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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

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

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.

One nation, many homes: Confronting antisemitism across the world - opinion

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators are seen protesting against the North American Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism in New Orleans, in early December.

The protesters that proved antisemitism is alive and real - opinion


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.

 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.

 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?

 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.

 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.

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.

DIASPORA AFFAIRS MINISTER Nachman Shai arrives to the President’s Residence last month.

Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and US

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Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and US

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Parashat Beha’alotcha: A journey to the unknown

After about a year of camping near Mount Sinai, the children of Israel began moving toward the Promised Land.

THE SINAI Desert.

Rabbis for Reproductive Freedom, NCJW abortion advocates launch campaign

"Our tradition not only permits the termination of pregnancy, but even requires it when the life of the pregnant person is at stake," Rabbis for Repro declared.

DEMONSTRATORS CELEBRATE at the US Supreme Court in Washington on Monday after the justices struck down a Texas law designed to restrict abortion.