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No. 11: Larry Fink: The Jewish power broker at the center of global finance

Larry Fink combines BlackRock’s $10 trillion global influence with deeply personal support for Israel and active leadership in the Jewish world.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink
Amb. David Friedman at United Hatzalah's 2025 annual Sukkot concert.

Jewish music’s biggest stars unite on one stage to celebrate United Hatzalah’s 20 years of unity

A new billboard about the GazaGenoLIE.com campaign in the center of Times Square, next to the NASDAQ

Gaza GenoLIE: The campaign fighting “a modern blood libel”

The new 9/11 Memorial Wall is seen at One Police Plaza in New York, on September 9, 2026.

Twenty-five years after 9/11: Looking back at the 'Before Times' for American Jewry


Ed Miliband: The 'proud British Jew' who turned his back on Britain's Jews - comment

Governments cannot simultaneously tell Jews that they are not responsible for Israel while adopting rhetoric that helps activists collapse the distinction between the two.

Britain's Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband speaks at the House of Commons in London, Britain, September 8, 2026.

International Jewish-Kurdish conference kicks off in London

Jewish and Kurdish leaders gathered in London for a two day conference aimed at turning 2,700 years of shared history into stronger political, cultural, academic, and diaspora cooperation.

Jewish–Kurdish Relations in a Changing Middle East: History, Identity and Future Cooperation, London, UK

Iranian-American Jew Kamran Hekmati released from Tehran's Evin Prison, must stay in Iran - report

Iranian authorities have not issued an official statement confirming his release or detailing the conditions under which he was freed.

Kemran Hekmati, pictured in a family photo. Iran charged the 70-year-old Jewish Iranian-American for traveling to Israel.

Golda read right to left. Some still don’t - opinion

Esther risked her own life so that the Jews of Persia would live. She did not instruct her people to accept their own erasure for the sake of the empire, as Nessel clearly stated.

 GOLDA MEIR, 1964.

Israelis should become more selective about where they travel - opinion

Israel exists so that Jews have a place where the state – not a foreign government, and certainly not a hotel manager – is ultimately responsible for the security of Jews.

A poster against antisemitism is seen on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in Markham, Ontario, Canada on March 22, 2025.

Cutting support for Haredi families would weaken Israel’s demographic resilience, economy - opinion

Population decline can create a feedback loop. As populations shrink, the burden on younger generations grows, making it harder for young couples to raise families.

An ultra-Orthodox man blows a shofar ahead of Rosh Hashanah in Mea She’arim in Jerusalem in August

As antisemitism rises, the Jewish world faces a turning point - opinion

From Toronto to cities around the world, rising antisemitism is threatening Jewish communities and raising urgent questions about their future.

Shattered windows at Kiva’s Bagel Bar after suspected antisemitic attack in Toronto, Canada. July 26, 2026.

IMPACT's Digital Defender 102 workshop helps Jews aged 55 and up fight online antisemitism

IMPACT also runs a program designed to "empower high school students to stand up, speak out, and make a meaningful difference online and in their communities," according to the organization's CEO.

IMPACT’s Digital Defender 102, a workshop for those aged 55 and up focusing on confronting antisemitism and amplifying Jewish pride, joy, and resilience through the use of artificial intelligence and social media, Queens, New York, September 3, 2026.

Northeast Philadelphia's last Jewish deli shuts down after over 60 years, most Jews in area left

Several customers said that they’ll miss Stein, but they also bemoaned the fact there aren’t many Jewish food options left.

Stein Stein, owner of Steve Stein's Famous Deli in Northeast Philadelphia, the day after his last day in business, Aug. 24, 2026.

From feeling at home in Canada to making aliyah - opinion

Growing antisemitism and declining trust in institutions are leaving many Jewish Canadians questioning where they belong.

 Protesters in support of Palestinians stand at an encampment, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at McGill University’s campus in Montreal, Quebec, Canada May 2, 2024.