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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 348

Diaspora

Hoboken Police officers stand watch outside the United Synagogue of Hoboken, November 3, 2022, in Hoboken, New Jersey, US. (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
Moroccan Jews and Israeli Jewish tourists participate in Simchat Torah festivities at a synagogue in Marrakesh on October 12, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / FADEL SENNA)
July 14, 2022, 3:22 pm
Morocco: New bodies to recognize Judaism as ‘a component of rich Moroccan culture’
Acting on ‘royal instruction’ from King Mohammed VI, interior minister proposes reorganization of the country’s Jewish community groups
By AFP
Participants in Canada Israel Experience's LGBTQ Birthright Israel trip in Tel Aviv during Pride (courtesy)
June 5, 2022, 4:29 am
Double mitzva? Birthright’s gay participants embrace Jewish, queer identities  
Once jokingly dubbed ‘Jewish baby-makers,’ Birthright Israel trips have evolved to ‘respect diversity’ among young Jews, say staff and participants
By Matt Lebovic
Then-minister of Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs Naftali Bennett unveils a temporary platform built for pluralistic prayer at the Western Wall in Jerusalem in August 2013. (Ezra Landau/Flash90)
August 9, 2021, 2:26 pm
Daily Briefing August 9 – A new platform for Israel-Diaspora relations?
Editor David Horovitz discusses government’s new support for pluralism (but not civil marriage); health reporter Nathan Jeffay weighs up the chances of yet another COVID lockdown
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn, New York, April 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
June 15, 2021, 2:09 am
Israeli and American Jews know little about each other, new study finds
AJC poll also shows 60% of US Jewish community find being connected to Israel important to their identity, 75% of Israelis see Diaspora as vital to future of Jewish people
By Shira Hanau
Then-independent MP Luciana Berger leaves Milbank Studios near Parliament in London on February 21, 2019. (Tolga Akmen/AFP)
June 5, 2020, 10:54 pm
Prominent British Jews urge Israel not to annex West Bank lands
Letter says move would have grave implications for Israel’s international standing and alienate large numbers of Diaspora Jews
By JTA
Iddo Netanyahu. (YouTube screenshot)
May 1, 2020, 2:23 am
PM’s brother: Stop taking visiting leaders to Yad Vashem first
In Independence Day lecture, Dr. Iddo Netanyahu says visits are about national interests, not pity, and exposing anti-Semitism should not be focus of Israel’s overseas PR campaign
By Sue Surkes
Adam S. Ferziger
April 30, 2020, 1:06 pm
Adam S. Ferziger
American Jews are suffering. Can Israel help without patronizing? 
With the pandemic’s devastating and disproportionate toll on centers of US Jewish life, a historical dynamic of aid-giving is reversed
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