Earlier in the day, Israeli President Isaax Herzog’s speech was interrupted by an audience member calling on him to approve a presidential pardon for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Sokolsky worked for over 40 years as a Jewish communal professional, the bulk of which was spent at Birthright, which she joined in 1999

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The funds are being used to overhaul the organization's aging headquarters, which have increasingly been found to be insufficient