Jewish Agency Update Issue 7 (December 12, 2006)

Major Breakthrough For The Jewish Agency's Daroma Initiative

Through its Daroma Initiative, The Jewish Agency was instrumental in moving forward a NIS 400 million National Strategic Plan for the Development of the Negev that will have far reaching impact.
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Reeling from Terror, Sderot and Gaza Perimeter Residents Receive Jewish Agency Assistance

The residents of Sderot, Ashkelon and the Gaza Perimeter communities are still living on the frontline of continued Kassam missile attacks. The Jewish Agency has pledged $2.5 million in emergency funds to help children and youth. Read more

Friend of the Druze Community Award

The award was granted to Chairman of the Jewish Agency and World Zionist Organization Zeev Bielski, at the initiative of the local Druze and Circassian mayors, in appreciation of the special assistance given by the Jewish Agency during the Second Lebanon War. Read more

Odyssey of a Bnei Menashe Jew

Pe'er (Peter) Tlau grew up in Burma and the northeastern Indian state of Mizoram. He is a member of the Bnei Menashe, one of the lost tribes of Israel, and has spent a lifetime returning to his Jewish roots and ancestral homeland. Read more

The Jewish Agency for Israel hosted an historical agreement signing ceremony in our Jerusalem headquarters calling for changes in the way the Claims Conference, and its composite organizations, operate vis a vis the State of Israel and Israeli survivors. Read more

The Full Story:
Jewish Agency
War Mobilization
The Jewish Agency's mobilization for Israel's northern residents during the war was unprecedented. Hundreds of thousands of beleaguered citizens were assisted.
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