Three branches, one tree In modern-day Israel, the 15th of Shevat (Tu B Shevat), is a day to celebrate the ecology and plant trees. by Ofer Bavly on February 25, 2021
The Straussman family planting a willow tree on Tu B’Shevat in their backyard. Photo credit: Guy Yechiely, Jewish Agency for Israel.
As far back as the Mishnah, the 15th day of the month of Shevat on the Jewish calendar has been celebrated as the new year for the trees a day to celebrate nature and our people s connection to the land.
The father of Zionism, Theodor Herzl, described a utopian future state of Israel, placing high importance on the values of environmentalism and ecology 50 years before the state was established and long before the creation of the green movement.
Jewish Agency Chairman Isaac Herzog with olim doctors.
The Jewish Agency for Israelâs Board of Governors will convene this week to adopt new guidelines that introduce a comprehensive aliyah program for physicians and medical professionals from around the world who will join the Israeli health care system.
As the world marks one year since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Jewish Agencyâs new guidelines will focus on the priorities of continued Aliyah as well as the rehabilitation of pandemic-stricken communities in Israel and around the world. The virtual international conference, overseen by the Jewish Agencyâs Chairman of the Board Michael Siegel, and Chairman of the Executive Isaac Herzog, will include hundreds of leaders of Jewish communities.
Former US Special Envoy Elan Carr joins Combat Anti-Semitism Movement’s advisory board
Former US Special Envoy Elan Carr joins Combat Anti-Semitism Movement’s advisory board
As U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, Elan S. Carr spearheaded global diplomacy campaign tackling Jew-hatred, including groundbreaking agreements.
Elan Carr, U.S. special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism, addresses the European Jewish Association’s (EJA) annual policy conference in Paris, Feb. 24, 2020. Photo by Yoni Rykner.
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The Combat Anti-Semitism Movement (CAM) today announced that Elan S. Carr, the former United States Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, has joined its Advisory Board. Carr, who was appointed by the President of the United States and the Secretary of State as the country’s senior diplomatic representative on the subject of anti-Semitism, joins an impressive list of advisors helpi
UK citizen serving in Israel occupation forces named as killer of 17-year-old Palestinian boy
Attallah Mohammad Harb Rayan [Defense for Children/Twitter] January 28, 2021 at 1:18 pm
A Briton serving in the Israeli occupation forces has been identified by
the Jerusalem Post as the killer of the Palestinian boy Attallah Mohammad Harb Rayan. The 17-year-old teenager from Qawarat Bani Hassan, a town located southwest of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, was shot on Tuesday.
Citing Israeli army radio, Defence for Children International – Palestine (DCIP), an independent non-governmental organisation set up to monitor Israeli human rights violations against Palestinian children, said that occupation troops shot Attallah at a junction near the Barkan settlement near the occupied West Bank town of Salfit, after he allegedly carried a knife and attempted to attack an Israeli soldier stationed at the junction.
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Dec. 30, 2020
Summer predictions of a surge in immigration to Israel because of the coronavirus pandemic have proved to be overly optimistic, as new data showed a drop of 40 percent in new arrivals.
The predictions were made when it initially appeared that Israel was managing the rates of infection more effectively than other Western countries. Since then, Israel has experienced repeated surges of infection and the country has been locked down twice and suffered significant economic damage, including surging unemployment.
According to the Jewish Agency, only 20,000 individuals will have made aliyah to Israel by the year’s end, a decrease of 14,000 from the previous year. In 2019, 34,000 immigrants moved to the Jewish state, the largest annual number of immigrants to Israel over the past decade.