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ToI diaspora reporter Zev Stub at Israel's Knesset, February 25, 2026 (Courtesy)
March 20, 2026, 12:43 pm
Times of Israel reporter among winners of award for Jewish Diaspora coverage
Zev Stub wins B’nai B’rith’s annual prize recognizing excellence in diaspora reportage, alongside Tamar Ish Shalom and Oren Nahari
By ToI Staff
Peter Beinart speaks at a panel on 'The Jewish Tent at a Crossroads' in the sanctuary of B'nai Jeshurun in Manhattan, January 6, 2026. Others on the panel were, from left, moderator Rabbi Irwin Kula, Esther Sperber, Rabbi Jill Jacobs and Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove. (Gili Getz/B'nai Jeshurun via JTA)
January 9, 2026, 6:59 pm
US Jewish leaders face off over a ‘crisis’ in liberal Zionism and toxic Jewish infighting
In conversation at an NYC synagogue, Peter Beinart, Elliot Cosgrove and others lament that young American Jews find it increasingly difficult to support both democratic values and Israel
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Prominent Jewish communal leader Rabbi Julius Berman died at age 90 in December 2025. (Yeshiva University via JTA)
January 1, 2026, 2:19 am
Julius Berman, Orthodox rabbi who led prominent Jewish institutions, dies at 90
Born in Lithuania in 1935, Berman served in leadership positions at the Orthodox Union, Yeshiva University, and over a dozen other Jewish communal organizations
By Grace Gilson
Canadian Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre (L), near Ottawa, Ontario, on April 27, 2025 and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, the Liberal leader, in Laval, Quebec, Canada, on April 22, 2025. (Geoff Robins and ANDREJ IVANOV / AFP)
April 28, 2025, 4:25 pm
Canada’s Jewish voters weigh economy, Israel, and antisemitism in pivotal election
Canadians head to the polls Monday, with local Jews especially torn as a steep rise in hate crimes and a trade war with the US trigger shifting party loyalties
By Ariela Karmel
Archaeologists at Ostia Antica near Rome, Italy, unveiled what they believe is the oldest mikveh ever found outside the land of Israel in March 2025. (Parco archeologico di Ostia antica)
March 14, 2025, 12:14 pm
Roman-era Jewish bath in Italy may be oldest outside of Israel, points to vibrant Diaspora
Newly excavated site in Ostia Antica, dating as early as the 3rd century CE, offers fresh insight and new enigmas about the city’s potential melting pot of Roman Empire communities
By Rossella Tercatin
Antisemitic graffiti is seen on a monument in Buenos Aires on October 9, 2024. (Federico Ballán/X)
October 10, 2024, 9:36 pm
‘Serve the nation, kill a Jew’ graffitied on prominent Buenos Aires monument
Antisemitic slogan, which has long history on Argentina’s far right, written on monument to independence hero Simon Bolivar days after Oct. 7 anniversary
By Juan Melamed
People carry their luggage as they cross into Syria on foot, through a crater caused by Israeli airstrikes aiming to block the Beirut-Damascus highway at the Masnaa crossing, in the eastern Beqaa Valley, Lebanon, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024. (AP/Hassan Ammar)
October 6, 2024, 12:27 pm
As Israel battles Hezbollah, Lebanese worldwide fear for their homeland and loved ones
Country’s diaspora is seeking ways to help relatives as painful historical memories resurface, amid IDF fight against terror group that has been attacking Israel for past year
By AP and ToI Staff
Hoboken Police officers stand watch outside the United Synagogue of Hoboken, November 3, 2022, in Hoboken, New Jersey. (AP/Ryan Kryska)
August 2, 2024, 9:48 am
Israel warns citizens against travel to high-risk countries amid Iranian threats
National Security Council notes Jewish sites are ‘preferred targets’ for terrorists, advises Israelis everywhere to be careful as Tehran vows revenge for terror leaders’ deaths
By ToI Staff
Andrew Rehfeld delivers his inaugural address as president of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion at the Plum Street Temple in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 27, 2019. (Courtesy of HUC)
June 21, 2024, 10:06 am
Hebrew Union College rabbinical school to admit students in interfaith relationships
Policy change brings seminary in line with norms across Reform movement, where intermarriage is common; students with children must pledge to raise them as Jews
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Illustrative: Palestinians hold a kite adorned with a swastika that is carrying a bomb near the border with Israel east of Gaza City, on April 20, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Abed)
October 29, 2023, 1:01 am
Holocaust scholars weigh in on politicians’ comparisons of Hamas to Nazis
US President Biden’s remarks in Tel Aviv stirred emotions, in part for his ‘connection’ of the October 7 massacres with scope of Jewish history. Is it a fair analogy?
By Matt Lebovic
Jews praying for forgivness (Selichot) in the lead up to Rosh Hashana, at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, early on September 15, 2023. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
September 15, 2023, 8:38 am
Global Jewish population hits 15.7 million ahead of new year, 46% of them in Israel
Data released by Jewish Agency on eve of Rosh Hashanah shows number of Jews worldwide grew by 100,000 over past year
By ToI Staff
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Naale Elite Academy participants (Courtesy)
April 2, 2023, 4:12 pm
Naale Elite Academy: Building a motivated student body for lifelong friendships, academic excellence
At Naale, our screening process ensures that Diaspora teens are placed in the Naale program that best fits their social, academic, and cultural needs, creating a study abroad experience with a lifetime impact.
By Hilary Faverman
Rabbi Richard (Rick) Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), delivers a speech on the stage during a protest against the judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, February 25, 2023. (Matan Golan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images/via JTA)
March 30, 2023, 1:30 am
Chaotic response to Israel’s turmoil reveals dilemma for US Jewish organizations
What was supposed to be a unified statement instead exposes the fissures between 5 large groups as they walk a tightrope issuing unprecedented criticism of the Jewish state
By Ron Kampeas
Charles Bronfman speaking at a Taglit-Birthright event. (Courtesy)
February 21, 2023, 3:14 am
Major Diaspora philanthropists warn judicial overhaul threatens Israeli democracy
15 leading donors and charities, including Birthright’s Charles Bronfman, say they are ‘deeply concerned’ by government’s plans, urge dialogue
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Composite photo showing Theodor Herzl, left, on the balcony of the Hotel Les Trois Rois in Basel, Switzerland, August 1897, and President Isaac Herzog on the same balcony, August 29, 2022. (GPO)
August 29, 2022, 6:26 pm
In Basel, Herzog recreates Herzl balcony photo, urges Israel-Diaspora unity in op-ed
President calls for strengthening ties and dialogue, instilling pride in younger generation, as he marks 125th anniversary of First Zionist Congress
By ToI Staff
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