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Uncomfortable truth behind being a Diaspora Jew today - opinion

A stark look at the comfort, denial, and growing danger facing Jews abroad and the hard choices history keeps demanding from Jews.

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.
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

Touro Synagogue, built in 1759, in Newport, Rhode Island, is the oldest synagogue building in the United States.

Mastering the short story: Twelve vignettes capture America’s Jewish world - book review


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 candles

Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and US

See Shabbat times for your area.

Shabbat candles

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.

Destinations for the Jewish traveler - Part 2: Germany

With Frankfurt as the base, the areas of Hesse and North-Rhein Westphalia can easily be combined in one visit to see much of the Jewish history of earlier centuries.

The Jewish Museum Frankfurt