Tag: Diaspora Jewry
Reassessing Jewish education amid unprecedented antisemitism
The late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks once wrote: “To defend a country, you need an army. But to defend a civilization, you need schools.”
In an era of skyrocketing antisemitism, these words resonate more powerfully...
Netanyahu Derangement Syndrome
At this intensely difficult time for Israel and the Jewish people, one might expect leading Jews to be throwing themselves into the fight against antisemitism and those who defame the State of Israel.
As the forces...
Italian synagogue defaced as protests break out in several cities
Protesters spray-painted “Justice Free Gaza” in red on a synagogue wall in Bologna, Italy on Saturday night following demonstrations sparked by the death of an Italian-Egyptian man during a police chase on Nov. 23,...
Rabbi of Syrian Jewish community in Israel writes to Ahmed al-Sharaa
The chief rabbi of the Syrian Jewish community in Israel has penned an extraordinary letter to the new leader of Syria, congratulating him on his victory in ousting the Assad dictatorship and encouraging him...
Budapest, haunted by the Holocaust, welcomes Israeli visitors
ne chilly winter night in Budapest, from our hotel room overlooking the iconic Váci Street, we were taken by surprise to hear a group of young Israelis enthusiastically singing “Am Yisrael Chai!” (The People...
Beware distinguished professors rewriting history
What are the reasons why 140,000 Jews living in the storied 2,600-year-old Babylonian community—the oldest Jewish diaspora—have dwindled to just three people? The vast majority of the community left between 1950 and 1951 after...
Gal Gadot: Unity critical to victory
The Jewish people will prevail over its enemies and overcome the rising tide of antisemitism worldwide, but only through unity, Israeli actress Gal Gadot said on Sunday.
“I feel like there is life before October 7...
Israeli envoy in NY: West at risk of ‘radical Muslim occupation’
Ofir Akunis was solidly entrenched in the Knesset, serving in his 15th year as a lawmaker. The popular Likud figure—formerly a party spokesman and adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu—had held a number of ministerial roles...
Israeli officials encourage ‘aliyah’ while affirming US Jewish communities strong
Call it the story of the Oct. 8 Jew.
This past Sunday at the Jerusalem Conference in New York, executives of Israel’s government and nonprofit immigration agencies were joined on stage by a high-ranking official...
Are we the Jews of the 1930s?
As we sit comfortably in our American homes, enjoying the freedoms and opportunities afforded to us by this great nation, it is difficult to imagine that we, as Jews, could be facing a situation...