Israel

Jewish Agency rips Israeli rabbinate’s rejection of prominent US rabbi’s conversion

The Jewish Agency board also unanimously passed a resolution urging the government of Israel to implement a plan to resolve interdenominational disputes over the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

Ethiopian man who murdered his alleged rapist asks Israel’s president for pardon

Yonatan Heilo, now 29, has served five years of a 12-year prison sentence for killing a powerful member of the Ethiopian community who allegedly had abused him for years.

Christian-funded group brings its 1st large group of French immigrants to Israel

The cash incentives offered by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews to immigrants has angered the Jewish Agency, which the fellowship used to help fund.