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.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
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

Israel is not a shtetl. It is a state, and, as a result, its interrelationships with the non-Jewish world are necessarily different than those of the shtadlan.

|ByYISRAEL MEDAD
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

In a farewell letter to constituents, he wrote: “Your support allowed me to be a loud, proud, and consistent advocate for a strong US-Israel strategic partnership."

|ByOMRI NAHMIAS
Oxford, All Souls College

Two young Israelis win the prestigious Rhodes scholarship for 2021

Eli Zuzovsky, 25, and Eden Amare Yitbarek, 23, were chosen by the Rhodes selection committee following "a rigorous national selection process."

|ByTOBIAS SIEGAL

A Personal Tribute

Matthew Bronfman shares a personal tribute for his father Edgar, the Jewish leader.

MARCH 6, 2014ByMATTHEW BRONFMAN
Edgar M. Bronfman

Edgar M. Bronfman: A Tribute

Industrialist, philanthropist, diplomat, author, recipient of the US Presidential Medal of Freedom. Headed Seagram, the World Jewish Congress, Hillel, the Bronfman Youth Fellowships and The Samuel Bronfman Foundation.

MARCH 6, 2014ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Edgar M. Bronfman