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Committee approves Jewish Agency move to refocus on Jewish identity

A strategic planning committee for the Jewish Agency officially approved Natan Sharansky’s plan to pursue refocusing the organization’s mission toward Jewish identity.

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Sharansky to unveil part of new vision for Jewish Agency in NY this week

The chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, Natan Sharansky, will be in New York this week to meet with the strategic planning committee he set up to discuss transforming the organization.

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Shakeup at top of Jewish Agency continues

The Jewish Agency for Israel has continued a rearrangement of the organization’s top professionals, as it announced Monday that Alan Hoffman would take over as its director general.

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Sharansky signals shift of Jewish Agency focus

At the opening plenary of the board of governors meetings of the Jewish Agency for Israel, the agency’s chairman Natan Sharansky told his board that he would like to prioritize Jewish identity over the organization’s traditional focus, immigration to Israel, Haaretz reports.

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Galperin to leave D.C. federation to take senior spot with JAFI

Misha Galperin has notified the board of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington that he will leave his post as the federation’s CEO this summer to take a position at 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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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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