Tag: Diaspora Jewry
Israeli-world Jewry relations: From negation to celebration
Before our eyes, Israel is undergoing a miraculous transformation in the way it views its relationship with world Jewry.
Yesterday, we in the Knesset and throughout Israel marked “Diaspora Day,” a day to honor Jewish...
Israel’s president to endorse ‘roadmap for Jewish future’
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin is set to endorse the Declaration of Our Common Destiny, a document that he has called a “roadmap for the Jewish future.”
Thirty of the world’s most prominent Jewish thought leaders—representing...
Mass prayers to be held for Jews buried in Arab countries
Diaspora and Israeli organizations and communities representing millions of Jews around the world will participate on Saturday in a mass Kaddish (Mourners’ Prayer) and say a specially designed azkara (Memorial Prayer) for Jews buried in inaccessible...
US elections and Jewish vote: Priorities of American Diaspora, implications for Israel
A key interest for Americans and Israelis in U.S. presidential elections every four years is the Jewish voter—who they choose and over what issues. The Jewish vote drew attention this year mainly due to...
JNS top 40 global advocates for Israel online
In this day and age, the State of Israel is fighting on multiple battlefronts, none more so important than online.
Whether it be Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram or TikTok, battles of the narrative are being...
Reinvented Shabbat Project to ‘bring Shabbat home’ in more than 1,600 cities worldwide
In a world transformed by the coronavirus pandemic, the seventh annual international Shabbat Project is organizing virtual pre-Shabbat events and providing educational materials for an intimate home-based Shabbat experience in more than 1,600 cities...
Poll: 75 percent of US Jews would vote for Biden, while 22 percent for...
Ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election, some 75 percent of U.S. Jews would vote for Democratic nominee Joe Biden, while 22 percent would vote to re-elect U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a...
Ruben Shimonov is working to teach the ‘broader story of Mizrahim’
Experts in global Jewish history believe that highlighting minority voices within the Jewish community has the power to honor its nuances and interconnectedness. JNS’s new series highlighting Jewish ethnic minorities aims to elevate their...
You don’t have to be a Zionist to make aliyah
When I made aliyah, I was not a Zionist.
It’s a strange fact to share as most people know me as a proud American-Jew-become-Israeli who blogs about Israel, makes videos about Israel, wrote a book about...
Israel’s Law of Return at 70
In July 1950, the Law of Return was passed unanimously by the Knesset, establishing the principle that every Jew, wherever he lives, is entitled to immigrate to Israel—that Diaspora Jews have the “right of aliyah.”
The...