On the campaign trail, IfNotNow baits 2020 candidates to condemn so-called ‘occupation’
Making headlines over the past year in targeting the mainstream Jewish community and its support for Israel, the upstart IfNowNow group has now thrown itself into the 2020 presidential ring. In the past few...
US Senate introduces bipartisan legislation to prioritize health care for Holocaust survivors
U.S. Sens. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) introduced on Thursday legislation that would prioritize health care and nutrition services for Holocaust survivors, increasing the likelihood they could continue to...
Study: Across former Soviet Union, Jews in towns suffer more than city residents
Russian and Ukrainian Jews feel much safer in big cities, a new large poll finds.
First results of the extended study “Jews of the Post-Soviet Space” were presented yesterday at the ISGAP-Oxford Summer Institute 2019 for...
200 immigrants from Latin America, Europe, Russia celebrate their arrival in Israel
Israeli leaders welcomed more than 200 new immigrants (olim) from France, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela and Russia on Wednesday at a festive reception at Ben-Gurion International Airport.
Kicking off this year’s “season of aliyah,” in which thousands...
History and Origins of Sephardic Music
Sephardic music is thought to have originated from the Jewish population living in medieval Spain and Portugal. Following their expulsion from Spain and Portugal in 1492 and 1496, respectively, the Sephardic Jews spread across...
In Israel, OU leaders talk of increasing Jewish-identity initiatives in Diaspora
Orthodox Union leaders from the United States and Canada met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday to talk about the need to increase and expand initiatives focused on Diaspora Jewish education and...
Archaeologists find fabled Crusader moat outside Jerusalem’s Old City walls
Archaeologists have discovered an 11th-century moat just outside Jerusalem’s Old City walls—the first hard evidence of a fabled Crusader siege against the city 920 years ago. Attested to in several historical documents, many scholars...
International Fellowship emergency effort helps raise $500,000 for Mevo Modi’im
In its continued efforts to help the families of the incinerated community of Mevo Modi’im get back on their feet, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews has helped the small moshav raise more than $500,000...
A quarter-century after his passing, the Rebbe’s sphere of influence continues to grow
For the Lubavitcher Rebbe, rather than his memory and influence shrinking in the 25 years since his passing, his legacy has only served to create a phenomenal growth in the movement he nurtured, inspired...
Bipartisan group organizes private tour of Holocaust museum for US Congress
A bipartisan group has organized a private, after-hours tour of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., for members of Congress on July 16.
Jewish Insider first reported the upcoming tour.
An invitation was released on Thursday...