Israel’s New York Consul Reaches Out

In an interview at the beginning of his term Dayan told me that his motto as Israel’s top diplomat in the Big Apple would be “Anashim achim anachnu” (We are all brothers). “I came here to maintain dialogue” he said. “The first precondition of course is to talk to all people.”

Last week at the start of his second year as consul general Dayan made good on that promise meeting with a delegation of senior Agudath Israel of America leaders at his office in Manhattan.

This was the first official visit of Agudath Israel of America to the consulate.

According to a summary of the meeting provided to Mishpacha the attendees discussed the importance of the preservation of the chareidi school system in Israel and the budgets involved in this endeavor. They also discussed the significant investments of American chareidim in Israel as well as the ongoing political work of Agudah activists on behalf of the Jewish state.