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The delegation of Israeli mayors and municipal CEOs that visited New York from October 11-18, 2021. (Ohad Kab)
October 24, 2021, 1:09 am
Seeking to mend rifts, Israeli mayors go to NY to experience US Jewish diversity
On an October 11-18 trip to the Big Apple, 30 local leaders, including the mayor of the Arab city of Umm al-Fahm, engage in cultural exchange with Diaspora
By Danielle Ziri
The-consul general of Israel in New York Dani Dayan at the Celebrate Israel Parade, June 2, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
August 7, 2020, 5:33 am
Back from NY, Dani Dayan losing sleep over future of Israel-Diaspora relations
Settler leader-turned-diplomat cites deep cultural and even ethnic differences between Israeli and American Jews, but says Israeli apathy toward world Jewry is ‘insulting’
By Raphael Ahren
Diaspora youth participate in a Birthright Israel event in Jerusalem (Marc Israel Sellem/Flash90)
July 5, 2020, 5:38 pm
Government okays plan to bolster Diaspora Jewry, but sparse on details
Diaspora Affairs Ministry program hailed as ‘paradigm shift’ in times of crisis for many Jewish communities suffering from COVID-19, though little is known about concrete measures
By Raphael Ahren
MK Omer Yankelevich poses for a picture at the Knesset, on April 29, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
June 25, 2020, 7:59 am
Meet the ultra-Orthodox minister tasked with mending frayed Israel-Diaspora ties
While coming under fire from some in the Haredi community for being a woman in a secular party, Omer Yankelevich’s appointment is largely welcomed by Jewish leaders in Diaspora
By Sam Sokol
Illustrative: Head of the Jewish Agency Isaac Herzog attends a memorial service for the victims who were killed in shooting attack at Pittsburgh at a synagogue in Jerusalem, on October 29, 2018. (Aharon Krohn/Flash90)
July 10, 2019, 4:17 pm
Speak softly and carry no stick: Herzog’s plan to unite the Jewish people
Head of the Jewish Agency Isaac Herzog hopes to bridge the Israel-Diaspora gap through quiet discussions with Israeli lawmakers and by appealing to a Jewish ‘silent majority’
By Ben Sales
Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh President and CEO Jeff Finkelstein in Jerusalem, May 7, 2019. (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)
May 8, 2019, 1:37 pm
‘I wish I didn’t have the honor,’ says Pittsburgh Jewish leader on torchlighting
Federation head Jeff Finkelstein, in Israel to memorialize the 11 victims of Tree of Life synagogue massacre, says people-to-people relationships are only way to bridge our divides
By Raphael Ahren
French Jews arriving at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, November 2, 2016. (JTA/IFCJ)
December 9, 2018, 3:18 pm
Diaspora minister seeks plan to boost French immigration
‘200,000 French Jews want to come here,’ Naftali Bennett tells cabinet, insists ‘assimilation crisis, apathy among Jews’ causing Israel-Diaspora rift
By ToI Staff
Minister of Diaspora Affairs Naftali Bennett (left) and Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky (right) join an 'online jam session' in Jerusalem, February 2014. (Sasson Tiram)
August 10, 2015, 11:23 pm
Will a political turf war kill off Israel’s main world Jewry program?
The he said-she said battle over control of the $300 million World Jewry Joint Initiative threatens a promising, well-funded project
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
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