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Genesis Prize Awards $1 Million to Israeli Groups Working to Release and Aid Hostages and Their Families

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024
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These organizations also provide essential services such as treatment, counseling, and support to the hostages who have been released and their families.

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  • These organizations also provide essential services such as treatment, counseling, and support to the hostages who have been released and their families.
  • In 2023, the Genesis Prize Foundation recognized Jewish activists and nongovernmental organizations aiding people in Ukraine.
  • The Genesis Prize Foundation Selection Committee has chosen five Israeli NGOs to receive its first round of financial support.
  • The 2024 Genesis Prize also honors family members of hostages and others for their remarkable efforts in securing the release and supporting the hostages and their families.

Uruguay President Hails 75 Years of His Nation's Friendship with Israel at AJC Global Forum

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Tuesday, June 13, 2023
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And the most important thing is the friendship among nations that uphold and cherish these values," Lacalle Pou said.

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  • And the most important thing is the friendship among nations that uphold and cherish these values," Lacalle Pou said.
  • "Along with 75 years of independence for Israel, today we celebrate 75 years of friendship between Uruguay and Israel."
  • Four days later, Uruguay became the first South American nation to recognize Israel and the fourth nation overall.
  • Last year, AJC signed an association agreement with Comite Central Israelita de Uruguay, the main Jewish communal organization in Uruguay.

How the British press covered the establishment of Israel – I looked into the newspaper archives to find out

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Wednesday, May 10, 2023
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The mandate had given Britain administration of the territories of Palestine and Transjordan after the end of the first world war.

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  • The mandate had given Britain administration of the territories of Palestine and Transjordan after the end of the first world war.
  • Asserting its “natural and historic right” to a homeland and recognition by the United Nations, the council declared the establishment of Israel.

Eyewitness account

    • The Manchester Guardian’s eyewitness account, which it ran on page five on May 15 under the headline “Natural and Historic Right”, explained why such support was needed.
    • The proclamation of statehood had taken place “in a subdued atmosphere caused by Jewish military reverses”.

Expert analysis of the birth of the state of Israel and the plight of the Palestinian people.

    • The Daily Telegraph reported that “Britain does not intend, for some time, to grant recognition to the Jewish State of Israel.
    • The Conservative broadsheet explained that these would include “definition of its boundaries and the establishment of a government clearly in control”.
    • The UK’s foreign secretary, Ernest Bevin, thought Britain’s duty was to balance US enthusiasm for Israel with diplomatic sympathy for the Arab case.
    • The Attlee government believed that immediate recognition of Israel by the US was unfair and encouraged by American Jewish opinion.

Reports from the US

    • Moments later, the Jewish Agency for Palestine appealed to the security council to call on the Arab states to “desist from aggression”.
    • It was, Cooke reminded his readers, “the UN Security Council’s first experience with an open and admitted war”.
    • He described Andrei Gromyko, the Russian representative to the UN, sitting in “unflurried silence”, while Dr T.F.
    • Tsiang of China asked how the US could “recognise a Jewish State and, at the same time, seriously ask the Arabs to stop fighting”.

Israel at 75: how inept British intelligence failed to contain Jewish independence groups

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Wednesday, May 10, 2023
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A dispute over Britain’s restrictions on Jewish immigration to Palestine began in 1939, but was set aside during the struggle to defeat Hitler.

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  • A dispute over Britain’s restrictions on Jewish immigration to Palestine began in 1939, but was set aside during the struggle to defeat Hitler.
  • In a white paper that year, the British government declared the “Jewish National Home”, as promised in its 1917 Balfour Declaration, as a settled policy.
  • GCHQ relied on a small cell, including future historian Bernard Lewis and another British Jew, Samuel Stalbow, to handle intelligence.
  • They never leaked Britain’s top secret intelligence, unlike – as we shall see – the British government itself.

British missteps

    • So the British army planned to arrest the leadership of the Jewish Agency (the main representative body of the Yishuv, led by Ben-Gurion).
    • Often described by British authorities as an imperium in imperio, or a “state within a state”, the Jewish Agency’s relationship with armed groups was more complicated than the British had realised.
    • Operation Agatha forced the Jewish Agency and the Zionist movement to consider next steps: what did they want from this struggle?

King David Hotel bombing

    • Then, in what GCHQ historian John Ferris called an act which “finalised the Anglo-Zionist divorce”, on July 22 Irgun terrorists bombed the British headquarters at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, killing more than 90 people, including GCHQ and other intelligence personnel.
    • Britain’s poor security at its headquarters was thus compounded by the absence of those meant to interpret warning intelligence.
    • After these intelligence leaks, the Jewish Agency and Haganah updated and professionalised their cryptography, meaning Britain lost access to vital intelligence.
    • The British government also tried to bring Jews and Arabs back to negotiations, but failed to get official Jewish Agency participation.

End of the Mandate

    • The leaders of this new Jewish state had learned from Britain’s intelligence mistakes, as well as its own.
    • More significantly, by late 1947, Haganah began to attack the encyrption used by surrounding Arab states and their armies, especially the volunteer Arab Liberation Army.

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog to Headline Forbes’ Under 30 Summit EMEA

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Wednesday, May 25, 2022
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Forbes today announced that Israeli President, Isaac Herzog, will be addressing the participants of its flagship Under 30 Summit EMEA which will take place in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem from May 29 June 1, 2022.

