Diaspora Jewry
His unofficial goal was to meet with American Jewish organizations increasingly concerned about democracy in Israel.
“When we join forces with our North American cousins, there is nothing we can’t achieve!” Israeli American Council chairman tells more than 3,000 attendees.
“Israel’s economy is getting stronger; we will outpace the United States, and we have already outpaced Europe,” the Israeli prime minister said.
Sanctions, antisemitism and war are pushing new waves of Ukrainian, Russian, and Belarusian Jews to immigrate to Israel.
Rabbi Shimon Baadani was elected a member of the Council of Torah Sages of Shas with the party’s founding in 1984.
The other places recognized by the Ministry of Aliyah include Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, Beersheva, Katzrin, Migdal Haemek, Nof Hagalil and Tiberias.
A former Israeli government employee well versed in the bureaucracy of immigration is stepping in to clear roadblocks in difficult cases.
The collection, freely accessible online, was created from scanned books stored by the Israel State Archives, with lists arranged in chronological order.
“We deeply regret that the voices of Diaspora Jewry were used to express a position in Israel’s political discourse against the government,” said a letter from the Eretz HaKodesh organization.
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid vows to continue the fight until we “bring down this terrible government.”
Restrictions on travel due to COVID were only fully removed in May.
Jews continue to make up 6% of the representatives and senators.
