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Israel-Diaspora relations
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the American Jewish Committee (AJC) Global Forum in Jerusalem, June 10, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 11, 2018, 2:35 pm
That Israel-America Jewish divide
As the communities move farther apart, a new plan for Jewish unity is needed urgently
By Steven Bayme
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the American Jewish Committee (AJC) Global Forum in Jerusalem, June 10, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 10, 2018, 11:52 pm
PM urges Diaspora Jews to visit Western Wall pluralistic prayer platform
The Jewish people's unity is 'not always amenable to daily politics,' Netanyahu tells AJC Global Forum, indicating he won't implement 2016 deal
By Raphael Ahren
The Chief Rabbis of Israel, Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef (L) and Rabbi David Lau (R) speaks during an event, on January 11, 2016. (Yaakov Coehn/Flash90)
June 3, 2018, 12:58 pm
The Jewish Vatican
Blame the growing disconnect between global Jewry and the Israeli Chief Rabbinate on the rabbis' power grab
By Michael Boyden
A sign of the polarization of American Jewry: J Street activists deliver a petition to the US Senate opposing the nomination of David Friedman as ambassador to Israel, February 28, 2017. (J Street/JTA)
June 1, 2018, 3:14 pm
If only Adelson and Soros sat down together
If there's a way out of the echo chambers, the joint leadership of the Jewish world's polar opposites should find it
By Joshua Hammerman
People participate in the Celebrate Israel Parade in the rain on June 5, 2016 in New York City (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images/AFP)
May 22, 2018, 3:36 pm
How Israelis hear criticism from US Jews
To claims that the American Jewish community's decline is our fault, we say: Look in the mirror
By Eitan Chikli
Illustrative: A group of Israeli Reform rabbis, including Rabbi Tamir Nir (center, purple shirt), read from a festive tractate marking Diaspora-Israel Day on November 13, 2016 in Tel Aviv. (Facebook)
May 22, 2018, 10:11 am
Post-secular healing for Israel and the Diaspora
When an Orthodox shul you don't go to doesn't cut it anymore
By David Barak-Gorodetsky
May 16, 2018, 10:55 am
What I hear when I hear Diaspora Jews on Gaza
'I have nothing to worry about except whether Starbucks will have my almond milk latte, but I can still judge'
By Hen Mazzig
Natalie Portman attends the 27th Annual EMA Awards at Barker Hangar on September 23, 2017, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Richard Shotwell/ Invision/AP)
May 14, 2018, 10:44 pm
Natalie Portman will receive ‘Jewish Nobel’ despite refusal to come to Israel
But Genesis Prize Foundation accuses actress of 'giving ammunition' to pro-BDS groups, says her decision offended numerous women's organizations
By JTA
At the April 30, 2018, State of Israel and the Jews of North America: How Can We Bridge the Gaps? (From left to right) Rabbi Joel Roth, Rabbi David Golinkin, Dr. Doron Bar, Rabbi Judith Hauptman, Rabbi Benny Lau and Dr. Arnold Eisen. (Eyal Weiss/Schecter Institute of Jewish Studies)
May 8, 2018, 11:22 am
Israel-Diaspora conference kindles debate
In striving for unity, the Jewish state must avoid coercing uniformity -- it's just not the Jewish way
By David Golinkin
Bar-Ilan University Prof. Adam Ferziger, the director-designate for the new Impact Center for Research on Judaism in Israel and North America. (Courtesy)
May 8, 2018, 11:01 am
New center on Israeli and Diaspora Judaism aims to mind — and bridge — the gap
Led by Prof. Adam Ferziger, Bar-Ilan's think tank for Research on Judaism in Israel and North America to inaugurate new MA program for 'specialists' on both sides of the pond
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Charles Bronfman speaking at Hebrew Union College's Jewish Institute of Religion, May 3, 2018
May 6, 2018, 2:58 pm
Israel and Diaspora Jewry: We really need to talk
Israelis must stop expecting US Jews to open their wallets and close their mouths: it's time for a dialogue of equals
By Lior Tal Sadeh
Illustrative: Newly ordained rabbis from Hebrew Union College's class of 2013 in Cincinnati celebrate with their ordination certificates outside the historic Plum Street Temple. (Janine Spang/JTA)
May 4, 2018, 6:50 pm
Rebalancing the Jewish world
To Reform HUC graduates: We must act to prevent Israel and the Diaspora from breaking apart
By Charles Bronfman
MK Rachel Azaria speaking at a panel discussion at the Schecter Institute on April 30, 2018 concerning the need for Israel to still find its' Jewish identity. (Eyal Weiss/Schecter Institute of Jewish Studies)
May 1, 2018, 6:59 pm
Event meant to build bridges between Israel and Diaspora goes up in flames
A panel discussion hosted by JTS and the Schechter Institute on the religious divide between American Jewry and Israel becomes a microcosm of the widening rift
By Tracy Frydberg
A scene from Israel's opening 70th anniversary celebrations at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, April 18, 2017 (GPO screenshot)
April 20, 2018, 2:47 am
Family dynamics can explain global Jewry
It's as if Diaspora Jews can't break out of living at home, and Israeli Jews, having moved out, face new challenges
By Avital Hochstein
President of the World Jewish Congress, Ronald Lauder, speaks during the Herzeliya Conference under the title of Common Israeli Hope, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, June 14, 2016. (Flash90
March 22, 2018, 7:52 am
Ronald Lauder’s support for a two-state solution could actually matter
WJC president's op-ed surprised many by breaking with Israeli policies, but it may be a signal to Netanyahu not to scuttle Trump's peace plan before it is born
By Ron Kampeas
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