Lapid: Now 27 Organizations and Growing

Last Thursday, Lapid, the Coalition for High School Programs in Israel, celebrated Lapid Day. Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Herzl’s birth, the events were put together by Lapid member organizations in conjunction with Israel Experience, and support from»

Lapid: The Coalition for High School Age Programs in Israel

As a follow-up to our recent post, High School Israel Trips Regain Foothold, Lapid Israel has produced a new promotional video.

about: Lapid, the Hebrew word for “torch”, was founded in 2008 as a cooperative initiative»

High School Israel Trips Regain Foothold

by Ramie Arian

In the midst of the recent Jewish Agency board meetings, a small but significant policy shift was announced, one that was barely reported in the media, but which may produce a significant change in the»

Israel Government and Jewish Agency Announce Major High School Initiative

Within the past two days, Israel’s Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Ministry – in partnership with the Jewish Agency – has offered $2 million for a high-school initiative to compliment Birthright Israel and MASA.

Here’s more from Haviv»

The Jewish Agency’s New Vision

The Jewish Agency for Israel is undergoing change. Over the past year, on the leadership side, we have seen the election of Natan Sharansky as chair of the Executive and the recent appointment of Alan Hoffmann as Director-General. On the»

Sharansky on What Jewish Community Means

An interview with Natan Sharansky.

from The Jerusalem Post:

Freedom and identity

Doesn’t teaching about Jewish identity differ depending on the country you’re talking to – whether it be the US, France, Russia, or even Israel?

Yes. In different countries,»

Alexander Muss High School Begins to Expand

Last week, on the grounds of the Eshel Hanassi Youth Village in the northern Negev, the Alexander Muss High School in Israel (AMHSI) broke ground for the first of three dormitories planned for a new resident program. This»

Sharansky Suggests Training 5000 New Leaders

At the opening plenary of the Jewish Agency’s board meeting, Natan Sharansky – the organization’s chairman – presented similar thoughts to those he enumerated last week at a session of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations.

In»

Clawbacks, Day School Funding and More

from SunSentinel.com:

Bankruptcy lawyers to Florida charities: Give Rothstein money back

Charities across South Florida got a bitter piece of mail this holiday week: letters demanding the return of money Scott Rothstein gave them.

About 30 charities that were recipients»

AMHSI Scores a First With Google Translate

In what we believe is a first for an Israel based initiative of its kind, Alexander Muss High School in Israel has added Google’s latest translator tool to the top-right hand corner of every page of their website.»

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