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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 620

Israel-Diaspora relations

Israeli mothers call to end the war in Gaza and for the release of hostages outside the US Embassy Branch Office in Tel Aviv, May 15, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 17, 2025, 4:19 pm
11 thinkers from across the spectrum weigh in on what might end the Gaza war
Despite polls of Israelis, Palestinians and US Jews saying that all want a negotiated end to fighting, the conflict continues. Experts from each group give their vision of a way out
By Ben Sales
Protesters wave Israeli flags and hold photos of people held hostage by Hamas in Gaza during a demonstration outside the British prime minister's offices in London, November 19, 2023. (Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images via JTA)
April 16, 2025, 10:20 pm
Over 10% of members of UK’s main Jewish umbrella group sign letter urging end to Gaza war
36 members of Board of Deputies say hostage-ceasefire deal was abandoned for Netanyahu’s political survival, warn ‘Israel’s soul is being ripped out’
By ToI Staff
Then-Diaspora affairs minister Nachman Shai addresses a World Zionist Organization conference marking the 125th anniversary of the First Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland, on August 28, 2022. (Courtesy)
February 11, 2025, 5:46 am
Billions at stake: WZO vote sees Orthodox-liberal struggle, opportunity for N. American Jews
Held online from March 10 to May 4 and open to almost all US Jews, vote will help decide how over $1 billion a year of ‘the Jewish people’s money’ will be allocated to institutions
By Zev Stub
Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch (front, in black jacket) visits author Yossi Klein Halevi, with a cohort of young Reform rabbis, January, 2025. (Courtesy/Stephen Wise Free Synagogue)
January 21, 2025, 3:43 am
More ‘sober’ US Reform movement and Israelis reach new understandings, lead rabbi says
After Israel trip, Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch of New York’s Stephen Wise Free Synagogue says visit to northern, southern borders helped young US rabbis better grasp Mideast challenges
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: Family members of hostages held by terror group Hamas in the Gaza Strip lead a crowd at a rally for the captives' release, in Central Park, New York, March 10, 2024. (Luke Tress via JTA)
October 6, 2024, 12:43 am
Across North America, Jews and their allies prepare for a poignant Oct. 7 commemoration
Falling during the Days of Awe, the anniversary of the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust still painfully resonates – and brings people together – around the world
By Cathryn J. Prince
Israeli teens from evacuee communities enjoy a Mets baseball game in New York City, in an undated photo from summer, 2024. (courtesy Tsofim North America)
September 5, 2024, 11:16 am
100 Israeli teens from evacuated communities return from ‘dream’ US camp experience
Group of teenagers from the Tsofim scouts were hosted by NJY Camps in Pennsylvania this summer, offering what organizers say is a model for deeper Israeli-Diaspora connections
By Gavriel Fiske
A display at the Anu Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, part of its Jewish Resilience Project. (Roni Caanani/courtesy)
August 12, 2024, 10:38 am
Ups and downs of Anu Museum’s ‘Jewish Resilience Project’ usher us through trying times
New programming developed after Oct. 7 focuses on an ‘oscillating narrative’ that stresses how Jewish history is filled with highs and lows – a combination that fosters endurance
By Gavriel Fiske
Volunteers in the US packing thousands of pairs of certified, army grade boots into duffle bags to ship and donate to Israeli soldiers during ongoing Hamas war. (Courtesy)
July 4, 2024, 3:37 pm
New regulations hinder donations of gear to Israeli soldiers, charities say
A policy meant to cut red tape at Israeli ports creates ‘insurmountable bureaucratic hurdles’ for volunteer organizations importing badly needed equipment from abroad
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Micha Shtiebel, an IDF reservist of the Alexandroni Brigade, sorts through his army duffel bag containing equipment that he’s either bought himself or received from donors at his house in central Israel, May 26, 2024. (Yakov Binyamin via JTA)
June 17, 2024, 4:35 pm
Why Israeli battlefield commanders are breaking IDF rules to solicit donated gear
While it’s against orders for individual soldiers to accept donations, supply officers turn to Diaspora Jews regularly — not just to get more supplies, but to get them faster
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Iris Haim speaks at the Chabad house in San Mateo, California, May 27, 2024, while on a speaking tour of North America. (Jeff Bartee Photography)
June 17, 2024, 4:09 am
Iris Haim, mother of killed hostage, tells US Jews: ‘I bring Israel a new voice of hope’
On a speaking tour of North America, nurse whose son Yotam Haim was accidentally shot dead by IDF soldiers calls to end Israeli polarization and hints at a run in politics
By Natan Galula
Graffiti calling for the return of all the Israeli hostages held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza is seen in Tel Aviv on March 6, 2024. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
June 11, 2024, 5:31 am
How the phrase ‘Bring them home’ became a Rorschach test for Israeli and American Jews
While for Sabras the movement to free the hostages is critical of the Netanyahu government’s wartime policies, many Jews abroad view it as unconditional solidarity with Israel
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Members of the Tzofim Friendship Caravan at the Israel Parade in New York City, on June 2, 2024. (Udi Almog/courtesy Tzofim Tzabar)
June 5, 2024, 4:34 am
The song and dance of the Tzofim Friendship Caravan returns to the US
Teen Israeli scouts to spend more than two months putting on 160 shows in America for Jewish and non-Jewish communities; due to security concerns, their shows won’t be publicized
By Gavriel Fiske
Left to right: Cindy Zadikoff, CJDS head of school Judy Finkelstein-Taff, Sheri Kushner and Margalit Segal pick kohlrabi on a farm in Israel, May 2024. (Hagit Lewis via JTA)
June 4, 2024, 1:19 am
War and airline cancellations didn’t stop a Chicago Jewish day school’s Israel trip
Even after employing a backup plan, only a frantic last-minute effort keeps a post-Oct. 7 CJDS mission to the Holy Land from going off the rails
By jacob gurvis
Participants march during the annual Israel Day Parade on Fifth Avenue on Sunday, June 2, 2024, in New York. (Jordana Horn)
June 3, 2024, 1:53 am
Determination and grit at a somber NYC Israel Day parade, led by families of hostages
45,000-strong show of Jewish unity down Fifth Ave., normally a jubilant affair, reflects eight months of war, 120 hostages still held by Hamas, and skyrocketing global antisemitism
By Jordana Horn
Times of Israel reporter Canaan Lidor speaks after receiving an award at the B'nai B'rith annual ceremony honoring excellence in Diaspora reporting, hosted in the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem on May 26, 2024. (Bruno Charbit/B'nai B'rith World Center-Jerusalem)
May 27, 2024, 2:48 am
ToI’s Lidor, Channel 12’s Simchayoff receive B’nai B’rith Diaspora coverage awards
Canaan Lidor honored for his reporting on Jewish communities in the Netherlands, Tunisia, US
By Charlie Summers
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