The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) is embarking on a new mission: Bringing immigrants to Israel from the former Soviet Union and other countries in crisis.
This marks a major shift in the Fellowship's policy. So far, IFCJ has helped bring Jews to Israel indirectly, through donations to the Jewish Agency.
In total, the organization has transferred more than $150 million in donations to the Jewish Agency.
Eli Cohen, the former head of the Jewish Agency’s Aliya Department, has joined IFCJ and will be in charge of forming a strategic plan for the private aliyah program.
"Increasing the number of immigrants to Israel is a Zionist national mission and the central pillar of the Fellowship's work for the Israeli society and Jews in distress," said IFCJ founder and president, Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein .
- IFCJ was founded in 1983 to promote understanding between Jews and Christians and build broad support for Israel and other shared concerns.