PHOTO: Opening Assembly of The Jewish Agency for Israel in Zurich in 1929. Photo credit: Zionist Archive. Since 1929, The Jewish Agency for Israel has been working to secure a vibrant Jewish future, and 90 years later to the month, that mission is still at the heart of the organization’s operation. Marking this 90th…
PHOTO: Erez Baron and his twins, Daphna and Danielle, enjoy life in Israel. The twins were born in Portland to a surrogate mother. Erez is the director of the Israel Department of Oregon Reproductive Medicine, which enabled Erez and his partner to become biological parents. Erez and his family were featured in the December 2017…
PHOTO: On Jan. 2, Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, z”l, (left) helped lay the cornerstone for the new Rehabilitation Center at Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus, unveiling The Lokomat, a state-of-the art robotic treadmill machine donated by the IFCJ. Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, founder of The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, 67, died suddenly Feb. 6 at…
PHOTOS: The Jewish Agency for Israel Chairman Isaac Herzog greeting the new immigrants from Ethiopia at Ben Gurion Airport. Photos courtesy of JAFI; photo at right by Dror Sithakol for JAFI After years of waiting, the dream of Aliyah has come true for 83 Ethiopian immigrants (Olim) who landed at Ben Gurion Airport Monday, Feb….
