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Natan Sharansky on Future of Israel-Diaspora Relations

Jewish Agency Chairman of the Executive Natan Sharansky on how the Israeli government's decision to halt progress on an egalitarian prayer space to the Western Wall will affect world Jewry's relationship with the Jewish State.

Leading Israeli Modern Orthodox Rabbis Push for Kotel Compromise

In a video produced by Ne'emanei Torah v'Avodah — an Israeli NGO funded in part by Federations' iRep initiative to promote religious pluralism in Israel — leading Modern Orthodox rabbis urge the government to fulfill its promise for an egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall.

NYT: Fed-Supported Aid a 'Great Glimmer of Hope' for Israeli-Syrian Rtns.

Federation partner JDC's Jewish Coalition for Disaster Relief allocates money to the Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees, whose work was recently featured in the New York Times.
 

New York TimesSyrian-Israeli partnership a 'great glimmer of hope'