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From Hillel and Shamai to Trump and Netanyahu: Polarized, divided Jewry is dangerous - opinion

Jews have always had differences of opinion, and it has never shown the best of us. We can't be divided anymore.

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 29, 2025.
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American Jewry must stop centering its identity on Israel’s critics - opinion

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

(L-R) Michal Herzog, Reuven Ben Parash, President Isaac Herzog, and Prof. Osnat Levtzion-Korach.

Grapevine, December 12, 2025: Regressing, not progressing


Inscribing words with deeds

The Global Unity Torah – where letters are ‘purchased’ by doing good deeds – is set to mark 50 years since the reunification of Jerusalem.

IDF CHIEF RABBI Shlomo Goren blows a shofar while he clutches a Torah scroll at the Western Wall on the day Jerusalem was reunified in June 1967

Jerusalem Post 50 Most Influential Jews: Number 33 - Malcolm Hoenlein

Leader of US Jewry.

Malcolm Hoenlein

Hadar Goldin’s parents to join PM in New York for UN General Assembly

As part of the visit, a selection of Hadar Goldin’s drawings will be displayed in one of the main exhibition areas of the UN headquarters during the General Assembly.

Simcha Goldin, father of missing IDF soldier

Global forum launched to fight anti-Semitism throughout Latin America

“Anti-Semitism is not a problem of the Jewish people, it’s a problem of human rights, and as such should be confronted.”

POLITICAL LEADERS attend the Global Forum for Combating anti-Semitism in Latin America, in Buenos Aires, on Monday.

Obscure treasures

In Marsala, Sicily, eight extraordinary tapestries depicting the life and times of Josephus Flavius beckon visitors.

The Marsala tapestry museum is almost hidden around the corner at the main piazza, behind the Mother Church

‘These evil people...’

Does the word of the government mean nothing? And now when Rabbi Amar interferes and vilifies all non-Orthodox in the crudest way, the government says nothing.

A man wears a kippa embroidered with US and Israeli flags

WJC's Lauder meets with Putin to discuss Jewish life in Russia, support for Israel

"Judaism is one of Russia’s four traditional religions and, like the other traditional religions, receives constant support from the authorities," Putin highlighted.

A delegation of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) and the Russian Jewish Congress (RJC), led by WJC President Ronald S. Lauder, was received on Tuesday at the Kremlin by Russian President Vladimir Putin

The Associated Press cooperated with Hitler's Nazi regime, historian claims

The 'Guardian' reports on German historian's work that purports AP was allowed to operate in Nazi Germany because it agreed to cooperate with the regime.

King Victor Emanuel III, (R) Adolf Hitler (C) and Benito Mussolini (L) watch fascist troops march past from a balcony in central Rome in this 1941 television file footage

Intelligence File: Attempting to get away with murder

The death of special prosecutor Alberto Nisman revealed deep-seated, widespread corruption that has sent shock waves throughout the Jewish world.

Alberto Nisman

Ronald Lauder: Peace is possible, essential

Head of World Jewish Congress: I wake up every day thinking about how I can do something meaningful on behalf of Jewish people around the world.

Ronald Lauder