When the coronavirus shut things down in her field, it gave Annamarie a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go volunteer in Israel without setting back her career
Ravaged by the coronavirus in 2020, the Italian Jewish community received a major lifeline thanks to The Jewish Agency’s COVID-19 Loan Fund for Communities in Crisis
In December 2020, an Aliyah flight from Kazakhstan landed in Israel. Indira’s two kids, Milana, 16, and Eric, 14, were on the flight as new participants of the Naale program.
For Raquel, 18, a gap year before college was never in her plans until the coronavirus hit. Now she appreciates its value and the chance to gain independence.
The 2020 Outstanding Shaliach Award was granted to two Jewish Agency for Israel Shlichim (Israeli emissaries) in Rome, who helped the Jewish community in Italy during COVID-19