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JFNA chief Eric Fingerhut outlines security demands ahead of State of Jewish Union

“We are united in our commitment to America and to Jewish life," said the president and CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America, Eric Fingerhut.

|ByGRACE GILSON/JTA
The president and CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America, Eric Fingerhut, gives the organization's first “State of the Jewish Union” address on Feb. 19, 2026.
A PRO-PALESTINIAN Jewish protester participates in a demonstration calling for the release of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, in New York City.

Jewish researchers say to try talking to anti-Zionist Jews

While anti-Zionists remain a minority of US Jews, the results of last week's JFNA survey show that engagement has never been more important.

|ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
THE ANNUAL Celebrate Israel parade takes place along Fifth Avenue in New York City, in 2017.

US Jews need an Identity Zionist intervention - opinion

American Jewish leaders, teachers, rabbis, and parents must go back to basics – learning what Zionism means, then teaching it to the next generation.

|ByGIL TROY
"Zionism is a family of arguments: political Zionism, cultural Zionism, religious Zionism, socialist Zionism, revisionist Zionism, and more." Above, delegates at the First Zionist Congress, held in Basel, Switzerland in 1897.

Zionism evolutions: American Jews struggle to define support for Israel in today’s terms - opinion

Yet the same survey finds that nearly nine in 10 American Jews believe “Israel has the right to exist as a Jewish, democratic state.”

|ByJOEL SWANSON/JTA

Grandfather of Arab-Israeli fallen soldier: We believe in Israel, Zionism

"I believe in Zionism, and I am one of those who established the Druze Zionist movement with other friends."

NOVEMBER 23, 2023ByELI ASHKENAZI/WALLA!, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
The funeral of Jamal Abbas.

Getting hasbara out of its rut - opinion

There is the need to reset the message and the Zionist narrative.

NOVEMBER 7, 2023ByYISRAEL MEDAD
People attend the rally "Against terror and antisemitism! Solidarity with Israel" organised by Germany's Central Council of Jews, political parties, unions and civil society, at Brandenburg Gate, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Berlin, Germany.

25 ViZionaries: Yahya Mahamid - No. 15

Meet the Arab Israeli Zionist educator promoting peace.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Yahya Mahamid.

Celebrating Zionism’s big, bold, and visionary young leaders

Our young leaders are more energized than ever – yet they want a seat at the table, and they want it now. 

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023ByJNF-USA STAFF
JNFuture young leaders explore Israel’s rich heritage while visiting many of their philanthropic investments

The Uganda proposal - short story

A short story marks 120 years of the ‘road not taken’ in the history of Zionism.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023ByNACHSHON MEIR SPIEGELMAN
In background R, a Jewish community burns; at upper L, US president Theodore Roosevelt asks the Russian Emperor Nicholas II, ‘Now that you have peace without, why not remove his burden and have peace within your borders?’

Iran accuses Israel of plot to sabotage missiles - state media

"This sabotage was carried out under the guidance of the Zionist intelligence services and their agents," Iranian state TV said.

AUGUST 31, 2023ByREUTERS
Two IRGC missiles.

My Word: Look back in wonder

It's essential not to let the disagreements destroy all we have built. The country has produced astonishing achievements, but also devastating divisions.

JULY 20, 2023ByLIAT COLLINS
A WOMAN picks buttercups in a field near Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak in southern Israel, close to the Gaza Strip

What would Herzl say about Israel of today? Opinion

What should be done to strengthen aliyah and Jewish identity?

JULY 12, 2023ByYAAKOV HAGOEL
World Zionist Organization leader Yaakov Hagoel.

Zionism is Israel's indigenous success story - opinion

The desire to retain our sovereignty in our ancestral homeland did not begin with the advent of modern Zionism; it has been a pervasive ideal throughout Jewish history.

MAY 30, 2023ByCLAIRE FRANKEL
‘We have returned to our ancestral homeland after almost being completely exterminated; some call it a miracle but I characterize it as an indigenous success story,’ says the writer.

Israel at 75: Zionism is becoming more religious, linked with Judaism

As Israel matures, Zionism is morphing and adopting a more religious tone than its secular founders. Was this inevitable? Should it be stopped? How can we adapt?

APRIL 29, 2023ByNICOLE JANSEZIAN
Teli Esther Raphel (now Michaan), who made aliyah from Mexico, holds up an Israeli flag to celebrate Independence Day.