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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)
July 10, 2022, 11:22 am
Former general Doron Almog elected to lead Jewish Agency, calls for Jewish unity
IDF commander-turned-disability activist takes over quasi-governmental group after yearlong search for new chair; stresses Jewish pride and centrality of Israel in inaugural speech
By Judah Ari Gross
Acting chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, Yaakov Hagoel, left, shakes hands with the nominee for the position, Doron Almog, outside the organization's headquarters in Jerusalem on June 16, 2022. (Jewish Agency)
June 16, 2022, 8:56 pm
Former general Doron Almog tapped to head Jewish Agency, ending lengthy search
Former commander who later opened a center for the disabled largely seen as a consensus candidate to replace Isaac Herzog, who left the semi-governmental group a year ago
By Judah Ari Gross
Academy Award-winning actress and activist Marlee Matlin speaking about her Jewish heritage, career and experience overcoming disabilities at the Jewish Federations of North America’s General Assembly in suburban Washington, November 10, 2014. (photo credit: Ron Sachs/JTA)
November 12, 2014, 2:02 am
US Federations’ GA was part pep rally, part training session, part reunion
Collaboration emerged as key for leaders gearing up with new programs and new methods of outreach to disaffected young Jews
By Uriel Heilman
The Senate side of the United States Capitol building in Washington, DC (Wikimedia Commons/File)
December 20, 2013, 4:05 pm
US Jewish groups support new Iran sanctions bill
Legislation includes support for an Israeli strike, should Israel take ‘military action in legitimate self-defense’
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
Children learn in small groups with a teacher at Temple Beth Shalom in Needham, Mass. (photo credit: Courtesy of the Paradigm Project/JTA)
November 30, 2013, 9:53 pm
The best way to hook a Jewish family is through its tots
Studies suggest Jewish preschool can play a vital role not just in education, but in connecting families to Jewish community
By Julie Wiener
October 26, 2013, 8:21 am
Jewish Federations call for free Jewish preschool
Jerry Silverman and Michael Siegal aim to ‘dramatically widen the pipeline of families entering Jewish life’
By JTA
May 22, 2013, 6:11 am
Jewish groups join effort to help tornado victims
‘We are numb with grief, and yet inspired by the heroic resilience of the people of Oklahoma,’ says Reform leader
US President Barack Obama delivers a speech at the Jerusalem Convention Center, March 21 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 22, 2013, 11:52 pm
Obama’s Israel visit wins over Jews at home
Every side of the American Jewish debate over Israeli-Palestinian peace found something to cheer about
By Haviv Rettig Gur
January 3, 2013, 12:38 am
Jewish federations praise fiscal cliff agreement for sparing America’s ‘most vulnerable’
Besides preventing tax hike, bill staves off cuts, maintains charitable contribution tax deduction for ‘critical community-based services,’ umbrella group says
By Haviv Rettig Gur
May 16, 2012, 10:08 am
Michael Siegal nominated to head Jewish federations
The chairman and CEO of Olympic Steel is the current board chair of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland
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