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Featured Stories 2011 - 2012 |
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The Featured Stories archive takes you behind the scenes to meet the people benefiting from Jewish Agency programs. Find out about an Ethiopian immigrant whose participation in Jewish Agency’s Sparks of Science program has opened up a whole new world for her, a world that will give her the scholastic ability and the self-esteem necessary to advance in today's science and technology fields. Read about high school students who join the Jewish Agency Naale program and become productive Israeli citizens, giving back to the country that has already given them so much. |
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 |  Rabbi Dr. Julius Berman Lectures at Limmud FSU
January 1, 2012 / 6 Tevet 5722 In his talk to the participants in the Limmud FSU summit Rabbi Dr. | | | |  Global Summit of Limmud FSU Leaders in Jerusalem
December 19, 2011 / 23 Kislev 5772 More than 40 Russian-speaking leaders of Limmud FSU coming from Russia, Ukraine, USA, Belarus, Moldova, and Israel participated in a four-day conference which | | | |  Play Ball
December 8, 2011 / 8 Kislev 5772 My name is Alex Willick and I'm 24 years old. I was born in New York City, and I attended Colgate University in New York, where I studied philosophy and music. | | | |  Over 600 participants in Limmud FSU Odessa
November 7, 2011 / 10 Cheshvan 5772 A Limmud FSU Conference took place for young Russian-speaking Jews in Odessa, Ukraine, from October 31 to November 2, 2011. | | | | ![]() Welcome Home Gilad: Send Your Blessings and Best Wishes
October 18, 2011 / 20 Tishrei 5772 His capture shocked the State of Israel: One of us, a young man, only 20 years old, pictured while wearing large glasses and in a uniform a bit too large. | | | | ![]() The Start Up Nation
August 16, 2011 / 16 Av 5771 Normally, when speaking before a crowd of Americans, a Jewish Agency representative makes a crucial case for the Jewish future, and for Israel’s place in that future. | | | |  “A Russian Novel.” Fiction Becomes Fact
June 23, 2011 / 21 Sivan 5771 Seventy years after the onset of “Operation Barbarossa” when Nazi Germany launched its unpremeditated attackh on the Soviet Union, bringing in its wake the death of | | | |  Letters from Ukraine (4)
Israeli Cultural Center in Kiev. | | | |  Letters from Ukraine (3)
Yuval Rabin gives a gift to a Holocaust survivor. | | | |  Letters from Ukraine (2)
Yossi Peled standing on the remains of Hitler's bunker, Vinnitsa. | | | |  Letters from Ukraine (1)
The entrance to the Jewish cemetery Ivankov, Ukraine. | | | |  Press Conference, Vinnitsa, Ukraine, 17 June 2011
June 19, 2011 / 17 Sivan 5771 “Limmud – Learning about the Past, Living the Present for the Sake of the Future. | | | |  Aiding Aida
June 9, 2011 / 7 Sivan 5771 Young new immigrants from Arad absorption center star in international operatic production from Masada The Italian Romantic composer Giuseppe Verdi would never have | | | |  Masa Celebrates End of Program Year
Israeli performance group Mayumana performs May 26, 2011 / 22 Iyar 5771 Navy blue Young Judaea shirts adorned with patches mixed with green Netzer Olami t-shirts and white Oranim polos as hundreds | | | |  The Historic Event: an Astronaut and a Cosmonaut meet in Israel
Left to right: Dr. | | | | ![]() Hundredth Birthday of Amigour Resident
May 24, 2011 / 20 Iyar 5771 On Thursday, May 19, 2011 Mrs. | | | |  First Man to Walk in Space to Appear at Limmud Beersheba
Fom left to right: MK Anastasia Michaeli, Chaim Chesler, the founder and chair of Limmud FSU, and Deputy Mayor of Beer Sheva, Igal Ovshievich. | | | | ![]() Remembering the Fallen, Celebrating the Future
May 11, 2011 / 7 Iyar 5771 On Monday, the Jewish Agency and its partner organizations gathered in Jerusalem to remember their fallen on Yom ha-Zikaron, Israel’s Remembrance Day for Fallen Soldiers | | | | ![]() “Yom Ha-Atzma’ut Reality Show”
May 8, 2011 / 4 Iyar 5771 The Jewish Agency and Channel One celebrate Israel’s independence with a special holiday broadcast hosted by Guy Zoaretz and featuring the Prime Minister, Eyal Golan, Miri | | | |  Letters from Moscow (4)
May 5, 2011 / 1 Iyar 5771 Nathan Roi Lena Zakharova, the director of the Taglit program in Russia, is obsessed by her work. | | | |  Letters from Moscow (3)
Dr Anya Sverdlova and Nathan Roi May 5, 2011 / 1 Iyar 5771 Nathan Roi Dr Anya Sverdlova, a young and attractive academic is the daughter of a professor of Indian history, and her mother is a | | | | ![]() Letters from Moscow (2) 16 April 2011
May 5, 2011 / 1 Iyar 5771 Nathan Roi I meet Dr Dima Zicer, who is a highly sought-after persona among young Russian speakers, at the close of a morning meeting with his groupies. | | | |  Letters from Moscow (1) 16 April 2011
May 5, 2011 / 1 Iyar 5771 Nathan Roi Heavy snow covers the river flowing beside the Klyzma resort, not far from Moscow. Everything is frozen. A few squirrels flit from side to side. | | | | ![]() Fortune 500 Multinationals Head to Israel to Recruit American Interns and Help Israeli Companies Design Internships
May 3, 2011 / 29 Nissan 5771 Ernst & Young, Citigroup, Deloitte, and Cisco travel to Israel with Masa Israel Journey to meet Masa interns and network with Israeli companies Senior leaders from | | | |  Limmud Nonstop: Shabbat HaGadol in Moscow
The all women pop group “Tatiana,” one of the best known musical ensembles in Russia April 28, 2011 / 24 Nissan 5771 by Nathan Roi The frozen river adjacent to the Klyzma Resort Center where we are | | | | ![]() Tomorrow’s Future is Already Here in Jerusalem
April 5, 2011 / 1 Nissan 5771 Erica Fensten Erica Fensten, originally from Los Angeles, said that coming to the MASA Israel Government Fellowship (IGF) program has definitely changed her life. | | | | ![]() James Tisch Elected Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel`s Board of Governors
February 23, 2011 / 19 Adar I 5771 James S. Tisch , President and CEO of the Loews Corporation, was elected on Tuesday Feb. 22nd as next Chairman of the Jewish Agency’s Board of Governors. | | | | ![]() BREAKING NEWS: Holocaust Era Asset Restitution Taskforce Launched
March 7, 2011 / 1 Adar 5771 A new Holocaust era restitution project was announced today to identify the victims whose assets were confiscated by the Nazis. | | | | The 5th Mitbachon Retreat
February 28, 2011 / 24 Adar I 5771 Princeton, New Jersey, was the scene of the Mitbachon V national retreat for young Russian-speaking Jewish adults in North America. | | | | Chavura CHAI: A Training Event and Beyond
February 28, 2011 / 24 Adar I 5771 by Ariel Lifac On February 16 and 17, the 18th Meeting of Latin American Jewish Educators – on this occasion called Chavura CHAI was held in BAMÁ – “Home of the |
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