Ashkenazi

Hinenu at 10 million: 100 lives that tell Israel’s real story

As Israel reaches 10 million citizens amid war, one photographer captures 100 lives that reveal a quieter, more human story.

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Extreme right-wing activists block car of former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak, January 28, 2026.

Protests, courts, and control: Israel’s struggle for power and moral high ground - opinion

Meat.

Passador in Tel Aviv: A meat lover’s paradise - restaurant review

 INTERIOR OF Amsterdam’s Sephardi synagogue, the Esnoga, by Romeyn de Hooghe, 1695.

Hacham Zvi Ashkenazi: Anomaly of a religious scholar


‘Who are we?’: Asian American Jews explore their identities in new series

The series is the brainchild of two recent college students who found themselves craving a way to get to know other people whose identities overlapped with their own.

The Lunar project brought over 20 Asian American Jews together in conversation.

Ex-Israeli envoy reveals large number of Ashkenazi Jews lived in Cairo

"Cairo was like a railway terminal, Jews coming and going," ambassador Rosen said.

Moshe Der'i Synagogue in Cairo

Zionism was not forced upon Mizrahi Jews - opinion

The allegation that Mizrahi Jews cling to Zionism because it was forced upon them is racist in the way it infantilizes an entire community.

Zionism, between the real and the ideal

Chief Rabbi Lau to Diaspora rabbis: You must vaccinate, dangerous not to

The special campaign for Israel-Diaspora relations led by Lau will continue into the next week.

Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau in a meeting with rabbis from the diaspora.

My Word: Forgotten refugees and the proud Mizrahi heritage

Of all the things that unnecessarily divide Israeli and Diaspora Jewry, one of the most striking is the perception that talking (or cursing) in Yiddish is the main sign of a shared cultural heritage.

A man enters the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center in Or Yehuda.

Pro-Trump Russian Jewish American groups accuse Facebook of censorship

"Denying them their right to free speech so close to this year’s most important election is both disconcerting and unacceptable.”

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Ashkenazi: Russia should respect Iran arms embargo

“We must continue implementing the arms embargo and prevent Iran from undermining stability in the Middle East."

Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Athens on October, 26, 2020.

Ashkenazi, Bahraini and Emirati FM's exchange Rosh Hashanah greetings

"May it be a blessed year of realizing peace and stability in the region."

L to R: United Arab Emirates (UAE) Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed, Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump stand together after signing of the Abraham Accords. September 15, 2020.

Can the many schisms in Israeli society ever be reconciled? – opinion

Today the conflict between Right and Left is still ideological, though the great ideological and political leaders on both sides, all of them modest-living men, are long gone.

Defense Minister Benny Gantz [L] and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu [R] wearing masks in the Knesset

Jewish organizations can do better on diversity

Our community will suffer a loss if mainstream Jewish communal institutions are not able to be more effective in engaging Jews of color.

Pro-Palestinian protesters hold banners reading "Peace and solidarity of Mediterranean people" (L) and "Boycott Israel, Free Palestine" (R) as they demonstrate against Israel's raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, in Barcelona June 5, 2010