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'Mutual responsibility': Israel recognizes Bondi casualties as victims of antisemitism

This state recognition 'expresses deep mutual responsibility and an unwavering commitment to fight antisemitism wherever it raises its head,' said WZO Chair Yaakov Hagoel

World Zionist Organization Chair Yaakov Hagoel and Jewish Agency Chair Doron Almog are seen alongside families of the Sydney terror attack victims during a solidarity visit to Australia, February 10, 2026.
 Natan Sharansky.

'To succeed as a Jew is to survive,' Natan Sharansky tells 'Post' - interview

 RABBI JOE and the JLIC TLV community members bring an ice cream truck to evacuees in Tel Aviv hotels.

Emergence of a new Anglo demographic in Israel requires a change of priorities - opinion

THE KHONGSAI family in front of their sukkah, one of the families in Kibbutz Maoz Tzur. The kibbutz is home to more than 100 people across 21 families and is largely self-sustaining through basic farming, with residents maintaining Jewish traditions while awaiting their journey to Israel.

Israel launches gov't initiative to bring home, reunite Bnei Menashe community


Grapevine October 25, 2024: With a little help from our friends

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 THE OR LAMISHPACHOT choir sings at an ICEJ gathering last Sunday at the Tower of David Museum in Jerusalem.

For the first time: The European Bible Quiz, with hundreds of teens participating


Jewish population increases by 100,000 this year, to 15.8 million worldwide

Nearly half of the global Jewish population, 7.3 million, live in Israel while 8.3 million live in the Diaspora. 

Olim from North America arrive on a special " Aliyah flight" to the Ben Gurion airport

Running in the rain: Israeli teens join US summer camp

About 110 Israeli teens, together with 10 specially trained staff, went to the Pocono mountains of Eastern Pennsylvania as part of Macheneh Yahad, a Jewish Agency partnership program.

 Take us out to the ball game! Some 110 Israeli teens enjoy a respite from the war at an American Jewish summer camp.

2,000 North Americans make aliyah over the summer

Nefesh B’Nefesh celebrates busy aliyah season with influx of olim since October 7 and continues to see significant increase in aliyah applications.

"The entire nation of Israel shares in this excitement."

Jewish Agency and ELI partner to protect new immigrant teens

ELI and the Jewish Agency team up to educate immigrant teens on abuse prevention through theater and discussions at absorption center

Over 400 teenagers in grades 7–11 will watch ELI's theatrical production

Israel sees 42% drop in immigration in 2024 amid war, significant decline in opened Aliyah files

Since the beginning of the war, there has been a 19% decrease in the number of aliyah files opened worldwide compared to last year, with a total of 30,763 files opened.

Olim from North America arrive on a special " Aliyah flight" to the Ben Gurion airport

Meir Holtz appointed CEO of Masa Israel Journey

Masa is the leading organization bringing young Jewish adults from around the world to participate in immersive programming in Israel.

 Meir Holtz, newly appointed CEO of Masa Israel Journey

Protecting Jewish assets in Portugal: Porto's Jewish community names Jewish Agency as legal heir

This means that should the Porto community one day be disbanded, any assets belonging to the community would be inherited by the Jewish Agency. 

 The monument at the Jewish Museum of Porto marking the agreement between the Jewish community of Porto and the Jewish Agency. September 2, 2024.

Guy Lerer, Channel 13 to pay NIS 410,000 in damages to Elazar Stern for defamation, court rules

The court emphasized that the impact of these defamatory statements was compounded by their timing, as Stern was a candidate for a prominent public role at the time.

  MK Elazar Stern attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on June 26, 2024.