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J. David Heller, Jewish American leader, appointed as new chairman of Jewish Agency for Israel

“David brings a deep love for the Jewish people and extensive leadership experience to The Jewish Agency,” Maj.-Gen. (Res.) Doron Almog, Chairman of the Executive of The Jewish Agency, said.

The new Chairman of The Jewish Agency for Israel’s Board of Governors, J. David Heller (right), with President of Israel Isaac Herzog.
NEW IMMIGRANTS from France arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport in June. The number of aliyah files opened by individuals and families expressing interest in future immigration has surged dramatically.

North American aliyah wave continues as 2,200 immigrants set to arrive this summer

The Jewish Agency Chairman Maj. Gen. (res.) Doron Almog (far right) and Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer with a new Olim family from France, August 3, 2026.

‘Power of Zionism’: Israel welcomes 140 new immigrants from France, including 80 children

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How Israel's western Galilee is rebuilding through tourism after war


3,000 Ukrainian Jews requesting to make Aliyah - exclusive

The Jewish Agency has received 3,000 requests from Ukrainian Jews to make Aliyah in the last 24 hours, according to the agency's Acting Chairman Yaakov Hagoel.

 YOUNG RELIGIOUS Jews, several from Donetsk and the east, at Vishetsky’s Chabad community center in Kyiv. Few are considering aliyah at this time.

Ukraine crisis adds pressure to pick Jewish Agency head

"There is fear in the selection committee that if there’s no real chairman during the Ukraine crisis, the Jewish Agency’s reputation will be hurt dramatically," one of the candidates said.

 IN JULY, newly-elected Israeli president and outgoing chairman of the Jewish Agency Isaac Herzog and chairman of the World Zionist Organization Yaakov Hagoel attend a farewell ceremony held in Herzog’s honor at the Jewish Agency in Jerusalem.

Ukraine crisis: Jewish Agency emissaries leave Kyiv

The emissaries of the Jewish Agency will move to a temporary mission to open in the city of Lviv, until a reassessment of the situation early next week.

 Militants of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic take part in shooting drills at a range on the outskirts of Donetsk, Ukraine, December 14, 2021.

Choosing a Jewish Agency chair shows care about Israel-Diaspora ties - editorial

The 10-member selection committee of the Jewish Agency has been unable to make a decision for the last 8½ months on who will head that organization.

The Jewish Agency headquarters in Jerusalem

Sharansky: It's a pity the Jewish Agency can't pick a chairperson

Natan Sharansky says that the Israeli politicians have been abusing the role of chairman of the Jewish Agency and treating it only as an opportunity to offer a job to fellow politicians

 NATAN SHARANSKY in 2011.

Jewish Agency meeting ends in stalemate

The Jewish Agency was unable to agree on a new chairman at their recent meeting and will try to come to an agreement before the Jewish Agency Board of Governors meeting on February 27.

FROM LEFT: Michael Siegal, Jewish Agency chairman of the board; Owen Egre, 10,000th Onward Israel participant; Isaac Herzog, Jewish Agency chairman of the executive; Alisa Doctoroff, Jewish Agency board of governors; David Shapira, Shapira Foundation chairman; David Silvers, Jewish Agency board of g

Fleur Hassan-Nahoum is the best choice to head the Jewish Agency - opinion

The Jewish Agency has the potential to play its most important role since 1948, when it fostered the first realization of Jewish sovereignty in nearly 2,000 years.

 FLEUR HASSAN-NAHOUM: She came to Israel as a young adult, with no Hebrew.

The Jewish Agency: A global Jewish enterprise or Israeli political patronage? - opinion

The time has come to ask: Is the role of the Chair of the Jewish Agency to serve as a global Jewish leader, or merely to function as political patronage to solve domestic coalition challenges?

 View of the Jewish Agency headquarters in Jerusalem,

Jewish Agency chairmanship deadline to pass with no new candidate

Sources involved in the process said they did not feel they needed to hurry, because the agency's board of governors will not be meeting until February.

The Jewish Agency headquarters in Jerusalem

Lapid’s Jewish Agency chairman deadline today

There is a strong possibility that the committee will receive a request from Lapid to extend the deadline.

 Foreign Minister Yair Lapid at the Knesset, November 15, 2021.