Israel sees slight drop in Jewish immigration
Jewish immigration to Israel fell 2 percent last year, a trend that was bucked by new arrivals from Europe and the former Soviet Union. More ▸
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Netanyahu asks Jewish Agency to look into women’s prayer at Western Wall
By Marcy OsterIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly asked the Jewish Agency to come up with a solution for non-Orthodox women’s groups that want to pray at the Western Wall. More ▸
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Some 9,000 children from southern Israel get day of fun
By Marcy OsterThe Jewish Agency for Israel took 9,000 children and teenagers from southern Israel for a day of fun. More ▸
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Jewish Agency committee calls for new approach to Western Wall prayer
By Marcy OsterA Jewish Agency committee has adopted a resolution calling for a “satisfactory approach” to prayer at the Western Wall. More ▸
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A guide to the top 5773 Rosh Hashanah YouTube videos!
By Uri FintzyEvery year our Facebook friends, Twitter followers and fellow emailers send us Rosh Hashanah videos.
They are usually parodies of popular songs — and amateurish (or sometimes too professional). Sometimes they’re funny, sometimes they’re endearing, but most times they kind of get old after the, umm, 100th share. So we decided to ease on the pre-holiday headache and put this year’s top Rosh Hashanah videos on one ultimate page for you to share. We just want your newsfeed to be clean and tidy — it’s a new year, you know.
Shana Tova!
Here they are…
1. The “Boy Bands Are Cool Again!” video
Aish – “What Makes Rosh Hashanah Beautiful” (based on One Direction’s “What Makes You Beautiful”) More ▸ -
Seeking Kin: Program aiding at-risk youth, and the boy who decamped for America
Kibbutz Tzora Youth Aliyah alumni search for a boy who left for America. More ▸
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Damon Rose, Jewish Agency official, dies
By Debra RubinDamon Rose, the Jewish Agency for Israel’s northern regional director of partnerships, has died. More ▸
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More than 150,000 Holocaust restitution claims submitted
More than 150,000 applications have been submitted for restitution of Jewish owned property lost during the Holocaust. More ▸
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IFCJ gives Jewish Agency, Chabad funds to upgrade security
By Marcy OsterThe International Fellowship of Christians and Jews has given $1 million each to the Jewish Agency and Chabad to help them guard against anti-Semitic and terrorist attacks. More ▸
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Nefesh B’Nefesh marks 10th anniversary with planeload of immigrants
By Marcy OsterNefesh B’Nefesh marked the 10th anniversary celebration of the founding of the group, which facilitates aliyah, with a planeload of new immigrants to Israel. More ▸
