The Jewish Agency for Israel
Organization
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- Hebrew name: HaSochnut HaYehudit (הסוכנות היהודית)
- Founded: 1929
- HQ: Jerusalem, Israel
The Jewish Agency for Israel operates as the principal partner institution between the Government of Israel and the global Jewish diaspora on aliyah, Israeli-side absorption programming, and the broader Israel-diaspora institutional architecture. The Agency's institutional history extends to the pre-state Mandatory Palestine period through over a century of continuous activity.
Principal mandates span aliyah coordination globally, Israeli-side absorption programming for new olim, Jewish identity programming globally, and coordination with the major US Jewish federations through the JFNA overseas-allocation channel and Keren Hayesod for non-North American activity.
Coverage in The Olam:
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