“Education and strengthening the identity of the Jewish people all around the world is an issue of importance to the State of Israel, and to me as its ambassador,” Israeli Ambassador to Cyprus Oren Anolik told JNS on Tuesday.

Speaking in Limassol on the sidelines of the third annual International Yael Foundation Conference, Anolik praised the foundation’s efforts to encourage Jewish education.

“The work that the Yael Foundation is doing is a very important work at any time, but especially in this current time,” he said.