The Jewish Agency for Israel
Founded 1929. The principal partner institution between the Government of Israel and the global Jewish diaspora on aliyah, absorption, and Israel-diaspora coordination.
The Jewish Agency operates several principal mandates: coordination of global aliyah operations (in partnership with Nefesh B'Nefesh for North American and UK aliyah and adjacent operating partners for other geographies); Israeli-side absorption programming for new olim (Sal Klitah administration, integration programming, and the broader institutional integration architecture); Jewish identity programming globally (Israel-engagement programs, Jewish education, leadership development); coordination with the major US Jewish federations through the JFNA overseas-allocation channel; and coordination with Keren Hayesod-United Israel Appeal on the international (non-North American) diaspora-Israel architecture.
The Jewish Agency operates in formal coordination with the Government of Israel through the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration. Historic significance includes the institutional role through pre-state Mandatory Palestine, the post-war European Jewish displaced-persons absorption into Israel, the post-Soviet Jewish aliyah of the 1990s, and the ongoing role in coordinating contemporary aliyah. Governance runs through a board of governors including representation from JFNA, Keren Hayesod, the Government of Israel, and major Jewish institutional partners globally.
See also: Aliyah · Olim · Oleh Chadash · Keren Hayesod · JNF (Jewish National Fund) · JFNA · UJA-Federation of New York · JDC
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