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Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting of his Religious Zionism Party in Givat Harel, Feb. 14, 2023. Photo by Sraya Diamant/Flash90.

Jewish groups boycott Smotrich, in US to address Israel Bonds

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Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich arrived in Washington on Sunday where he was to deliver the keynote address at an Israel Bonds conference at the Grand Hyatt hotel later that evening. Smotrich arrives amid controversy over...
Arkia flight attendants hand out Purim gift packages to passengers, March 2023. Credit: Arkia Israeli Airlines.

Project in memory of slain Israeli teens geared to unite Israeli and Diaspora Jews

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The SonShine Association is running its Jewish Connection Project this week, part of an initiative to distribute thousands of mishloach manot packages to passengers at Ben-Gurion International Airport flying abroad for the Jewish holiday of Purim. With the help...
William Daroff, CEO of Conference Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, presents U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides with a gift while Conference of Presidents chair Dianne Lob looks on. Photo by Alex Traiman.

Conference of Presidents mission aims to strengthen ties between Israel and American Jewry

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The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations leadership mission has arrived in Israel to engage in an annual weeklong conversation with top Israeli leaders. Highlighting the sessions include the top echelons of...
MK Itamar Ben-Gvir, head of the Otzma Yehudit Party (left) and Religious Zionism Party chief MK Bezalel Smotrich at a campaign event in Sderot, Oct. 26, 2022. Photo by Flash90.

The Good Jew/Bad Jew demonization strategy

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One of the favorite strategies deployed by Jew-baiters is to divide the community into Good Jews and Bad Jews. Good Jews have politically correct, progressive opinions. Jews who don’t hold with those opinions are Bad...

Israel’s new coalition shouldn’t write off American Jewry

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It may be that some of the statements emanating from certain partners in Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government are more a function of posturing than genuine policy priorities. But even if those expressing them are...
Thousands of people attended a memorial event in Argentina dedicated to the 85 people killed and more than 300 others injured during the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires, on July 18, 2022. Photo by Ellie Cohanim.

Pro-Israel entities in Latin America work to battle anti-Semitism, promote co-existence

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The deadliest post-Holocaust attack on Jews was an outside job. While commemorating the 1994 AMIA bombing this week, those fighting Jew-hatred in Latin America vowed not to let homegrown anti-Semitism go unchecked. The second Latin American...
American flag. Credit: In Green/Shutterstock.

The urgent need for proper Jewish leadership

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Diaspora Jews worry about how to deal with the current tsunami of anti-Semitism that is washing through the world. They also worry about how to deal with the anti-Zionism and demonization of Israel that...
The Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem a few days before Yom Hazikaron, April 11, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Communal leaders request Israel to commemorate global Jewish terror victims

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Heads of major Jewish organizations, led by the Jewish Agency for Israel, delivered a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett calling on the Israeli government to designate those killed in anti-Semitic incidents outside...
From left: Rabbi Shmuley Boteach; human-rights activist and former chairman of the executive of the Jewish Agency for Israel Natan Sharansky; and former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer take part in a panel discussion on global anti-Semitism at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem, June 6, 2022. Credit: Courtesy.

Begin Center panel on anti-Semitism delivers central message: Speak up, fight back

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The main message that emerged from a panel on anti-Semitism on Monday evening is that Jews everywhere can make a difference, and all people—Jews and non-Jews—can and must fight back against the resurgent scourge...
An Israeli military cemetery. Credit: Israel Ministry of Defense.

Israel extends its embrace to bereaved families living abroad

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As Israel prepares to mark Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism on Tuesday evening, representatives from the Israeli Ministry of Defense’s Family and International Connections Unit—a part of the Department of...