Blog entries tagged: Jewish Agency
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to describe the recent controversy over a Hebrew-language television advertisement that ran in Israel only to be withdrawn by the organization after some Diaspora Jews called it offensive.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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Evangelicals’ rabbi wants to know why the Jews aren’t saving FSU Jewry
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, the president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, which raises about $100 million per year from evangelical Christians for Jewish and Zionist causes, is miffed that the Jewish people are not coming up with more money to help Jews in the former Soviet Union. In particular, he says Israel is failing to deliver on a pledge to support Jewish schools in Russia.
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As Jewish Agency gets set to reform, Steinhardt and Nevzlin speak out
As the public politicking over the chairmanship of the Jewish Agency heats up, two mega-donors weigh in on the organization’s future.
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JAFI: Aliyah for North America is up 15 percent
Jewish Agency salutes new olim at weekend ceremonies
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Edelstein to Jewish Agency: Accept Sharansky or lose official ties to Israel
Edelstein to Jewish Agency: Accept Sharansky or lose official ties to Israel
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JPost: Netanyahu’s move to put Sharansky atop Jewish Agency is in danger
Earlier this year The Fundermentalist reported on how the reform efforts being pushed by U.S. Jewish donors could end up hurting Natan Sharansky’s chances of becoming of the chairman of the Jewish Agency. Now, according to a new report from The Jerusalem Post, Sharansky’s nomination could be in jeopardy.
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