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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 623

Keren Hayesod

Then-Diaspora affairs minister Nachman Shai addresses a World Zionist Organization conference marking the 125th anniversary of the First Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland, on August 28, 2022. (Courtesy)
February 11, 2025, 5:46 am
Billions at stake: WZO vote sees Orthodox-liberal struggle, opportunity for N. American Jews
Held online from March 10 to May 4 and open to almost all US Jews, vote will help decide how over $1 billion a year of ‘the Jewish people’s money’ will be allocated to institutions
By Zev Stub
Participants hold up signs at the March for Israel rally organized by the Jewish Federations of North America on November 14, 2023, on the National Mall in Washington. (Daryl Perry)
December 7, 2024, 9:50 am
Huge post-October 7 giving boom from overseas brings hope to battered frontlines
With no shortage of organizations trying to help, big philanthropic bodies say they’re working in coordination, each filling a different role, while letting local communities lead
By Sue Surkes
Keren Hayesod building in Jerusalem, August 3, 2007. (Wikipedia/by Neta - own work)
March 15, 2023, 6:10 pm
Swiss Keren Hayesod alarmed by Israel’s direction, terrorist death penalty bill
Zurich branch of international fundraising body decries ‘immediate threat’ to fabric of Israeli society; organization insiders fear criticism from other branches to follow
By Ash Obel and Canaan Lidor
People walk through the rubble of destroyed buildings in Antakya, southeastern Turkey, February 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
February 16, 2023, 11:25 am
14 Jews rescued from devastated Turkish city of Antakya, given shelter in Istanbul
After community leader and his wife were killed, most of city’s remaining Jews are airlifted by fundraising group Keren Hayesod
By Lazar Berman
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
A police officer stands between a group of ultra-Orthodox youths and a bar mitzvah ceremony at the egalitarian section of the Western Wall on June 30, 2022. (Laura Ben-David)
July 6, 2022, 9:39 pm
Heads of major Jewish groups press Lapid after zealots overrun Western Wall prayers
In a letter, leaders of four international organizations call on the PM to take ‘immediate actions’ so all Jews feel ‘at home, safe and welcome’ at holy site
By Judah Ari Gross
Tedplach Bitao, 28, rejoices as she arrives in in Israel from Ethiopia on January 22, 2021. (Avi Hayun for Keren Hayesod)
January 22, 2021, 4:04 pm
With funding from Chinese backer, 162 Ethiopian immigrants arrive in Israel
6th flight of Operation ‘Tzur Yisrael’ arrives with financial support from entrepreneur and Keren Hayesod; minister hails ‘the return of our sons and daughters home to Israel’
By Lazar Berman
View of the Jewish Agency headquarters in Jerusalem, November 29, 2016. Photo (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 21, 2020, 1:44 am
Hadassah, other groups delay right-wing takeover of World Zionist Congress
Legacy Jewish groups like Naamat, Maccabi, B’nai B’rith International, the Women’s International Zionist Organization and Emunah step in to delay contentious vote
By Ron Kampeas
A man sporting a Jewish 'tallit' looks out over the Dubai skyline in the United Arab Emirates (video screenshot)
September 1, 2020, 5:50 pm
Jewish Agency to work on aiding community in United Arab Emirates
Group’s chief Isaac Herzog says aim is to bolster Jewish identity, run summer camps; will possibly send an emissary
By ToI Staff
Lebanese-Swiss businessman Abdallah Chatila, who purchased items belonging to Adolf Hitler at a public auction in Europe to ensure that they do not get into neo-Nazi hands, visits the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on December 8, 2019. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
December 8, 2019, 6:22 pm
Israel welcomes Lebanon-born businessman who bought and is donating Hitler items
Visiting Jerusalem, diamond and real estate magnate Abdalla Chatila says he considered the prospect of the collection landing in ‘the wrong hands’ a ‘potential lethal injustice’
By Adam Rasgon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Keren Hayesod Annual World Conference at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem on April 16, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 17, 2018, 1:34 am
Israel ‘more powerful’ than ever, says PM, responding to Iran threats
After Tehran warns Israel will ‘regret’ alleged raid on its base in Syria, Netanyahu says Jewish people will ‘defend ourselves against any threat’
By ToI Staff
Haifa resident Aitan Shariel inspects the damage inside his house following a massive wildfire, on November 25, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA)
November 28, 2016, 1:26 am
Jewish Agency to assist families whose homes were damaged in fires
Leading Jewish organization to provide $1,000 to each family that qualifies
By ToI Staff
Ethiopian immigrants arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport in December 2011. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
October 5, 2016, 10:56 pm
Ethiopian immigration to Israel resuming after 3-year freeze
Amid civil unrest in Ethiopia, first group of Jews since 2013 set to arrive in Israel on Sunday; 9,000 still waiting in Ethiopia
By Melanie Lidman
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon speaking before an emergency session of the Security Council, March 3, 2016. (Courtesy)
May 30, 2016, 6:17 pm
A third of Americans say it’s legitimate to boycott Israel
New poll ahead of anti-divestment conference finds the majority, however, sees the BDS movement as modern anti-Semitism
By Stuart Winer
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