Diaspora

Jewish resilience eroding amid global antisemitism, study finds

Jewish resilience is being tested today more than ever before, according to the report.

A man holds a candle as he attends a demonstration in support of Palestinians and the Global Sumud Flotilla, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza, outside the U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, September 20, 2025.
A molotov coctail erupting beneath the fuell tank of a police car in California.

Anti-Israel arsonist Casey Goonan gets 20 years for Berkeley and Oakland firebombings

Exterior sign for University of Pittsburgh, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, November 1, 2020

Rosh Hashanah 2025: Pittsburgh's Jewish students see 'increase in Jewish joy' ahead of new year

Firefighters respond to a blaze at the Chabad of Charlotte County.

Fire at Florida Chabad center before Rosh Hashanah investigated as potential hate crime


'Accomplice of genocide': Spanish bookstore vandalized with anti-Israel graffiti

The owner of Pati De Llibres found on Tuesday morning that the bookstore's facade and windows had been spray-painted with a Palestinian flag and slogans.

A Sant Cugat del Vallès bookstore was vandalized on Tuesday with anti-Israel graffiti accusing the business of complicity in a supposed genocide in Gaza, according to the shop and local Jewish groups.

No. 19: Uri Poliavich: A game-changer for Jewish education and identity

Uri Poliavich understands that Jewish schools must be more than a safe haven; they must be centers of excellence that parents and children actively run toward.

Uri Poliavich

No. 28: Levi Shemtov, Elliot Cosgrove, Nitzan Reuven, Dov Landau: Shaping the Jewish world

Four of the Jewish world's most prominent rabbis have shaped the Jewish trajectory in the past year, at home and abroad.

(L-R from top): Dov Landau, Elliot Cosgrove, Nitzan Reuven, Levi Shemtov

No. 29: Rabbi Yehoshua Fass and Tony Gelbart: Leaders of Nefesh B’Nefesh

Rabbi Yehoshua Fass and Tony Gelbart are spearheading aliyah from North America

(L-R): Tony Gelbart and Yehoshua Fass

No. 35: Alon Futterman and Yoel Zilberman: Leaders of major Israeli nonprofit organizations

Alon Futterman and Yoel Zilberman share similar commitment to resilience and community strength.

(L-R): Alon Futterman and Yoel Zilberman

British, Australian, Canadian, French Jewish groups decry recognition of Palestinian state

Jewish groups warned that the expected moves by their governments to recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly this week would embolden extremists.

 A man holds a placard reading "Free Palestine" in Paris, France, during a demonstration, to protest after Israel seized the British-flagged yacht, Madleen was aiming to deliver a symbolic amount of aid to Gaza, June 9, 2025.

Macron vows to combat antisemitism: 'I know the anxiety of French Jews'

The French president announced his intent to crack down on antisemitism ahead of France's official recognition on a Palestinian state.

French President Emmanuel Macron visits the riding hall at Pontlevoy Abbey, as part of the 42nd edition of the European Heritage Days, in Pontlevoy, France on September 19, 2025

Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US

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Shabbat candles

For Jewish communal professionals, internal rifts pose the greatest barrier to hope, survey finds

According to Clare Goldwater, the chief strategy officer of M², it was clear that discussions about Israel had become a “very polarizing factor” in Jewish community spaces.

A RALLY in support of Palestinians takes place at Columbia University, in New York City in 2024.

It’s time to break the old conception of the US Jewish ‘minority mindset’

US Jews need to make it visible that you cannot build it on a doctrine that rejects human pluralism. The answer is not to jeer them or to deny their solidarity with Palestinian civilians.

 Activists march down Pearl Street during the 30th annual Boulder Jewish Festival, a week after an attack that injured multiple people in Boulder, Colorado, U.S. June 8, 2025.

On this Rosh Hashanah, Israel’s reckless government needs to hear the voices of Diaspora Jews

To end the war in Gaza and bring the hostages home, Israelis need the support, solidarity, and partnership of Diaspora Jewry

Yair Golan, leader of the Democrats party in Israel, speaks during a demonstration in Tel Aviv, March 22, 2025.