The shortfall of funds from the North American federation system to the Jewish Agency for Israel is expected to figure prominently when the agency’s board of governors meets later this month. The United Jewish Communities funds the Jewish Agency through its individual federations, to which it issues non-binding recommendations of overseas allocations.
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