Duvdevani Puts Haaretz on Defensive

Senior Jewish world figures continue to complain about misleading statements published last week in Haaretz as they relate to the new strategic plan of the Jewish Agency (JAFI).

Last Thursday, JAFI’s Board chair, Richie Pearlstone, published an open letter»

The World Zionist Organization: Sinking Fast and No-one Cares

This Is What Jewish Democracy Looks Like
by J.J. Goldberg

If you really want to get a handle on the troubles dogging Israel’s relationship with the Jewish Diaspora, look no further than the World Zionist Congress, which opened with great»

World Zionist Congress: Thoughts from a Delegate

Rabbi Gerald Skolnik writing in The Jewish Week:

World Zionist Congress: There Has to be a Better Way

I am in Jerusalem, having just attended the 36th World Zionist Congress as a delegate of MERCAZ, the Zionist»

The Jewish Agency Speaks on Their New Vision

As our regular readers know, when JAFI’s Board of Governors convenes next week a new strategic plan will be presented, discussed and [while there may be revisions] voted on. There has also been a great deal of discussion and speculation»

J Street, Elections and the WZO

Forty-five minutes late and with an auditorium 3/4 empty, the 36th Zionist Congress came to order in Jerusalem yesterday morning. And, as to be expected from an organization where 30% of the seats are held by member’s of the Knesset,»

The World Zionist Organization and the Jewish Agency Struggle to Find Meaning

Nowhere are the fissures of the Jewish world more apparent than in early summer Jerusalem. For here, on the one-hand, we see the energy accompanying the first wave of Birthright Israel, teen youth program, and 20-something summer visitors – arriving»

Haredi Party Seeks to Remove Pluralism from Jewish World Agenda

The general feeling around Jerusalem’s Jewish organizational world is that the upcoming meeting of the World Zionist Congress will be either of two extremes – boring, or a bloodbath – and much relates around how Shas, a Sephardic»

Israel Government Fellowship Program

The Israel Government Fellows Program (IGF) offers outstanding young individuals an opportunity for internship in the Israeli Government. The two main purposes for this exclusive program are to strengthen the connections between the Jewish State and the Diaspora, and to»

Shas: Trojan Horse In the Zionist Establishment?

After sitting through three days of meetings with Diaspora leaders, one thing is clear. By and large, they do not realize the impact of allowing Shas, the Sephardic Haredi party, to come aboard as a member of the World Zionist»

Shas Now Part of World Zionist Organization

The World Zionist Organization Executive has approved by a large majority the request of the Shas movement to become a regular member of the WZO

In a meeting of the Zionist Executive – the leading body of the»

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