Article: Federation leaders view role of Jewish Agency

Jay E. Nachman
Jewish Exponent
04-14-1995
Federation leaders view role of Jewish Agency.

As world Jewry grapples with the challenge of making Judaism more meaningful, so too, do members of the Jewish community.

In particular, local leaders of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia have been asked to share their perspective on the structure and function of the Jewish Agency for Israel, which is engaged in a review of its role.

"The Jewish Agency is the arena for world Jewish politics," observed scholar Daniel J. Elazar, a leading authority on the Agency. "If the game of the Jewish people is to do its business collectively, then the Jewish people have to get together. The Agency has ...

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