12 Ways to Celebrate Israel’s 70th Birthday Right Now

Israel is celebrating 70 years of statehood! Here are 12 ways you can join in the celebrations from wherever you are. By Jewish Agency Staff 0

Coming Full Circle to St. Paul

Even before Tal Dror applied to serve as a shlicha in Minnesota, she had gotten to know the area through The Jewish Agency’s Partnership2Gether program. Today, her history with St. Paul’s Jewish By Jewish Agency Staff 0

Back to School and Making a Difference

By the end of 2016, Ahmed Jarbiya’s long career in education was behind him – or so he thought. After a shocking encounter with some of his former students, he upended his retirement plans to focus on By Jewish Agency Staff 0

Learning Hebrew and finding love at Ulpan Etzion

They couldn’t communicate until they each learned Hebrew. Now they are getting married By Jewish Agency Staff 0

They fight for Israel. We make sure they have support.

Every year, hundreds of young Jewish adults from around the world make Aliyah and enlist in the IDF through the Garin Tzabar program. Although the new recruits come to Israel alone, the program By Jewish Agency Staff 0

‘None of the stereotypes are true:’ Jewish Agency pre-military academy opens Israelis to diversity

Israel boasts a rich mosaic of religion and culture, but recognizing and understanding the country’s diversity isn’t a given for all young people who call the Jewish State home. For Dror Ovadia, a 19 By Jewish Agency Staff 0

Exploring her roots in Israel

Mollie Milchberg came to Israel from Maryland for three months to join Kol Ami - The Jewish Agency's Peoplehood Acadmy. Her late grandfather was a Polish-born Holocaust survivor whose story is By Jewish Agency Staff 0

“I never planned to be a leader” — cultivating Jewish leadership around the globe

Nina Peretz, 34, revived her Berlin synagogue. She is thankful for what she learned as a fellow on The Jewish Agency’s Adaptive Leadership Lab Fellowship By Jewish Agency Staff 0

Getting a start in the ‘start-up nation’

Vladimir and Darya immigrated to Israel with their 2-year-old daughter Liza in March 2016 from Russia. The Jewish Agency helped Vladimir launch a new career in high tech during their stay at The By Jewish Agency Staff 0

Wildfires won’t stop him

After learning organic farming in Israel on The Jewish Agency’s Masa program, Keith Michalak returned to the USA to farm in northern California. And though his farm was damaged in the wildfires last By Jewish Agency Staff 0