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From hostages to heritage: Defending Diaspora Judaism's modern world - opinion

Young Jews face a new kind of captivity: cognitive warfare eroding identity, purpose, and resilience across Israel and the Diaspora.

Participants hold up posters of hostages as thousands of people attend the March for Israel on the National Mall in November 2023 in Washington, DC. Following October 7, American Jews mobilized more than $1 billion for Israel’s relief and recovery.
 An illustrative image of a class in an elementary school.

The paradox of antisemitism education – and why it backfired - opinion

 Donald Trump over a backdrop of an Iranian flag. (Illustrative)

Israel is awaiting potential Iranian attacks as uncertainty rises - opinion

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.

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


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Harvey Weinstein and Al Franken are Jewish, but are they Jewish news?

The problem for us, of course, is when the Jews we report on do bad things.

Al Franken, Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Tambor

Lauder: Antisemitism and anti-Zionism are one in the same

World Jewish Congress president outlines three-pronged approach for tackling Jew hatred.

Ronald S. Lauder at the 2017 JPost Annual Conference .

Trump: In memory of those lost in the Holocaust, we must stamp out antisemitism

In a special message addressed to the assembly of the World Jewish Congress, which opened on Sunday, US President Donald Trump vowed to stamp out antisemitism and prejudice.

US President Donald Trump delivers an statement about missile strikes on a Syrian airbase, at his Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, US, April 6, 2017.

In second wave of bomb threats at least 30 US Jewish institutions targeted

In many cases the callers were live, Goldenberg said, as opposed to the previous threat, when calls were recorded.

Police at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City in Overland Park, Kansas (File)

Grapevine: Mother love

A roundup of the week's news briefs.

Tel Aviv Deputy Mayor Mehereta Baruch-Ron, Yael Dayan, Ruth Dayan and Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai.