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When Hamas attacked Israel’s border communities in Israel’s south, Jewish National Fund-USA was already there and had the infrastructure to provide rapid aid. Launching its Israel Resilience Campaign, the organization supported evacuations, housing, food, clothing, education, trauma therapy, donating firefighting and protective equipment for civil defense, facilitating volunteer services, and more. And with an eye towards tomorrow, the campaign’s Build Together plan is rebuilding communities from the ground up – cleaning up the region, designing and constructing new homes, and helping small businesses reopen. Jewish National Fund-USA CEO Russell Robinson returns to talk to Host Steven Shalowitz about the organization’s immediate response to October 7, the importance of not forgetting Israel’s North amidst the Israel Envelope relief efforts, and why he’s optimistic about the future of Jewish leadership.
When it comes to Middle East relations, few know more than Aryeh Lightstone. A Senior Advisor to former United States Ambassador David Friedman, Lightstone played a crucial role in implementing the Abraham Accords, one of the most important normalization agreements in modern times, and helping...
Published 11/20/24
An author and reporter who was in the Jerusalem bureau of the Associated Press, Matti Friedman has a firsthand look at how often many news agencies distort the facts when it comes to Israel. Both American and international organizations consistently appear to have a bias against the Jewish State,...
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