The new strategic vision calls for turning the agency’s attention more squarely toward building global Jewish identity, and away from its traditional mission of bringing in and settling new immigrants to Israel.
More than half of Israeli Jews believe that the term “pro-Israel” should apply only to Jewish groups that back the policies of the current Israeli government, a poll showed.
We’ve been talking for months now about Natan Sharansky’s move to transform the Jewish Agency for Israel into an organization focused on building Jewish identity. We’ve written extensively about the plan, about some of the personnel moves that Sharansky has made to fulfill the plan, and about the move of its fundraising and marketing departments […]