up the ante to save the lives of 6,000 Ethiopian Jews from the country's civil war, writes Sybil Sheridan from Meketa, which supports Jews in Ethiopia.
By Sybil Sheridan
Moscow Choral Synagogue
January 12, 2023, 6:47 pm
Number of Russian Jews down sharply in last decade, pre-Ukraine war census reveals
Growing exodus from Russia with those identifying as Jewish dropping by over half to 82,644 in 2021 over an eleven year period.
By David I Klein (JTA)
An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man prays during a protest in Jerusalem. Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad
January 4, 2023, 1:53 pm
Jewish Agency to Netanyahu: ‘Concern’ about Law of Return and religious status quo
In a highly unusual letter to Netanyahu, the Jewish agency voiced concern that his government could undermine the the status quo and threaten Israel's ties with world Jewry
By Jotam Confino in Israel
A further court hearing was held into the Jewish Agency's case in Moscow on Friday (Photo: Jewish News/Reuters)
August 19, 2022, 11:07 am
Court delays Russian bid to liquidate Jewish Agency assets
Lawyers for the organisation, which arranges Jewish emigration, says they are 'not losing hope'
By Michael Daventry
July 28, 2022, 11:22 am
Moscow court begins hearing into bid to liquidate Jewish Agency’s Russian assets
Thursday's hearing comes as an Israeli delegation arrives in the Russian capital to hold talks with officials
By Michael Daventry
Maria Zakharova, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson (Photo: Maksim Konstantinov/ SOPA Images/Sipa USA)
July 26, 2022, 2:53 pm
Russia slams Israel’s ‘biased’ rhetoric on Ukraine amid bid to shut Jewish Agency
The remark by Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova came after officials moved to close down the Jewish Agency in Russia
By Michael Daventry
Visitors to Israel on a Birthright trip
July 20, 2022, 1:44 pm
British Birthright participants quit trip over West Bank settlement stay
EXCLUSIVE: Demand for rooms due to the Maccabiah Games and President Biden's visit meant another option could not be found last minute, organisers said
First Jewish migrant group from Ukraine arrives in Poland
February 27, 2022, 2:14 pm
First Jewish migrants arrive in Poland as Israel ramps up Ukraine response
Jewish Agency officials are setting up processing stations next to at least five border crossings
By Michael Daventry
February 16, 2022, 11:10 am
Voice of the Jewish News: Israel’s diaspora ties demand a new Jewish Agency chief now
It cannot be right that the world's biggest Jewish NGO has been left rudderless because of an opaque appointments process
By Voice of the Jewish News
Migration 101: Landing in Israel after making aliyah
December 22, 2021, 5:21 pm
Surge in Britons choosing a new life in Israel as aliyah figures released
Record-breaking numbers of olim moved in 2021 from countries including France and the United States
By Michael Daventry
Isaac Herzog speaking at a Jewish Agency for Israel event
June 1, 2021, 11:47 am
Possible Arab coalition role shows strength of Israel’s democracy, Herzog says
The presidential candidate says a Muslim Brotherhood party could not be in government elsewhere in the Middle East
By Michael Daventry
Ethiopian olim pray on the tarmac after their flight landed (Photo: Olivier Fitoussi)
March 11, 2021, 1:46 pm
WATCH: Hundreds of Ethiopian migrants land at Ben Gurion Airport
It was the ninth and final flight as part of the Operation Rock of Israel plan to bring 2,000 olim to the country
By Michael Daventry
4 FZY Gap Year participants getting their jabs
January 28, 2021, 12:43 pm
British teens on gap year in Israel get Covid jabs thanks to spare vials
FZY programme participants became the envy of their parents this week, after getting a vaccinated with spare shots that would have otherwise been thrown away
Screenshots from video by Beyneynu making claim about missionaries. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe-Cj8_8pqo&feature=youtu.be)
December 16, 2020, 1:34 pm
Row erupts in Israel over missionaries allegedly using Jewish Agency facilities
Anti-missionary group Beynenu claims 'Messianics' have been allowed to operate at a Galilee site, which the Jewish Agency strenuously denies - as it investigates the allegations
By Jenni Frazer
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