Isaac Herzog elected as Israel’s next president

Isaac Herzog will serve as Israel’s 11^th president after 119 Members of Knesset cast their ballot on Wednesday and 87 of them voted for Herzog. Read more

100 new immigrants from 45 countries convene at Western Wall for pre-Yom Kippur prayers

Jewish Agency Chairman Isaac Herzog and 100 Olim (immigrants) from 45 countries convened on Saturday at the Kotel, Western Wall, to recite the Selichot, special prayers recited by Jews worldwide during the days before and between Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement and the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. Read more

Herzog calls on world leaders to stem tide of antisemitism at March of the Living

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Yitzhak Herzog named next Jewish Agency chairman

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Israeli lawmakers approve preliminary bill on death penalty for terrorists

Israeli lawmakers yesterday approved a preliminary piece of legislation easing the threshold for military courts to carry out executions of convicted terrorists. Read more

Shift trends in the West

Australian Jewry’s role as arguably the most successful diaspora Jewish community was included in discussions at the Jewish World’s most significant  think tank, the Jewish People’s Policy Institute, in Jerusalem recently. Read more

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