Tag: Diaspora Jewry
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...
Jewish groups boycott Smotrich, in US to address Israel Bonds
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...
Project in memory of slain Israeli teens geared to unite Israeli and Diaspora Jews
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...
Conference of Presidents mission aims to strengthen ties between Israel and American Jewry
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...
The Good Jew/Bad Jew demonization strategy
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
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...
Pro-Israel entities in Latin America work to battle anti-Semitism, promote co-existence
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...
The urgent need for proper Jewish leadership
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...
Communal leaders request Israel to commemorate global Jewish terror victims
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...
Begin Center panel on anti-Semitism delivers central message: Speak up, fight back
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...