Herzog calls on world leaders to stem tide of antisemitism at March of the Living
Isaac Herzog, chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, called on world leaders to unite and stem the tide of antisemitism during Thursday’s March of the Living on Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi camp in Poland.
Yitzhak Herzog named next Jewish Agency chairman
June 22, 2018 by Yona Schnitzer - TPS
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Opposition leader Isaac (Bougie) Herzog is to be named the next Chairman of the Jewish Agency, despite the opposition of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Herzog will replace Natan Sharansky who has been in the post since 2009.
Israeli lawmakers approve preliminary bill on death penalty for terrorists
Israeli lawmakers yesterday approved a preliminary piece of legislation easing the threshold for military courts to carry out executions of convicted terrorists. Read more
Shift trends in the West
March 16, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
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Australian Jewry’s role as arguably the most successful diaspora Jewish community was included in discussions at the Jewish World’s most significant think tank, the Jewish People’s Policy Institute, in Jerusalem recently. Read more
