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Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid speaks during a Yesh Atid Party meeting at the Knesset on July 26, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Will Lapid’s charm offensive work better than Netanyahu’s realpolitik?

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Like all new governments determined to show that it is an improvement over its predecessor, the unlikely coalition cobbled together by Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid—though formally led by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett—is determined...
Delegates of the Religious Zionists of America (RZA)-Mizrachi rabbinic and communal leadership mission to Israel, June-July 2021. Credit: Courtesy.

Next generation of Orthodox Jewish leaders pledge support and action on behalf of Israel

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Delegates from the Religious Zionists of America (RZA)-Mizrachi rabbinic and communal leadership mission returned home with renewed energy to advocate for the Jewish state and call on their local communities and politicians to act on behalf...
Religious Zionists of America (RZA)-Mizrachi communal leadership meeting with Israeli leaders at the Knesset. Source: RZA/Facebook.

Religious Zionists of America-Mizrachi visit to bolster bonds between Israel and the Diaspora

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A Religious Zionists of America (RZA)-Mizrachi communal leadership mission to Israel landed this past week as the first U.S. delegation from the Jewish community to meet with Israel’s new government officials. The group also met...
Newly elected Israeli President Isaac Herzog visits the grave of his late father, Chaim Herzog, at Mount Herzl Cemetery in Jerusalem, on June 2, 2021. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

Groups welcome Israel’s next president; Herzog brings ‘deep understanding of world Jewry’

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Jewish leaders in the United States and elsewhere welcomed the election of Isaac Herzog as Israel’s next president, with most praising his deep understanding of the worldwide Jewish community. “I cannot think of a better or...

Jewish American Heritage Month: Understanding the ‘relationship triangle’

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While it is an instinct for many to overlook occasions like Jewish American Heritage Month as largely ceremonial, this year’s event comes at a particularly significant juncture for the relationship between American Jewry and...
Young American Jews. Credit: SeeSaw GmbH/Shutterstock.

Pew survey shows shift in affiliations of young American Jews

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What does the new Pew study, “Jewish Americans in 2020,” say about the status of the Jewish denominations, and what has changed since the last study was conducted in 2013? Not much, except when...
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Let Israelis overseas vote

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Hordes of Israelis showed up at voting stations across the country on Tuesday to determine the future of the state. Yet the number of people who voted could have and should have been far...
A virtual Kabbalat Shabbat service with the Jewish community in Baku, Azerbaijan. Source: Screenshot.

Diaspora minister’s Shabbat initiative reaches smaller, more remote parts of Jewish world

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Following the ratification of the Abraham Accords, Israeli Minister of Diaspora Omer Yankelevich has held virtual Kabbalat Shabbat services with Jewish communities around the world, sharing the message that now is the time to...
Sheldon and Dr. Miriam Adelson with a Birthright group. Photo: Courtesy.

Love and generosity: A farewell tribute to Sheldon Adelson

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On a Friday morning, slightly more than six months ago, we convened a transatlantic Zoom call. There we were, the deputy editor of Makor Rishon, Orly Goldklang from Ofra, myself from Jerusalem, and Sheldon and...
American businessman and investor Sheldon Adelson and his wife at the ceremony of a laying of a cornerstone for new Medicine Faculty buildings at the Ariel University in the West Bank, on June 28, 2017. Photo by Ben Dori/Flash90

Jewish, pro-Israel groups mourn loss of Sheldon Adelson

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Jewish and pro-Israel groups expressed condolences over the loss of Jewish and pro-Israel donor Sheldon Adelson. Adelson, a Republican megadonor and business titan, died on Jan. 11 at the age of 87 from complications of...