UIA NSW Gala Event: Photo Gallery
March 19, 2017 by
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Did you attend the UIA NSW Gala Event at which Canadian former prime minister Stephen Harper spoke?…a J-Wire photo gallery. Read more
UIA NSW Major Donors: A J-Wire photo gallery
March 19, 2017 by
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Did you attend the UIA NSW Major Donors function…. Read more
Nancy Spielberg to address UIA Women’s Division
March 9, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
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Nancy Spielberg is to address the UIA Women’s Division events in Perth and Sydney…..and yes she is one of those Spielbergs! Read more
Stephen Harper talks to UIA Women’s Division
March 6, 2017 by Toni Susskind
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The 2017 UIA Victorian women’s division breakfast was attended by several hundred attendees addressed by keynote speaker former Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper. Read more
UIA giant passes away
April 14, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
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Saul Same, a former federal president of the United Israel Appeal, has passed away in Melbourne at the of 97. Read more
Commemorating Yitzhak Rabin
September 19, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
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The Melbourne Jewish community will gather next month to remember his life and legacy of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin z”l. Read more
UIA Federal President visits Perth
June 16, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
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Federal President of The United Israel Appeal Harold Finger has recently visited the Perth community. Read more
An award for Sam
June 11, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
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Sam Steif has become a ‘Theodor Herzl Founder’ in recognition of his long-standing service to Israel and the Jewish People through the United Israel Appeal of NSW. Read more
UIA Young Families launched in Sydney
May 20, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
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Israel came to Sydney as UIA’s new division, Young Families, celebrated their launch event at the Entertainment Quarter in Moore Park on Yom Yerushalayim. Read more
Holocaust survivors in Israel observe Yom Hashoah
Thousands of Holocaust survivors have observed Yom HaShoah—Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day—at ceremonies held today (Thursday, April 16) in the 57 residential facilities operated by The Jewish Agency for Israel’s sheltered housing subsidiary, Amigour. Read more
Melbourne’s UIA Gala Dinner
March 29, 2015 by Carli Diamond
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550 donors recently filled Melbourne’s Grand Hyatt Savoy Ballroom to capacity for the UIA Gala Dinner featuring international guest speakers Colonel Richard Kemp and Lieutenant Colonel Chezy Deutsch. Read more
Melbourne YoungUIA events
March 27, 2015 by Agencies
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Over the UIA Victoria campaign period, YoungUIA held a couple of successful events. Read more
Operating under Knesset law
March 12, 2015 by Dan Springer
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Recent assertions by the UIA about their “unique” status has raised serious concerns within the boardrooms and offices of other Zionist organisations…writes JNF CEO Dan Springer.
UIA Major Donors: Sydney
March 10, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
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Did you attend this years United Israel Appeal’s Major Donors function is Sydney?…Check this photo gallery… Read more
Melbourne’s UIA off to a bright start
March 5, 2015 by Carli Diamond
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Melbourne’s United Israel Appeal 2015 campaign has been launched with a bumper line up of speakers and defenders of Israel to headline it. Read more
Top speakers for UIA
February 26, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
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The NSW United Israel Appeal has a bumper line up of speakers and defenders of Israel to headline its 2015 Campaign. Read more
French Jews on the move
A record 8,000 people, mostly between the ages of 16 and 35, have visited Israel opportunity fairs held by The Jewish Agency for Israel and the Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption this week across France. Read more
This was no ordinary tour – UIA Australia in Israel
January 25, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
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Miriam Lewin reports on a recent UIA study mission to Israel…
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Miller appointed CEO of UIA [NSW]
November 21, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
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Former NSW Board of Deputies president Yair Miller has been appointed CEO of the NSW branch of the United Israel Appeal. Read more
Diaspora in partnership with Israel to ensure continuity
June 2, 2014 by
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The Government of Israel has approved the Government of Israel-World Jewry Joint Initiative, which aims to help ensure the continuity of the Jewish people by strengthening young Jews’ Jewish identity and enhancing connections between world Jewry and the State of Israel. Read more
Seder for children affected by rocket attacks
The Jewish Agency for Israel will hold a special Passover camp experience for some 100 children from southern Israel whose lives have been affected by rocket fire from Gaza and by other terror attacks. Read more
Aid for Ukraine’s Jews
Chairman of the Executive of The Jewish Agency for Israel Natan Sharansky has announced that The Jewish Agency will extend immediate emergency assistance to the Jewish community of Ukraine and will help secure Jewish institutions in the country. Read more
NSW UIA holds AGM and awards two special workers
November 21, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
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UIA have held their annual AGM and North Shore briefing where guest speaker Ofir Gendelman addressed over 300 attendees on his role as advisor to Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu on Arab Media. Read more
The last Ethiopians arrive in Israel
Around 450 new immigrants from Ethiopia boarded two Jewish Agency-chartered flights bound for Israel yesterday and arrived in Tel Aviv a few hours later. Read more
Last flight for UIA
August 28, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
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The last chartered flight of Operation Dove’s Wings will land today in Israel, in accordance with the Government of Israel’s decision to complete this historic journey of organized Aliyah from Ethiopia. Read more
Israel strengthening Diaspora ties
July 23, 2013 by Benjamin Rutland
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The “Lobby for Strengthening the Jewish People” has been launched in the Knesset by the co-Chairmen Dr Nachman Shai and Tzachi Hanegbi with the participation of over 40 Knesset members from across the Israeli political spectrum. Read more
Meeting Shimon Peres
July 9, 2013 by
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Incoming UIA WA Chairperson, Melanie Greenfeld, reports on her recent visit to Israel where she was invited to attend the Keren Hayesod World Conference and the Presidential Conference in Jerusalem… Read more
Pearls light Yom Hazikaron flame
April 16, 2013 by Benjamin Rutland
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Ruth and Professor Judea Pearl, the parents of the late American Jewish journalist Daniel Pearl murdered in Pakistan, lit the memorial flame at a Yom Hazikaron – Israel Memorial Day ceremony in Jerusalem. Read more
Jewish Agency funds US Summer Camps’ Shlichim
April 4, 2013 by Benjamin Rutland
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More than 5,500 young Israelis applied to the Jewish Agency in Jerusalem to work as shlichim in American summer camps. Read more
Toulouse students visit Israel
December 21, 2012 by Benjamin Rutland
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Ten months after the murderous terror attack on their school, 12th grade students from the Ohr Torah school in Toulouse are currently visiting Israel at the initiative of the Jewish Agency for Israel. Read more