Jewish community

As Turkey fades from the Israeli travel map, Azerbaijan moves into the spotlight

With around 30 direct flights a week, a sharp rise in Israeli visitors and another surge is expected over the Jewish holiday season.

The Jewish community of Baku prepares ahead of the High Holy Days, in Azerbaijan, September 7, 2026.
US Vice President JD Vance speaks at a MAGA Inc. Super PAC event on Aug. 31, 2026, in Sterling Heights, Michigan.

Vance meets with Temple Israel rabbi on Michigan visit, offers support to community

The California State Capitol building on Sunday, March 29, 2026 in Sacramento, CA.

California could make Jewish an ethnic identity under groundbreaking new bill

Maine police;illustrative

Maine Jewish summer camp seeks protection order against neighbor after shooting incident


Solidarity is not a strategy: Israel-Diaspora relations need structured partnership - opinion

How Israel and Jewish communities worldwide can move from instinctive support to structured partnership

Voice of the People council members during the organization’s in-person conference held last year in Haifa. The 150-member council with Jewish leaders from six continents was set up by Israel’s President Isaac Herzog to foster dialogue and create actionable strategis for challenges facing the Jewish

Direct flights, Jerusalem embassy move mark historic turn in Argentina-Israel ties - opinion

The relationship between Argentina’s President Javier Milei, the Jewish community, and the State of Israel will be strengthened by key steps this year

Argentina's President Javier Milei walks to the podium ahead of addressing the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the U.N. headquarters in New York, US, September 24, 2025.

Two years after October 7, Jewish groups still grappling with identity crisis, generational divide

Jewish organizations face a genuine dilemma: Have we temporarily pivoted or permanently transformed? Are we making strategic decisions, or are we being captured by donor preferences?

Jewish organizations pivoted after October 7 to help Israel, but emergency mode has now stretched beyond two years, and what began as a temporary pivot is hardening into something else entirely.

Dana Bash, Matan Sivek to headline 4th annual Jewish Digital Summit

Now in its fourth year, the Jewish Digital Summit, which will take place Feb. 24 through Feb. 26, promises to be more dynamic and impactful than ever.

CNN anchor and chief political correspondent Dana Bash, left, and Matan Sivek, the co-founder of the Hostages and Missing Families Forum-US, are two of the high-profile speakers at the 2026 Jewish Digital Summit.

Maccabi Barcelona inaugurated with over 300 attendees, celebrates Jewish identity, sports

The inauguration of Maccabi Barcelona is particularly significant as it reflects the solidarity of a growing Jewish community in the face of increasing global antisemitism.

A GROUP of youth take part in this week's Maccabi Barcelona inauguration.

Dozens of Jewish graves vandalized at Barcelona cemetery

Spanish politician Daniel Sirera responded to the incident, stating in a post to X/Twitter, “It is not mere vandalism: it is antisemitism.”

One of the Jewish graves desecrated at Les Corts cemetary in Barcelona.

Learning Hebrew in bomb shelters: How Dnipro Jewry endures Russian invasion

The war opened new opportunities for Dnipro's Jews to reconnect to Judaism, finding purpose and hope amid the missile barrages.

Dnipro, Ukraine in January 2026.

Tulsa’s Jewish community pushes back on Oklahoma Jewish charter school proposal

“To bypass community consultation in favor of an externally driven initiative is a serious error,” the community stated.

Peter Deutsch, founder of the Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation, addresses the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board on Jan. 12, 2026, in Oklahoma City.

German man sets fire at entrance of Jewish community building, causing damage

A 32-year-old man was arrested and is in police custody, but the circumstances and motive of the suspect are still unknown, and the investigation is ongoing.

 Trashcan burning with hot fire next to a parked car at night.

Haim Bibas to Miami Summit: Local leaders led Israel through war and will lead its renewal

At the Jerusalem Post Miami Conference, FLAI chair Haim Bibas hailed diaspora partnership, local leadership, and unity after war.

Haim Bibas ,Mayor of Modiin Maccabim Reut Chairman of the Federation of Local Authorities in Israel.