Simantov, 65, speaks very little Hebrew, though he is fluent in Persian, and is expected to need considerable assistance to adjust to life in Israel.
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
Nearly half of the global Jewish population, 7.3 million, live in Israel while 8.3 million live in the Diaspora.
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.
Nefesh B’Nefesh celebrates busy aliyah season with influx of olim since October 7 and continues to see significant increase in aliyah applications.
ELI and the Jewish Agency team up to educate immigrant teens on abuse prevention through theater and discussions at absorption center
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.
Masa is the leading organization bringing young Jewish adults from around the world to participate in immersive programming in Israel.
This means that should the Porto community one day be disbanded, any assets belonging to the community would be inherited by the Jewish Agency.
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