The Jewish Agency for Israel, which promotes Zionism/Judaism and Jewish immigration to Israel, has registered as a lobbyist with the U.S. Justice Dept.
The Government of Israel has granted a legal and public voluntary status upon JAFI, authorizing it to “develop and settle the country, absorb immigrants from the diaspora and coordinate activities with other groups in the country, according to the federal filing.
Haaretz reported Nov. 7 that Israel plans to hike overseas spending by “hundreds of millions of shekels during the next few years” for outreach to Jews abroad and on college campuses across Americas as part of new campaign to strengthen Jewish identity abroad and diaspora ties to the Jewish state.”
Jewish Agency director Alan Hoffman said the government currently spends $125M a year on outreach effort. More than 120 Israeli and Jewish leaders have just wrapped up an outreach “brainstorming summit” in Jerusalem, which JAIF praised as a “historic moment.”
JAFI’s programs also promote the study of the Hebrew language, Jewish culture, history, philosophy, traditions and the achievement of the Zionist ideal.
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