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Louise Jacobs
Family members mourn during the funeral of Israeli soldier Shilo Rauchberger at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem.
October 25, 2023, 7:13 pm
OPINION: Nothing could have prepared me for what I’ve just seen and heard
Louise Jacobs, chair of UJIA, has just returned from Israel where she met some of those hardest hit by the Hamas atrocities. This is her harrowing account of a nation in pain and mourning
By Louise Jacobs
Ethiopian Jews learn Hebrew as they await aliyah
February 28, 2023, 11:30 am
OPINION: I was moved to be with 124 Ethiopian olim as they lived their Jewish dream
On a visit to Gondar, Ethiopia, UJIA Chair Louise Jacobs reflects on Israel’s importance as a homeland for global Jewry
By Louise Jacobs
Israeli far-right lawmaker and the head of "Jewish Power" party Itamar Ben-Gvir.
December 6, 2022, 2:22 pm
OPINION: Diaspora-Israel relations won’t be rocked by one divisive election
Louise Jacobs, chair of UJIA, on why we must look beyond the division and disagreement of the Israeli election and focus on what's truly important and long-lasting.
By Louise Jacobs
UJIA CEO Mandie Winston embraces a Ukrainian woman she recognised from her previous work in Odessa (Keren Hayesod-UIA)
March 15, 2022, 11:50 am
OPINION: Welcoming Ukrainian Olim to Israel was a poignant, humbling experience
'We talk about Jewish peoplehood but it is at times like this we see it action'
By Louise Jacobs
April 2, 2020, 9:41 am
OPINION: Decision to cancel Israel tours was sad but inevitable
UJIA chair Louise Jacobs says the decision to pull its summer programme for teens was to safeguard the welfare participants and their parents’ financial commitments without delay
By Louise Jacobs
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