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The Times of Israel

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Topic: Diaspora Jews

March 17, 2013
2:07 pm

A mourner, a comforter, a lesson re-learned

The best hope for Diaspora Jewish life lies in the communal interdependence of helping and being helped

By Dan Ornstein

February 27, 2013
1:05 am

Towards a coalition of values

For the sake of Israel and the Jewish people the next government must be founded on peace, contribution and dignity of man

By Mick Davis

February 14, 2013
1:57 pm

(Photo credit: CC BY 2.0/Will Clayton/Flickr)

The Times of Israel: Welcome to Year Two

A spy scandal completes a news-packed 365 days in which you converged on ToI in ever-growing numbers, spreading not just the word from Jerusalem, but the links from Jerusalem

By David Horovitz

January 30, 2013
9:45 pm

The soldier I won’t be

While he’s at college next year, many of his Israeli peers will be required to fight for their lives

By Ari Margolies

December 28, 2012
4:49 am

An Israeli member of the Women of the Wall organization prays just outside the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City (photo credit: AP/Dan Balilty)

Fight for women’s equality at the Western Wall fails to move secular Israelis

Although Netanyahu has requested to review policies at holy site, prayer restrictions rank near the bottom of a long list of church-state issues

September 16, 2012
3:01 pm

Jewish by the numbers — The Times of Israel’s Rosh Hashanah infographic

Everything you wanted to know, statistically speaking, about the status of the tribe worldwide as we enter 5773

By Times of Israel staff

September 9, 2012
9:38 am

Jewish children at the Western Wall in Jerusalem (photo credit: Mendy Hechtman/Flash90)

Global Jewish population grows by 88,000 over past year

One of 514 people on Earth is Jewish; at 0.65%, population growth rate is well below world average

By Aaron Kalman

September 7, 2012
3:18 pm

Trouble in Jew-rassic Park

Diaspora Jews have have historically sought five ways to resolve the dilemma of rising anti-Semitism — all are wrong

By Neil Lazarus

June 28, 2012
4:23 am

Right-wing activists demonstrate against US President Barack Obama's Middle East policies, near the US Embassy in Tel Aviv last year (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)

Poll: Israelis split on US Middle East peace efforts

B’nai B’rith survey finds majority supports idea of ‘World Parliament’ for Diaspora Jews

May 25, 2012
1:11 am

Illustrative photo Chinese man is reading newspaper on a Hong Kong train (photo credit: Chen Leopold/Flash90)

Chinese biz seeks a few good Jews

Foreign Policy: Wanted ad claims the Chosen People are the smartest and best suited to be an executive assistant

March 25, 2012
10:37 pm

Rabbi Aharon Cohen the head of the Jewish community in Casablanca. (photo credit: Abir Sultan/Flash 90)

Jewish stalwarts in Muslim lands

Foreign Policy presents a slideshow of the remaining Jewish Diaspora communities of the Middle East

March 18, 2012
1:46 pm

An ultra-Orthodox man looks at Golani soldiers praying at the Western Wall (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

The haredim: From divisiveness to ‘arevut’

The experience of the last few months suggests that the Jews require more emphasis on notions of peoplehood and mutual responsibility

By Rene H. Levy

March 18, 2012
9:22 am

Israeli writer A.B. Yehoshua (photo credit: Chen Leopold/Flash 90)

A. B. Yehoshua: American Jews are ‘partial Jews’

From the web Israeli novelist criticizes low rate of immigration from North America, saying only those in Israel are ‘total Jews’

March 13, 2012
4:34 pm

The happy Beery-Kopelow family hours after Ayela's birth. (photo credit: Courtesy)

Creating a buzz

Jewish innovator Ariel Beery is creating an ad hoc ‘swarm’ to connect global Jews to the Israeli hive. Just beware his sting

By Amanda Borschel-Dan