Key Organizational Leaders Endorse Jewish Agency Week February 20-27

A joint statement endorsing Jewish Agency Week (February 20-27) was issued today by the heads of the four major American Jewish organizations most closely related to the work of the Jewish Agency for Israel.

The statement, signed by Shoshana Cardin, president of the Council of Jewish Federations; Irwin Field, chairman of the United Israel Appeal; Alex Grass, national chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; and Bernice Tannenbaum, chairman of the World Zionist Organization-American Section, said, in part:

“We welcome the initiative of the Jewish Agency for Israel in planning Jewish Agency Week. Jewish Agency Week will provide a unique opportunity for interaction between Israeli and North American leadership. The series of visits to communities throughout North America, undertaken by Jewish Agency Board of Governors members and senior staff, will allow for a deepening of the partnership between Israel and North American Jewry.”

Jewish Agency Week, a series of visits to Jewish communities throughout North America, will involve members of the Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency for Israel and senior Agency staff. The Governors and staff will meet with community campaign leadership, Boards of Directors of Jewish Federations, Jewish Agency committees of Federations, and Zionist leadership designated by the individual communities. Jewish Agency Week will immediately follow the February 18-19 meeting in New York of the Jewish Agency’s Board of Governors.

In commenting on the joint statement, Jerold Hoff-berger, chairman of the Jewish Agency’s Board of Governors, said, “We welcome this warm endorsement of Jewish Agency Week and we look forward to working together to intensify the partnership between Israel and world Jewry.”