Amichai Chikli

Israel, Jewish Federations launch NIS 200 million plan to strengthen Diaspora Jewish education

The government-backed initiative, advanced in partnership with JFNA, will focus on expanding access to Jewish schools and strengthening Jewish identity among the next generation.

JFNA Board of Directors Chairman Gary Torgow speaks to assembled Israeli government officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after the government approved a NIS 200m. plan to bolster Jewish education in the Diaspora on June 28, 2026.
ISRAEL SECURITY Agency (Shin Bet) Director David Zini arrives to a Memorial Day ceremony at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Jerusalem's Old City, April 20, 2026, as Israel commemorates its fallen soldiers and victims of terror.

Zini cancels Shin Bet Pride event, slashes budget for all LGBT programming - report

Amichai Chikli, Minister of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism attends a conference organized by the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs, at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem on March 27, 2025.

IDF withdrawal from Lebanon would be a failure, must hold strategic points in north, Chikli says

Ultra orthodox Jewish children pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, on April 19, 20226.

More Israelis define themselves as Jews first, gov't approves NIS 100m. to improve Diaspora ties


Diplomacy or war: The dilemma of politicizing the fight against antisemitism - analysis

Israel’s diaspora minister urged a 'full-scale war' on antisemitism, not just diplomacy, at a tense conference marked by political rifts and notable absences.

 Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar speaking at the International Conference on Combating Antisemitism in Jerusalem, March 27, 2025.

Netanyahu: Antisemitism threatens free societies, who must join fight against it

The conference drew controversy and withdrawals from slated participants due to the presence of far Right politicians, such as France's Jordan Bardella.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz seen in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, March 27, 2025

Sylvan Adams: Antisemitism conference critics focused on politics rather than dialogue 

Adams reminded that antisemitism was a problem across the political spectrum, and argued that the labels of right and left were unhelpful when engaging with the Jewish community.

 Sylvan Adams at a ceremony for torch lighters of the Independence Day state ceremony, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on April 23, 2023.

Shabbos Kestenbaum: Jewish students are today's leaders in fight against antisemitism

"Jews are not asking for special treatment under the law -- we are asking for equal treatment under the law," said Kestenbaum.

 Shabbos Kestenbaum testifies in court against Harvard University.

Israel's antisemitism strategy: Picking political allies over Diaspora Jews - opinion

The Israeli government has exposed a growing rift between its political calculations in terms of fighting antisemitism, and the actual concerns of Diaspora Jews.

 Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli

Islamism, radical Left root of antisemitism surge, French far Right leader tells 'Post' - exclusive

Bardella describes his visit to Israel and Jerusalem as "my and our total engagement in the fight against antisemitism."

 Jordan Bardella, President of the French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party, speaks during a political rally in Etrepagny, France, December 15, 2024.

The war on Jews has returned, and the West is complicit - opinion

The Diaspora Affairs Ministry will roll up their sleeves and fight—not with polite condemnation, but with moral clarity and unapologetic force.

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 18: Protesters attend a national rally for Palestine on January 18, 2025 in London, England. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators are going ahead with a planned march after police placed a ban on it, citing the risk of causing "serious disruption" to a synagogue

Chikli loses faith in Goldknopf over discriminatory land allocations to haredim

“Also what they thought would go to the general public, we found some way to allocate to the haredi public, not everything can be talked about," Goldknopf said.

 United Torah Judaism (UTJ) chairman rabbi Yitzchak Goldknopf is seen at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, July 28, 2022

'Stabbing Jews in the back': Diaspora heads warn against Chikli's antisemitism conference

“I expect the Israeli government and the Knesset to take just as clear a stand,” Kariv said.

 Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli seen during a protest in Tel Aviv, November 27, 2024

Israel’s antisemitism envoy says she wasn’t consulted on the controversial conference

Israel’s antisemitism envoy left out of key planning for controversial conference.

MICHAL COTLER-WUNSH