Did you know that  12,904 students applied for the Jewish Agency scholarships for soldiers called up for emergency reserve duty during the second Lebanon War? Or that 7,000 small business owners submitted requests for emergency grants to very small, independent businesses, which  was one of the first steps the Jewish Agency took after the war – with the generous support of Jewish Federations in the United States through the United Jewish Communities (UJC).  More 

Did you know that Miss Israel 2005 came to Israel with Selah – a Jewish Agency aliyah program? Or that young Ethiopian children trekked across the desert, barefoot and nearly starving, to get to Israel? And now they are studying law, accounting, computers and international relations at Israel's best universities through Jewish Agency programs and scholarship support.  More