The Jewish Agency for Israel

Grapevine: Night train

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 Racers are seen running in the annual Jerusalem Winner Marathon.
Members of a delegation fo 250 state legislators from 50 US states plant saplings at Park Ofakim after a ceremony by KKL-JNF.

KKL-JNF doubles antisemitism budget after attempted attack on Detroit synagogue

ISRAELIS VOLUNTEER at the site where a missile fired from Iran hit and caused major damage in Beit Shemesh, outside of Jerusalem, March 4, 2026.

Over 1,700 Iran strike evacuees living in hotels after the start of Operation Rising Lion

Mark Wilf and his family outside of Auschwitz during March of the Living.

Jewish unity is the true lesson of Holocaust remembrance - opinion


Israeli delegation 'disappointed' as Jewish Agency talks with Russia reach dead end

No further meetings were scheduled and no decisions were made following a dead end in talks between Israeli and Russian officials in Moscow.

Russian President Vladimir Putin enters a hall in the Kremlin in Moscow on April 26, 2022.

How much should Israel value Jewish interests over its own? - opinion

The question of whether and to what extent Israel should take into consideration the interests of Jews who are not its citizens arises in many contexts: military, political, economic, and others.

 THEN-PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with A.B. Yehoshua in 2016. The celebrated late writer believed that Israel need not consider the interests of Diaspora Jews.

Russia wants to close the Jewish Agency - how have Russian Jews reacted?

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: Rabbi Boruch Gorin says the Agency was not targeted because it’s Jewish or Israeli, but because it's a body with overseas influences.

 A view shows the entrance to a Russian branch of the Jewish Agency for Israel, in Moscow

Russian court considers Jewish Agency liquidation lawsuit

Members of the Israeli delegation sent for talks in Moscow will meet with officials from Russia’s Justice Ministry on Thursday.

 RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin speaks at the World Holocaust Forum at Yad Vashem, 2020.

Russia should let the Jewish Agency work freely - editorial

We don’t want to see the controversy in Russia exploited for politics in Israel, and we don’t want to harm relations with Moscow.

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

Israeli delegation heads to Moscow for talks on Jewish Agency crackdown

Lapid: Israel is ready to discuss the matter with Russia • Moscow and Jerusalem trying to publicly downplay crackdown

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

Lapid on Jewish Agency crackdown: Israel is ready to talk to Russia

Jewish Agency phones were tapped as aliyah from Russia nears 20k mark, and Moscow insists scrutiny is a legal issue.

 A view shows the entrance to a Russian branch of the Jewish Agency for Israel, in Moscow

Multiple Russian-Jewish organizations sent warnings by Russian gov't - exclusive

Similarly to the Jewish Agency, multiple other Russian-Jewish organizations have received warning letters from the Russian government.

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

Russia picks on the Jewish Agency because it can - analysis

Israel, like the West, found the unprovoked invasion and death and destruction unleashed by Russia on its neighbor to be absolutely abhorrent, and sympathized deeply with the Ukrainians. 

 RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin speaks at the World Holocaust Forum at Yad Vashem, 2020.

Jewish Agency’s Board of Governors approves Almog as chairman

Almog, 71, is the founder and chairman of ADI Negev Nahalat Eran Rehabilitation Village (formerly ALEH Negev Nahalat Eran), which provides residential, medical and social services to the disabled.

(R-L) Maj. Gen. (ret.) Doron Almog and Mark Wilf.