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And with that, #FebBOG draws to a close. Thank you for following us over the past three days. See you in Kiev, and Laila Tov from Jerusalem!

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"I want to say thank you to you." -- Chairman Natan Sharansky to the Board of Governors, following his reelection. #FebBOG

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BREAKING: Natan Sharansky has been unanimously elected for a second term as Chairman of the Executive of The Jewish Agency! #FebBOG

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Members of the Board of Governors sing "HaTikvah," as #FebBOG comes to a close. http://instagram.com/p...

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Chairman Sharansky says Board of Governors represent model of idealism, thanks them for their partnership. #FebBOG

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Members of the Board of Governors unanimously endorse Natan Sharansky's nomination for second term as Chairman of the Executive. #FebBOG

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Board of Governors members are seeing photos of an elderly couple from Yemen who made Aliyah (immigrated to #Israel) yesterday. #FebBOG

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Project TEN participant notes that the center in India is in a Muslim area, served to bring people of different faiths together. #FebBOG

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Project TEN participant says it is an obligation for Jews to help "repair the world" everywhere, with Jews and non-Jews alike. #FebBOG

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We have already established Project TEN centers in Gondar, Ethiopia and Hyderabad, India! Learn more: http://tenprogram.org. #FebBOG

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Director-General Hoffmann: We will have 70 Israel Fellows on college campuses next year, in partnership with @HillelFJCL. #FebBOG

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Director-General Alan Hoffmann is introducing Jewish Agency shlichim [emissaries] who serve as regional reps around the world. #FebBOG

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A general view of the closing plenary of #FebBOG. http://instagram.com/p...

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Resolution calling on the EU and countries of the free world to recognize Hezbollah as a terrorist organization passes unanimously. #FebBOG

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Chairman Sharansky introduces resolution calling on the EU and the entire free world to recognize Hezbollah as a terrorist org. #FebBOG

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Resolution calling on Pres. Obama to grant Jonathan Pollard clemency unanimously adopted by the Jewish Agency Board of Governors. #FebBOG

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Chairman Sharansky says there is a near-consensus in the Jewish world that the time has come to release Pollard from prison. #FebBOG

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Chairman Sharansky hails role of @URJ in raising the issue of Pollard's release, says he has spent enough time in prison. #FebBOG

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Chairman Sharansky introducing special resolution calling for the release of Jonathan Pollard. #FebBOG

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RT @IsraelAtlanta: Netanyahu @ Jewish Agency Board of Governors: "Sanctions alone will not stop the #nuclear program of #Iran.." Feb2013 http://embassies.gov.il/atlanta...

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RT @JerrySJFNA: Bruce Arbit recognized for his service as UIA Chair at the Jewish Agency meetings.

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Michael D. Siegal, Chairman of the @JFederations Board of Trustees, has been elected to the Executive Committee. Congratulations! #FebBOG

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Ambassador Dan Gillerman, former Permanent Representative of @IsraelinUN, has been elected to our Board of Governors. Mazal Tov! #FebBOG

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Ratner reflects on the fact that 75,000 young people have participated in @MasaIsrael since the program began. Incredible. #FebBOG

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The closing plenary of #FebBOG is beginning now! Budget and Finance Committee Chair Charles Ratner is standing in for Chairman Tisch.

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Yesterday's address by @IsraeliPM Netanyahu to #FebBOG has generated a great deal of media coverage. See https://www.facebook.com/photo....

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RT @ofirgendelman: Address by PM Netanyahu to the Jewish Agency Board of Governors http://www.pmo.gov.il/English...

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The view from #FebBOG. Inspiring. http://instagram.com/p...

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RT @JerrySJFNA: Major Town Hall discussion at the Jewish Agency meetings about prayer at the Kotel. The majority suggested status quo is not an option.

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RT @IsraelMFA: PM Netanyahu at @JewishAgency #FebBOG:#Iran's development of nuclear weapons will make M.East a nuclear tinderbox http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA...

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