During the GA that took place this past month in New Orleans, Jewish Agency Chairman of the Executive, Nathan Sharansky met with the Jewish NASA astronaut Dr Garret Reisman and he spoke at the General Assembly. In his speech, Mr. Sharansky presented the Jewish Agency strategic plan as well as videos of new immigrants that have settled in Israel. To read Natan Sharansky's speech, click here. To watch it on video, click here. More about the General Assembly: The Jewish Agency @ the GA: Panels - Video - Beneficiaries Jewish Agency Panels @ the GA Jewish Agency Beneficiaries @ the GA
Israeli chess master Alik Gershon broke the Guinness world record for simultaneous chess games, an event initiated by the Jewish Agency's Israel Department.
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The conference was designed to recruit the Jewish communities and major philanthropic organizations operating in the Galilee, together with the Israeli government through the Ministry of the Development of the Negev and the Galilee, to help to carry out a number of major regional change-generating measures, in addition to the welcome work the organizations already perform. Click here for the full story.
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