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  • Forbes today announced that Israeli President, Isaac Herzog, will be addressing the participants of its flagship Under 30 Summit EMEA which will take place in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem from May 29 June 1, 2022.
  • Herzog was elected President of the State of Israel by the Knesset and took office on July 7, 2021.
  • Forbes global Under 30 community includes over 10,000 connected gamechangers worldwide who are using their diverse skills and entrepreneurialism to drive innovation and solve global challenges.
  • The Forbes Under 30 Summit EMEA is presented in partnership with the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies and the Pratt Foundation.

Medcase deploys 'expeditionary clinics' in Poland, Romania to aid Ukrainian casualties amid Russian invasion

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Thursday, April 14, 2022
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TEL AVIV, Israel, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Medcase, the world's largest global network of access to on-demand healthcare professionals and expertise, has set up seven "expeditionary clinics" to provide in-person and virtual medical assistance to injured Ukrainian refugees fleeing to neighboring countries offering a new way of delivering medicine to non-military groups referred to as Expeditionary Medicine.

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  • These spaces have been converted into life-saving medical facilities near checkpoints along the border of Poland and Romania.
  • With the expeditionary clinics able to be scaled based on regional needs, Medcase executives say their facilities can support up to 3,000 patients per day.
  • Medcase says they will take any refugee in need of medical assistance and intends to continue operating as long as needed.
  • In addition, Medcase provides services for notable clients including Google, Verily and more.

American Jewish Committee Announces More #StandWithUkraine Grants to Aid Refugees

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Thursday, March 31, 2022
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Polish Center for International Aid received a grant for providing cash assistance to Ukrainian refugees in Poland and subsidizing their employment.

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  • Polish Center for International Aid received a grant for providing cash assistance to Ukrainian refugees in Poland and subsidizing their employment.
  • Jewish Community of Warsaw received a grant to support its provision of food and health supplies to Ukrainian refugees in Poland.
  • JCC Budapest received a grant to support the Hungarian Jewish community's efforts to provide Ukrainian refugees with food and health supplies in Hungary.
  • AJC #StandWithUkraine Fund grants were distributed earlier this month to the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI), and IsraAID.

Medcase Offers Immediate Medical Assistance to Ukrainian Refugees Across Neighboring Countries

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Monday, March 21, 2022
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Medcase is partnering with local and international organizations to provide on-the-ground and virtual medical assistance for Ukrainian refugees fleeing to Poland, and Romania as part of its Medcase For Good initiative.

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  • Medcase is partnering with local and international organizations to provide on-the-ground and virtual medical assistance for Ukrainian refugees fleeing to Poland, and Romania as part of its Medcase For Good initiative.
  • "In the last few days, we have seen thousands of refugees who require triaging - suffering from an array of medical conditions, both physical and emotional.
  • We are working diligently with the Medcase team to offer significant and timely assistance to all refugees who come through our doors," said Valentina Khomenko, Jewish Agency Emissary in Bucharest.
  • For healthcare professionals able to provide on the ground or virtual medical assistance in Russian or Ukrainian, please sign up here .

AJC CEO David Harris Meets Poland Government Officials, Delivers Aid to Ukrainian Refugees

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Sunday, March 13, 2022
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WARSAW, Poland, March 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "We are here to bear witness," American Jewish Committee (AJC) CEO David Harris declared at a refugee reception center in Dorohusk, Poland, on the border with Ukraine.

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  • WARSAW, Poland, March 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "We are here to bear witness," American Jewish Committee (AJC) CEO David Harris declared at a refugee reception center in Dorohusk, Poland, on the border with Ukraine.
  • Harris led an AJC group to Poland on a three-day visit to demonstrate solidarity with Ukrainians who have fled their country, seeking safety in Poland and other neighboring countries.
  • Joining Harris onthe AJC mission were Sebastian Rejak, Acting Director of AJC Central Europe, Jillian Laskowitz, Chief of Staff to AJC CEO Harris, and Julie Lenarz, AJC Director of Social Media.
  • The AJC group met with several organizations during the visit to Poland and soon will be announcing additional recipients of grants from the AJC fund.

Jewish Federation of Greater Washington CEO Gil Preuss Heads to Ukrainian Border on Humanitarian Mission

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Friday, March 11, 2022
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WASHINGTON, March 11, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington CEO Gil Preuss is traveling to Poland and the Ukrainian border March 13-16 to take part in the Jewish Federations of North America's first official humanitarian mission to Ukraine to directly address the needs of 200,000 Ukrainian Jews on the ground.

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  • WASHINGTON, March 11, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington CEO Gil Preuss is traveling to Poland and the Ukrainian border March 13-16 to take part in the Jewish Federations of North America's first official humanitarian mission to Ukraine to directly address the needs of 200,000 Ukrainian Jews on the ground.
  • "In this time of humanitarian crisis, I am traveling to the Ukraine border and Poland to bear witness firsthand to the Ukrainian Jewish community's hardships, and to assess how The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington can continue to provide support in the coming weeks and months in addition to the more than $1 million we have already raised through our emergency campaign," said Gil Preuss.
  • The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington envisions an open, connected, and vibrant Jewish community that cares for each other, fosters Jewish learning and journeys, embraces Jewish peoplehood and Israel, and acts as a force for good in the world.
  • Adina Pollak, The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, 202-839-3527, [email protected]