Voices

Helping Students in Southern Israel, in the Aftermath of War

During Operation Protective Edge, “Sapir College was like a ghost town, empty of students entirely.” By נתן רועי 0

Coming Home with Shirel Bitan

A new Olah from France, a talented singer-song-writer, a proud Zionist – and a mother of two: meet Shirel Bitan. This week, the feisty contestant Shirel Bitan passed another round of eliminations with By Chen Mor 0

Self-Defense for French Jews

Ilana Medar, 18, a bat sherut, and Shimon Abouka, 21, of Paris, were excited to take part of a ceremony with the “Magen” travel program, a joint initiative of The Jewish Agency, the World Zionist By נתן רועי 0

Racheli Fraenkel Addresses Jewish Agency Board of Governors, Bringing Meetings to a Close

ASHKELON, ISRAEL – The Jewish Agency Board of Governors' meetings drew to a close this afternoon (Tuesday, October 28) in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon. Racheli Fraenkel, mother of By Jewish Agency 0

Loan Funds for Israel's Southern Businesses

This past summer’s long war in Gaza in Operation Protective Edge has taken a heavy toll on the Israeli economy. Businesses throughout the country, and particularly in southern Israel, suddenly face By Jewish Agency 0

Jewish Agency Presents NIS 50 Million Aid Package to Residents of Southern Israel

The Board of Governors of The Jewish Agency for Israel, comprised of Jewish leaders from around the world, is meeting in southern Israel; the meetings will center on a comprehensive aid package aimed By Jewish Agency 0

A New Year in a New Homeland

At a Rosh Hashana party in Beersheva’s Yeelim Absorption Center for New Immigrants, 100 participants gathered, including both olim and Masa participants from the former Soviet Union studying Hebrew at By Sarah Bronson 0

The Amsterdam Report: Young Jewish Agency Emissaries Arrive

“I hope that this will be an intense year, one in which I won’t sleep because of all the things I need to accomplish. Professionally, I expect my job and my community that we are building in Amsterdam By שגית כרמל 0

Jerusalem: Jordana’s Sukkot Holiday

She made Aliyah to Israel from Queens, NY. And this is her first Sukkot in Israel as a new immigrant. Yes, she always dreamed of coming here. And now, as a student at the Ulpan Hebrew program, she’s By נתן רועי 0

Ruth Vineyard: Wine Gladdens the Heart

Before Sukkot, everyone’s looking for that perfect wine to serve in the sukkah, or to give as a gift, to savor on a balcony somewhere on the Mediterranean. In Kfar Ruth, a moshav built by The Jewish By נתן רועי 0