Jewish World

More Israelis are leaving than arriving in 2024

Official figures show that 79,000 Israelis left in 2024, while 46,000 made aliyah or returned home.

|BySTEPHANIE L. FREID
Global antisemitism is spurring some immigration to Israel, but more people left the country in the past two years than arrived. Premium
The word influencer is seen on a smartphone screen.

Influence without integrity is just entertainment - opinion

As the conversation about the role of influencers and social media advocacy continues, Bellamy Bellucci weighs in on the complicated dynamics of fame, fundraising, and the true meaning of impact.

|ByBELLAMY BELLUCCI
ETHIOPIAN JEWS take part in a prayer of the Sigd holiday in Jerusalem last November. The God of Israel sees the heart, not the color of one’s skin, the writer affirms.

Jews are not a color; we are a global people - opinion

Judaism is a family rooted in faith, strengthened by diversity, and united in a covenant that binds us across cultures, languages, and generations.

|BySHMUEL LEGESSE
EMS services inspect the damage from an Iranian missile impact on a building in central Israel, June 13, 2025.

Israel and Diaspora Jews united in the face of fear, chaos of Iran war - opinion

When the US joined the military effort, attacking Iranian nuclear facilities, a wave of relief rushed in. We could finally breathe. This time, something felt different.

|By COCHAV ELKAYAM LEVY

Maccabiah Games postponed to 2026 in shadow of Israel's war with Iran

The 2025 Maccabiah Games, set for July, have been postponed until 2026 due to escalating security risks in Israel.

JUNE 16, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF
THEN US PRESIDENT Joe Biden poses with athletes at the opening ceremony of the 21st Maccabiah in Jerusalem in July 2022. On Monday, this year's edition of the Games was officially postponed until next summer due to the war with Iran.

Deadly attacks on Jews driven by desperation, not escalation - opinion

The ideological war against Israel has not ended, but the momentum is shifting.

JUNE 4, 2025ByDANIEL M. ROSEN
A demonstrator holds a placard as students from Columbia University protest outside offices of University Trustees, as part of ongoing protests in support of Palestinians, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., May 7, 2024

Can the WJC rise to meet the challenges faced by 21st-century Jews?

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: “I see old threats coming back and new threats emerging,” WJC President Ronald Lauder said at the 17th plenary of the World Jewish Congress.

MAY 23, 2025ByMATHILDA HELLER
SYLVAN ADAMS – the president of WJC Israel region – stood out for his declaration that the organization would be promoting the aliyah of one million Jews to the State of Israel.

'Lead with humanity': Herzog praises Israel's resumption of Gaza aid during WJC speech

Herzog also presented WJC President Ron Lauder with the Presidential Medal of Honor, 'Israel’s highest civilian honor.'

MAY 19, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israel's President Isaac Herzog is seen addressing the Jerusalem Post annual conference at the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem, on October 12, 2021.

Story of Passover proves that a brighter future awaits the Jewish nation - Opinion

ABOVE THE FOLD: The story of Passover further proves that many years later, we are still a force to be reckoned with.

APRIL 8, 2025ByMICAH HALPERN
Israelis shoppers buy groceries in preparation for the holiday of Passover in Jerusalem, April 7, 2025

A state, not a shtetl: Why Israel forges ties with the far Right to fight antisemitism - opinion

Israel is not a shtetl. It is a state, and, as a result, its interrelationships with the non-Jewish world are necessarily different than those of the shtadlan.

APRIL 1, 2025ByYISRAEL MEDAD
Us comedian Michael Rapaport visits the Western Wall in the wake of the October 7, 2023 massacre. The writer highlights that Rapaport was among the activists attending the Diaspora Affairs Ministry conference on antisemitism, last month.

'Letters from Home': Exploring tension among Jews in in the Second Temple era - review

The relationship between the Jewish communities of Egypt and Israel created an underlying tension, not unlike the modern-day relationship between world Jewry and the Jews of the State of Israel.

MARCH 29, 2025ByALAN ROSENBAUM
A RECONSTRUCTION of the blue-tiled Ishtar Gate, the northern entrance to Babylon, on display at the Pergamon Museum, Berlin.

Unifying Jewish education in a divided Jewish world

Jewish education is the key to unity, identity, and continuity—ensuring every child has access to learning is our greatest responsibility for the future.

MARCH 12, 2025ByURI POLIAVICH
Ibn Gabriol School in Madrid, Spain Purim celebration.

Rabbi Lau moved the audience at the European Commission’s Holocaust Memorial Ceremony

JANUARY 31, 2025ByMARK FISH

How are the dynamics of Jewish family life always shifting? - study

Jewish parents share common aspirations, including raising children with empathy, moral responsibility, and a strong sense of self.

JANUARY 28, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A JEWISH FAMILY gathers after lighting Shabbat candles.

Taking the Masa journey

Meet inspiring Masa alumni who are leading change in today’s world.

JANUARY 23, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Masa in Jerusalem