Tag: Diaspora Jewry
You’re not antisemitic? Sure?
Amid the current debate over whether a new front will open up in Israel’s war against Hamas and its regional allies, it might be observed that this is already happening.
In the aftermath of the...
Birthright trips to restart in early January, with new focus on impact of Oct....
After it resumes its free, 10-day educational trips to Israel in the first week in January, Birthright Israel expects 350 people—roughly 80% of them from the United States—to visit the Jewish by the end...
When American Jews first marched for Israel
The organizers of the Nov. 14 March for Israel in Washington, D.C. called it “the largest pro-Israel gathering in history.” Attendance estimates ranged from 160,000 to 290,000. No doubt, the number was huge, but...
The king of the free world
I loved growing up in America. Prior to my first year learning in Israel, I believed that there was no better country in the world. I felt that my values were American values, and...
Masa Israel intros program for Diaspora volunteers during war
The first group of 20 volunteers for a six-week Masa Israel Journey program to assist residents in the country's south arrived this week.
"The new program allows young Jewish adults from around the world to...
Hungary’s Jewish renaissance
Another Budapest synagogue rose from the ashes last week thanks to Chabad of Hungary. It was the tenth to do so, marking a Hungarian Jewish renaissance that began some 10 years ago, breathing new...
AJC Global Forum meets to tackle challenges facing the Jewish people
Political heavyweights and prominent journalists discussed key issues affecting Israel and the Jewish people at the opening plenary of the American Jewish Committee’s second AJC Global Forum in Tel Aviv on Sunday evening.
Those issues...
Times are good for Azerbaijan’s 30,000 Jews
“The Jewish community in Azerbaijan dates back to antiquity. Every group in Azerbaijan has its own synagogue, Rabbi Zamir Isayev, the chairman of the Georgian-Jewish community of Azerbaijan, told JNS in an exclusive interview last...
A 75-year-old makes ‘aliyah’ in time for Israel’s 75th anniversary year
In a way, Daniel Goldschmiedt and the modern State of Israel have grown up together. They both recently turned 75. Their Jewish identity is central to their lives. And now that Daniel and his...
Orthodox Jewish group: ‘Lapid delegitimizing not just Israeli government, but Israel itself’
Am Echad, a U.S. group associated with the ultra-Orthodox Agudath Israel of America, sent an open letter to Israeli opposition leader and Yesh Atid Party chairman Yair Lapid on April 11 expressing their “grave...