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ISSUE 8, AUGUST 2012
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We are now in the heart of summer. Tens of thousands of Jewish kids around the world are enjoying their time at camp, so this is a perfect time for me to share with you a story of a young lady I met while participating in a JFNA Campaign Chairs and Directors Mission in Odessa, my birthplace and childhood home. Misha Galperin is President and Chief Executive Officer, International Development, Jewish Agency for Israel |
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The Jewish Agency has expanded, by 20 percent, the ranks of shilichim (emissaries), who will be working in North American communities beginning next year. |
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More than 1,100 Israeli camp counselors, brought to North America by the Jewish Agency, are currently sharing their ruach and passion for Israeli culture with some 80,000 Jewish children. |
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The Jewish Agency's Family Futures program is pioneering a new model for empowering socioeconomically disadvantaged families in Israel's periphery. |
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Miri Shalem, a Jewish Agency partner, executive director of the Beit Shemesh, and chairwoman of the Beit Shemesh Women's Council, was recently recognized for her groundbreaking activism. |
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Members of The Jewish Agency Assembly and Board of Governors convened in Jerusalem for the June Global Jewish Forum, which explored the dynamic tension between Zionism and liberalism. |
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IN THE NEWS |
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| The New York Times reported that The Jewish Agency will administer a $1 million 'Jewish Nobel Prize' to be presented annually by the Prime Minister of Israel and endowed by the Genesis Philanthropy Group. |
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Jewish Week interviewed Misha Galperin in advance of his upcoming book, Reimagining Leadership in Jewish Organizations, to be released in August by Jewish Lights Publishing. |
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JTA covered The Jewish Agency's announcement that next year, for the first time ever, a group of community shlichim will be serving North American synagogues directly. |
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The Jerusalem Post published an Op-Ed by Joshua Berkman on The Jewish Agency's long-term commitment to Aliyah. |
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