Diaspora Jewry
Jews living in Mexico topped the list with about 20,000 requests, followed by Jews in Venezuela and Colombia.
U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledged the Holocaust survivors on the line and went on to talk about his administration’s pro-Israel accomplishments.
Of this year’s nearly 15 million Jews, an estimated 8.1 million live outside of Israel, including around 5.7 million in the United States. In Israel, the number of Jews is close to 6.7 million.
Announcing his retirement a year in advance, founding director Avinoam Bar-Yosef will step down in October 2020 after 18 years at the Jerusalem-based think tank and institute.
The change will apply not only to the children and grandchildren of survivors, but potentially to great-grandchildren as well.
“Russians and Israelis have ties of family and friendship. Our nations are united by common and often tragic pages in history,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said at Keren Hayesod’s annual conference in Moscow.
“His tenure has strengthened and renewed all that has made JTS a pre-eminent center for Jewish learning and scholarship, while bringing the kind of transformation needed to speak to and lead a rapidly changing Jewish world,” said board of trustees chair Alan Levine.
The week-long program included classes in Hebrew and Torah, lectures, Shabbat activities, singing and dancing.
Almost 100 years ago, Shetlanders received my grandfather, Lewis Greenwald, and his sons with kindness and respect. They became a vibrant part of the community, preserving their culture while instilling a strong Jewish identity in their children.
Keren Hayesod does not set policy, run its own projects or plant forests. Its social capital is just that: capital. Newly installed Keren Hayesod world chairman Sam Grundwerg explains.
Many mainstream Jewish and pro-Israel groups rejected Trump’s clarification, despite the president’s view that Democrats aren’t doing enough to confront anti-Semitism by Omar and Tlaib.
Community president Moise Kahloun reported “many problems” in the heavily Jewish Sarcelles district, including “anti-Semitism and fear,” which has caused residents to leave for Israel.
