The Jewish Agency for Israel

Jewish Agency Shlichim Strengthen Communities Worldwide and Spread Hanukkah’s Global Glow

With a record deployment of emissaries, the Jewish Agency reinforces Jewish identity, communal resilience, and global solidarity at a critical moment.

Jewish Agency Chairman Maj. Gen. (res.) Doron Almog and CEO Yehuda Setton with Jewish Agency shlichim
L to R: Jewish Agency Leadership: Mark Wilf, Chairman of the Board of Governors  Maj. Gen. (res.) Doron Almog, Chairman of the Executive; Bruce Sholk, Chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee, and Yehuda Setton, CEO and Director General.

At The Jewish Agency Board Meeting, ‘we act to impact’ becomes a blueprint for Israel’s recovery

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at an event held in partnership with Nefesh B’Nefesh. November 6, 2025.

Israel considering tax exemption for new immigrants during first two years of residency

Jewish Agency CEO Yehuda Setton with Col. (res.) Mofid Mara’i

Global Jewish Leaders Visit Israel’s North to Support Postwar Recovery Efforts


90 more Ukrainian refugees land in Israel

The Fellowship has aided more than 5,000 immigrants since the start of the war. This is the 28th charter flight to arrive in Israel full of olim.

 Ukrainian refugees arrive in Israel on February 9, 2023

Being a force of change from within

The Jewish Agency’s Women Leading program welcomes a mixture of Jewish, Christian, Druze, Muslim and Bedouin women, who desire to share their culture and religions by having mutual conversations.

 Program coordinator Avital Ben Dror poses with Women Leading Dialogue participants Adi Leibovitch and Laila Abu Bakr  at the Islamic Foodbank in Toledo, Ohio

Israel receives 70,000 new immigrants in 2022, highest rate in decades

An analysis of Aliyah trends in 2022 reveals that most olim this year came from Russia and Ukraine.

 Chairman of The Jewish Agency Major General (Res.) Doron Almog with olim who immigrated to Israel this year from around the world.

Moscow: The Jewish Agency has asked for another postponement of trial

The Jewish Agency received an update on Wednesday about the trial taking place in Moscow and the postponement being approved by two months.

 A view shows a sign at the entrance to a Russian branch of the Jewish Agency for Israel, in Moscow, Russia July 21, 2022.

Changes to the Law of Return won't affect majority of US Jews - exclusive

99% of US olim are Jewish or are first-degree relatives of Jews. In contrast, about 70% of former USSR olim aren't considered Jewish.

 New immigrants from USA and Canada arrive on a special " Aliyah Flight 2016" on behalf of Nefesh B'Nefesh organization, at Ben Gurion airport in central Israel on August 17, 2016,

Michael Siegal Awarded the Israeli Presidential Medal of Honor

Michael Siegal was awarded last night for his extraordinary commitment to the Jewish State and advancing ties between Israel and North American Jewry.

 Michael Siegal (left) receiving the Israeli Presidential Medal of Honor from President Isaac Herzog

‘I wish Israel would have a better appreciation of the fact that it even exists’

An interview with Michael Siegal, former board chair of the Jewish Agency, upon receiving the Presidential Medal of Honor

 President Isaac Herzog presents Michael Siegal with the Presidential Medal of Honor on December 11, 2022.

Russia approves ban on ‘foreign agents’

Several rights groups, including Human Rights Watch, called for the initiative to be dropped as it was being approved by lawmakers.

 (R-L) Russia's State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, President Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev, who was nominated as the candidate for the post of Prime Minister, walk before a session of the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, in Moscow Russia May 8, 2018.

Yom Kippur: The power of community & collective responsibility

Newly appointed chair of the Jewish Agency’s Board of Governors reflects on why Yom Kippur is an opportunity for gratitude.

 MARK WILF listens to first responders during a visit to the Ukraine/Poland border.

Ethiopian-Israeli smashes barriers at the Jewish Agency

No. 43 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: Sigal Kanotopsky, director of the Jewish Agency for Israel for the northeast US.

 Sigal Kanotopsky, director of the Jewish Agency for Israel for the northeast US.