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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 433

Doron Almog

Participants display placards reading "Bring him Home" and showing pictures of hostages held by terrorists in Gaza at the annual March of The Living to honor the victims of the Holocaust at the Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau on the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Oswiecim, Poland, on May 6, 2024 (Wojtek Radwanski / AFP)
May 7, 2024, 9:17 am
At Auschwitz march, participants rally around concern over hostages and antisemitism
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, the March of the Living sees unprecedented political action with calls for the release of those held in Gaza, as well as some anti-Israel provocation
By Canaan Lidor
The CEO of the American Jewish Committee, Ted Deutch, left, interviews Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid on June 11, 2023, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Courtesy of AJC)
July 24, 2023, 10:27 pm
‘First step to destroying democracy’: Diaspora groups alarmed as overhaul law passes
Major community organizations in the United States, the United Kingdom and elsewhere express their concern following the vote on the reasonableness law
By Canaan Lidor
President Isaac Herzog speaks at the Jewish Federations of North America's General Assembly at Expo Tel Aviv on April 23, 2023. (Courtesy, Jewish Federations of North America)
April 23, 2023, 11:07 pm
Israel’s greatest existential threat is from within, Herzog tells Jewish Federations
Unlike other speakers at Tel Aviv confab, president does not acknowledge hundreds of protesters demonstrating against the judicial overhaul outside JFNA General Assembly
By Canaan Lidor
Jewish Agency Chairman Doron Almog speaks to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem on February 23, 2023. (Amit Elkayam/Conference of Presidents)
March 23, 2023, 4:29 am
Judicial overhaul can’t trump civil war, Jewish Agency and its US backers tell PM
Major US Jewish organizations warn of ‘serious polarization among Israel-loving Jews around the globe’ as Netanyahu government presses ahead with radical plans for judiciary
By Canaan Lidor
Jewish Agency Chairman Doron Almog speaks to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem on February 23, 2023. (Amit Elkayam/Conference of Presidents)
February 23, 2023, 11:17 pm
Jewish Agency chief urges US Jewry to speak out on proposed judicial overhaul
‘This is the time to strengthen your involvement, to make your voice heard,’ Doron Almog tells visiting American Jewish leaders, calls plans to limit Law of Return ‘unacceptable’
By Judah Ari Gross
Israelis protest against the Israeli government, at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, on January 7, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
January 10, 2023, 1:22 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 10: Ministers rethink public broadcaster; new Jewish Agency boss
Political correspondent Tal Schneider looks at government’s possible plans for Kan and Army Radio; Diaspora reporter Judah Ari Gross on JAFI head Doron Almog, immigration numbers
By ToI Staff
Doron Almog, chair of the Jewish Agency (center, in white shirt), visits new immigrants at Ulpan Etzion, a Hebrew-language immersion center in Jerusalem on his first day on the job, August 21, 2022. (Maxim Dinstein/Jewish Agency)
January 9, 2023, 12:30 am
Jewish Agency chief preaches unity, but readies for battle over Law of Return
Doron Almog says he hopes to connect Jews’ hearts, find compromise for conversions and act as the voice of world Jewry, even if it means speaking out to Israel’s own government
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: New immigrants from North America arrive on a flight arranged by the Nefesh B'Nefesh organization at Ben Gurion Airport, on August 14, 2019. (Flash90/ File)
January 2, 2023, 9:04 pm
Leaders of top Zionist bodies warn Netanyahu against altering Law of Return
In highly irregular letter, heads of Jewish Agency, Jewish Federations, WZO and Keren Hayesod say they have ‘deep concern’ about plans by certain members of Israel’s new government
By Judah Ari Gross
Then-Immigration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata, center, in blue coat, welcomes new immigrants from Ukraine at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, in an undated photo distributed by the Immigration and Absorption Ministry on July 6, 2022. (Courtesy: Naga Malasa)
December 22, 2022, 10:55 am
Immigration to Israel hits 23-year high, driven by Russian invasion of Ukraine
Some 70,000 people made ‘aliyah’ over the past year, mostly from formerly Soviet countries, over double 2021’s total, according to Jewish Agency figures
By Judah Ari Gross
Jewish immigrants fleeing from war zones in Ukraine arrive at the Israeli immigration and absorption office, at the Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, on March 15, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
November 30, 2022, 12:44 pm
Likud said to oppose demand to abolish ‘grandchild clause’ in Law of Return
Netanyahu’s reported objection to legislation amendment that would significantly limit immigration to Israel is seen as attempt to avoid compromising Israel-Diaspora ties
By ToI Staff
Doron Almog, chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, gives his inaugural speech after being elected in Jerusalem on July 10, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 13, 2022, 11:45 pm
Jewish Agency head warns incoming government not to alienate world Jewry
Cautionary statements come as likely coalition members propose measures that would dramatically reduce immigration, delegitimize non-Orthodox conversions
By Judah Ari Gross
Jewish Agency chairman Doron Almog addresses the organization's board of governors at the Hilton Hotel in Tel Aviv on November 6, 2022. (Maxim Dinshtein/ Jewish Agency)
November 6, 2022, 11:04 pm
Under shadow of far-right’s rise, Jewish Agency head extols Jewish unity
In first major speech since taking on job, Doron Almog says organization aiming to strengthen ties with Diaspora communities and Israelis abroad
By Judah Ari Gross
Doron Almog, chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, gives his inaugural speech after being elected in Jerusalem on July 10, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 25, 2022, 10:29 am
Jewish Agency chief: Russian Jews in ‘distress,’ no slowdown in immigration efforts
In first interview after taking over as chairman, Doron Almog tells Kan radio he hopes Moscow’s legal battle against the organization will be resolved soon
By Judah Ari Gross
Doron Almog, chair of the Jewish Agency (center, in white shirt), visits new immigrants at Ulpan Etzion, a Hebrew-language immersion center in Jerusalem on his first day on the job, August 21, 2022. (Maxim Dinstein/Jewish Agency)
August 21, 2022, 6:45 pm
Former general Doron Almog takes reins of Jewish Agency as it battles Kremlin
New head visits Jerusalem absorption center, vows to carry on role of assisting ‘every Jew’ who wishes to immigrate, even as Russia seeks to curtail group’s activities
By ToI Staff
Incoming chairman of the Jewish Agency board of governors, Mark Wilf, left, shakes hands with incoming chairman of the Jewish Agency's executive, Doron Almog, after they both were elected on July 10, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Jewish Agency)
July 12, 2022, 11:14 am
New Jewish Agency chair calls for free religious expression at the Western Wall
In first interview since being elected head of group’s board of governors, Vikings owner Mark Wilf stresses importance of Jews’ responsibility toward one another
By Judah Ari Gross
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