Jewish World

Dolly Parton remembered for inspiring PJ Library and championing children's literacy

In 2015, when Harold Grinspoon launched PJ Library, he took a page from Parton, who a decade earlier had started Imagination Library.

AUGUST 27, 2026|ByPENNY SCHWARTZ/ JTA

American singer Dolly Parton poses on stage during a press conference to launch her new album, in London, Britain, June 29, 2023.

Erel Margalit speaks at a New York gathering focused on a long-term recovery and growth plan for the Galilee.

Over 30 start-ups return Israel's northern tech hub as new recovery plan takes shape

Erel Margalit brought US business leaders and Jewish organizations together in New York to advance investment, jobs and long-term growth in northern Israel.

JULY 14, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

War and rising antisemitism have deepened the stakes of the Israel–Diaspora relationship, forcing Jewish communities worldwide to confront shared vulnerability and responsibility.

War reshapes Israel-Diaspora ties: Global Jewish leaders assess challenges ahead - from the editor

Israel and the Diaspora are closer and more strained than ever. After October 7, rising antisemitism, shifting politics, and hard questions are reshaping a relationship at a critical crossroads

FEBRUARY 10, 2026|ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH

An aerial view of emergency personnel working at the scene of a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, December 14, 2025, in this screen grab from a video.

Uncomfortable truth behind being a Diaspora Jew today - opinion

A stark look at the comfort, denial, and growing danger facing Jews abroad and the hard choices history keeps demanding from Jews.

JANUARY 17, 2026|BySTEWART WEISS

6 ways the world changed after the 1967 Six Day War

Thousands of years ago, God created our natural world in six days. Fifty-five years ago, He reshaped history in six hurried days.

MAY 27, 2022ByMOSHE TARAGIN

IDF 14th Brigade tanks advance on the Crimson Axis in the Sinai Desert, June 5, 1967.

This Passover we remember that not all are free - editorial

Israelis today can celebrate their freedom in their own country, but it’s also important to look around us.

APRIL 14, 2022ByJPOST EDITORIAL

Jewish Ukrainian refugees celebrate Passover at Chabad center in Warsaw, Poland.

Ukraine war shows that Israel must strengthen greater Jewish world - opinion

The war in Ukraine has furthered clarified what Israel’s role is and ought to be in relation to the Jewish world.

APRIL 4, 2022ByTZIONA KOENIG-YAIR

TZIONA KOENIG-YAIR. Israel has a responsibility to maintain a vibrant relationship with world Jewry.

Ukrainian Jew enlisted to defend his country dies in Russian airstrike

Serafim Sabaranskiy was killed in action, as one of the hundreds of Russian missiles fired in recent weeks landed near his position.

MARCH 16, 2022ByASAF SHALEV/JTA

Rescuers work next to a residential building damaged by shelling, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine, in this handout picture released March 14, 2022.

The tension between American and Israeli Jews

Can Israeli Jews realize that the support of the US Jewish community is an Israeli national security imperative? Can secular US Jews be convinced that their relationship to Israel may be needed?

FEBRUARY 24, 2022By ERIC R. MANDEL

Judea and Ruth Pearl, parents of slain WSJ journalist Daniel Pearl, light a Hanukkia at a Hanukkah reception at the White House in 2007. Ruth died on July 20, 2021 at age 85.

Yaakov Hagoel: Wearing two hats of Jewish leadership

Hagoel has been chairman of the WZO since last October, and he assumed his responsibilities at The Jewish Agency this past summer when Jewish Agency head Isaac Herzog was elected president.

NOVEMBER 18, 2021ByALAN ROSENBAUM

YAAKOV HAGOEL, chairman, World Zionist Organization; acting chairman, The Jewish Agency Executive.

Herzog calls on global Jewry to undermine Durban 'conference of hate'

New president calls for countries to adopt legislation allowing for the prosecution of antisemitism, and to adopt the IHRA definition to facility combating Jew-hatred around the world.

JULY 13, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON

ISAAC HERZOG addresses the Knesset for the first time as president on Wednesday.

Now is the time to rekindle Israel's relationship with US Jewry - opinion

Israel’s image in the US has been severely damaged by the seemingly “Orthodox only,” anti-pluralist image nurtured by Israeli governments over the past decade.

JULY 8, 2021ByERAN BARUCH