Sources close to Netanyahu say PM to skip Jewish Agency Board of Governors assembly over dispute.
The former prisoner of Zion won the Congressional Medal for his struggles for human rights.
Netivei Masa program, initiated by Cabinet Secretary Oved Yehezkel, to involved 135 teachers in 2009.
250 cases of anti-Semitic incidents noted in first month of 2009, compared to 80 same time last year.
After years of decline, Israel expected to absorb 15 percent more new arrivals than last year.
If Diaspora Jews are really dear to us, it would be better if we became less of an outcast as a country.
Anti-assimilation campaign meant to strengthen Diaspora Jews' ties to Israel imploded in a storm of criticism.
Forward columnist: One of the most 'knuckle-headed ad campaigns in modern Jewish history.'
Recommendations made after residents at Beit Alfa absorption complain of meager stipends and lack of employment.
Meager stipends and the distance from industrial centers have brought 750 Ethiopian immigrants to penury.
Jewish Agency call for formation of new, 'moderate' conversion bodies upsets all streams of Judaism.
Dozens of guests and participants among the 235 new immigrants who had just arrived on a flight organized by the immigration-assistance organization and the Jewish Agency booed Olmert at the ceremony.