Jewish world leaders

Sa'ar announces forum with worldwide Jewish leaders to address growing antisemitism

Leaders from Jewish communities and organizations worldwide will participate in the J-50 Forum, to be held in Jerusalem from December 21 to 24.

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks during a ceremony at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, September 15, 2025
Us comedian Michael Rapaport visits the Western Wall in the wake of the October 7, 2023 massacre. The writer highlights that Rapaport was among the activists attending the Diaspora Affairs Ministry conference on antisemitism, last month.

A state, not a shtetl: Why Israel forges ties with the far Right to fight antisemitism - opinion

Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., votes to approve the second article of impeachment against President Donald Trump during a House Judiciary Committee meeting on Capitol Hill, in Washington.

Rep. Ted Deutch retires from Congress; to serve as CEO of AJC

Oxford, All Souls College

Two young Israelis win the prestigious Rhodes scholarship for 2021


Zionists: Stand up and be counted in WZC vote

A vote for ZOA is a vote against BDS.

Benjamin Netanyahu

Schusterman Foundation starts fellowship for Jewish leaders

During the 18-month program, each fellow will participate in individualized and cohort-based learning and create a plan to address a pressing challenge in his or her organization.

Birthright participants at Ein Avdat in the Negev

Dutch Jews demand government deploy troops near synagogues

The plea came from a number of Jewish communities in the Netherlands following an Islamist’s slaying on Jan. 9 of four Jews at a kosher supermarket near Paris.

A Jewish man gazes at the Peace Palace in The Hague

Reports of death of Jewish leader in Ukraine greatly exaggerated

The Donetsk Jewish community has demanded an apology from the Ukrainian media over reports that one of its leaders was brutally murdered by pro-Russian separatists.

A pro-Russian separatist stands guard in front of a house damaged during fighting between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government forces near Donetsk

Exclusive: American billionaire pledges to purchase Israeli companies to strengthen Jewish state

Explaining reasons for seeking ways to contribute to Israeli society, Mandel recalled growing up with anti-Semitism in pre-World War Two America and the Israeli victory in the 1967 Six Day War.

Mort Mandel

A Dose of Nuance: Are we like American Jews during the Shoah?

Then, at least, American Jews acknowledged that there was an enemy.

An Orthodox rabbi says a prayer at a Holocaust memorial in Budapest.

Ralph Goldman, JDC veteran, dies at 100

Between 1976 and 1988, Goldman twice served as the JDC’s chief executive, and is credited for reestablishing JDC operations in the Soviet Union during the late 1970s.

Ralph Goldman

African migrants protest ends at Holot desert facility

Around 500 African migrants held protest, refused to go to bed at their 10 p.m curfew.

DETAINEES PASS the time  at the Holot detention facility in the western Negev.

Edgar Bronfman Helped to 'Let his People Go'

Founder and Chair of the Executive of Limmud FSU for Russian- Speaking Jews Chaim Chesler shares a personal tribute for Edgar Bronfman.

Edgar M. Bronfman

Unavoidable questions

The following article was published in 'The Jerusalem Post' in December, 1982. More than 30 years later, Edgar Bronfman’s reflections on Israel and on Diaspora relations, seem equally relevant to today – as well as sometimes invoking a strong sense of déjà-vu.

Edgar M. Bronfman and Pope John Paul II