Jewish world leaders

Gibraltar names airport for Jewish political trailblazer who was first-ever mayor, chief minister

Sir Joshua Hassan served as the first-ever mayor of the British territory from 1955 until 1969 and as the first-ever chief minister from 1964 until 1969, and from 1972 until 1987.

Britain's Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and his wife Sophie Rhys-Jones, Countess of Wessex depart from Gibraltar airport on board a civil plane on June 13, 2012; illustrative.
Laura Stein, incoming chair of the Israel Bonds National Campaign Advisory Council.

The leaders steering Israel Bonds through a historic moment

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks during a ceremony at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, September 15, 2025

Sa'ar announces forum with worldwide Jewish leaders to address growing antisemitism

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.

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


Frontlines Podcast: The most influential Jews of the year

Features' Editor Noa Amouyal provides insight into the challenging process of whittling down potential candidates to 50 for this year's Shavuot holiday list.

Jon Stewart

The Zionist Left is, in fact, Zionist and is, in fact, Progressive

The bottom line is that roughly 25% of Israelis would prefer a binational state in which Palestinians lack basic rights.

Participants run in Israeli Bible Marathon in the West Bank town of Bethlehem.

Zionists: Stand up and be counted in WZC vote

A vote for ZOA is a vote against BDS.

Benjamin Netanyahu

Schusterman Foundation starts fellowship for Jewish leaders

During the 18-month program, each fellow will participate in individualized and cohort-based learning and create a plan to address a pressing challenge in his or her organization.

Birthright participants at Ein Avdat in the Negev

Dutch Jews demand government deploy troops near synagogues

The plea came from a number of Jewish communities in the Netherlands following an Islamist’s slaying on Jan. 9 of four Jews at a kosher supermarket near Paris.

A Jewish man gazes at the Peace Palace in The Hague

Reports of death of Jewish leader in Ukraine greatly exaggerated

The Donetsk Jewish community has demanded an apology from the Ukrainian media over reports that one of its leaders was brutally murdered by pro-Russian separatists.

A pro-Russian separatist stands guard in front of a house damaged during fighting between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government forces near Donetsk

Exclusive: American billionaire pledges to purchase Israeli companies to strengthen Jewish state

Explaining reasons for seeking ways to contribute to Israeli society, Mandel recalled growing up with anti-Semitism in pre-World War Two America and the Israeli victory in the 1967 Six Day War.

Mort Mandel

A Dose of Nuance: Are we like American Jews during the Shoah?

Then, at least, American Jews acknowledged that there was an enemy.

An Orthodox rabbi says a prayer at a Holocaust memorial in Budapest.

Ralph Goldman, JDC veteran, dies at 100

Between 1976 and 1988, Goldman twice served as the JDC’s chief executive, and is credited for reestablishing JDC operations in the Soviet Union during the late 1970s.

Ralph Goldman

African migrants protest ends at Holot desert facility

Around 500 African migrants held protest, refused to go to bed at their 10 p.m curfew.

DETAINEES PASS the time  at the Holot detention facility in the western Negev.