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Rabbi Dr. Elie Abadie hopes to establish a “fully-fledged community” with services, synagogues, lectures, weddings, schools, social services and a kashrut-certifying agency and more.
Israel has committed to bring in the last wave of immigration—those who currently reside in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, and in Gondar in the northern part of the African country.
“As we go to elections again, it is important for olim to sound their voices and the diversity they bring with them, informing decision-makers of issues that must be addressed,” she says.
A new joint project focuses on people-to-people encounters with activists and professionals representing academia, art, literature, politics, education, activism and the hospitality industry.
It joins a network that mobilizes support for Israel based on shared Judeo-Christian values, a movement that the Israel Allies Foundation calls “faith-based diplomacy.”
Israel’s Chief Sephardi Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef met with Emirati officials to discuss growing ties between the two peoples, as well as invest Rabbi Levi Duchman with official duties on the ground.
Experts in digitech, medtech and agtech joined for panels to discuss and identify how to best overcome global challenges, when innovation and technology will play even greater roles.
“In the face of a common crisis, Jews near and far must stand as a united people. Now is the time to leverage our power as a 15-million-strong global family by building new bridges of cooperation,” said Israel’s Minister of Diaspora Affairs Omer Yankelevich.