Posts Tagged: Natan Sharansky
Jewish Agency’s Future in Question With Sharansky’s Departure
JNS.org - Announcing his pending retirement during an interview last week, the Jewish Agency for Israel’s outgoing two-term Chairman Natan Sharansky said the venerable Zionist institution...
Jewish 100, 2015: Natan Sharansky – Community
Natan Sharansky Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel Natan Sharansky, chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, oversees Jewish immigration to Israel from such trouble spots...
Why Is Columbia’s Hillel Siding With an Anti-Israel NGO?
Prominent Jewish scholars and educators have jointly condemned Breaking the Silence (BtS), the Israeli NGO whose true mission appears to be harming the IDF. BtS collects and shares IDF testimonies...
Hillel Defends Decision to Host Israeli ‘Whistleblower’ Group ‘Breaking the Silence’ at Campus Events
The world's largest Jewish campus organization responded on Thursday to critics of its decision to host the Israeli military "whistleblowing" group Breaking the Silence (BtS) at...
On College Campuses, ‘Liberal’ Students Destroy Free Speech
Accepting Syrian refugees into the United States is an emotional issue. People are suffering and dying in Syria and throughout the broader Middle East. The grotesque...
Sharansky Calls on US Jews to Stand Up to White House Over Iran Nuclear Deal
Jews in America should take a stand against the White House and oppose the nuclear deal recently agreed between world powers and Iran, famed Soviet...
Actor Michael Douglas in Israel: BDS is ‘Anti-Peace Movement’
Actor Michael Douglas called the boycott Israel campaign an “anti-peace movement” during a conversation with Israeli President Shimon Peres and Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky...
Natan Sharansky Says There is No Future for Jews in Europe
Arutz Sheva - Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky believes that a long-term plan for new immigrants is necessary, he stated in a special interview withArutz Sheva on Tuesday morning - because, otherwise,...
Jewish 100, 2014: Natan Sharansky – Community
Natan Sharansky Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel Natan Sharansky, first widely known around the globe in the 1970s as a founder of the Refusenik movement...
Hanukkah Menorahs of Israel Shed Light on Jewish People’s Past, Present, Future
JNS.org - As winter arrives and the days grow shorter, outdoor lighting is needed more during the Hanukkah season than at any other time...
Egyptian Anti-Semitic Activist Loses Sakharov Prize Nomination
A coalition of left-wing parties in the European parliament has withdrawn its nomination of an anti-Semitic Egyptian activist for the prestigious Sakharov Prize, awarded annually...
If Not Us, Who? A Lesson From Our History With Soviet Jews
Forty years ago this month, my life took a new path. Forty years later, I'm still on that path. The year was 1974. U.S. President Richard...
How a Jewish Leader With 3 Months to Live Created a ‘Seminar’ on Life
JNS.org - What would you do if you found out that you had only three more months to live? Gordon Zacks was a successful businessman,...
Why the Left Doesn’t Understand the Arab War Against Israel
Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz likes to say that if you are for civil rights, women's rights, gay rights, minority rights, basic freedoms of speech,...
