Shimon Peres urged North American Jewish federations to increase funding to the Jewish Agency for Israel. As the United Jewish Communities prepares to vote Monday on allocations to its overseas partners, the leader of Israel’s Labor Party asked the UJC to allocate more money to the Jewish Agency, which runs immigration, absorption and Zionist education.
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