B’nai B’rith International Honorary President Moishe Smith – a member of Jewish Agency Board of Governors Board committees and Extended World Zionist Organization Executive – represented B’nai B’rith at JAFI and WZO meetings held on October 28-31 in Tel Aviv.

Over the four-day parley Smith participated in meetings of a number of Board committees including Small Jewish communities; Holocaust restitution; Unity of the Jewish People and a Task Force on Anti-Semitism. 

The Board also approved JAFI’s 2013 budget of $315m (reflecting a cut of $20 from 2012) and held a session on the Iranian threat. The Extended Zionist Executive heard in-depth reports on the organizations’ expanding activities in Israel and the Diaspora.

B’nai B’rith World Center director Alan Schneider, coordinator of the B’nai B’rith International WZO/JAFI Committee, also participated in the meetings, attending the launch of a new JAFI Task Force on outreach efforts to Israelis living abroad.