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JPost: Israeli govern to give Jewish Agency cash for budget, and JAFI to hold meetings in St. Pete

The Jerusalem Post has two interesting reports this morning about the Jewish Agency for Israel. 

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Sharansky unplugged: Jewish Agency chairman sits down with The Fundermentalist

While the system as a whole may be looking to Jerry Silverman for answers, some folks at the Jewish Agency for Israel have been treating their new chairman, Natan Sharansky, as something closer to a messiah than a CEO.

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JDC: No deal on allocations split

The chairman of JDC says the organization needs more money—and needs to get a bigger piece of the pie that it shares with the Jewish Agency for Israel.

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The Jewish Agency implements structural changes

This is one of the reasons the GA is great for philanthropy reporters.

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Recalling Soviet days, Sharansky hits home for Jewish Agency

Yesterday, the CEO of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Steve Schwager gave his pitch for more money from the federation. Today it was the turn of the new Chairman of the Jewish Agency, Natan Sharansky.

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More on the MASA ad controversy

Jewish Agency insiders in the United States are using the term “catastrophic” to describe the recent controversy over a Hebrew-language television advertisement that ran in Israel only to be withdrawn by the organization after some Diaspora Jews called it offensive.

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JAFI says decision to withdraw MASA’s controversial ad was Sharansky’s

The Jewish Agency, which caught heat last week for the MASA ad campaign that painted intermarried Jews as lost, issued this press release today saying that the decision to withdraw the campaign was that of its new chairman, Natan Sharansky.

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Genesis group gives Jewish Agency $6 million for education projects in FSU

The Genesis Philanthropy Group will give the Jewish Agency for Israel $6 million for educational projects in the former Soviet Union.

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JDC, Jewish Agency mull more cuts

The North American Jewish federation system’s overseas partners are warning of a brewing financial crisis facing the organized Jewish community in the former Soviet Union.

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Sharansky speaks

The new chairman of the Jewish Agency gives first interview since taking job

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