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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 343

Israel-Diaspora relations

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
DJ Daniel Vaknin at the 'We Will Dance Again' concert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, May 16, 2024. (Courtesy of Leora Kimmel Greene)
May 24, 2024, 2:00 am
Matisyahu, Idan Raichel headline MIT concert for post-October 7 Jewish unity and joy
Top Israeli and US artists including Five for Fighting flock to May 16’s ‘We Will Dance Again,’ attended by nearly 1,500 in a show of resilience amid widespread adversity
By Rich Tenorio
American Jewish camp directors at a Jewish Agency for Israel seminar. (Courtesy/ via JTA)
April 25, 2024, 5:06 pm
How US Jewish summer camps are preparing to welcome Israeli staff — many fresh from war
An estimated 1,500 emissaries will arrive at the idyllic summertime enclaves after over 6 months of wartime trauma, as plans are made for addressing tough topics with campers
By jacob gurvis
Pomegranates, flowers and yellow ribbons are among the new Passover ritual items some Jewish families are bringing to their seders this year. (Design by Mollie Suss/JTA)
April 19, 2024, 4:45 am
How Jews around the world will bring the Israel-Hamas war to Seder tables this Passover
On the holiday, which begins Monday evening, some are adding new symbols including empty chairs, mirrors and pomegranates, while others are adapting old rituals for the present day
By jacob gurvis
Talia Segal, a fourth-year biomedical engineering student at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, fears not only for her physical safety but struggles with 'the lack of emotional safety' in the United States. (Katja Ridderbusch)
April 9, 2024, 1:29 am
These US Jews are recalibrating their identity in a tempestuous post-Oct. 7 environment
Concerned about their safety and uncertain about their values and friends, Jewish Americans experience a seismic shift, and a wide range of reactions, as the war in Gaza rages on
By Katja Ridderbusch
Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky speaks during an Israel-solidarity service in November 2023. Kalmanofsky is among a number of American rabbis to say that Israel's war is presenting challenging questions six months in. (Screenshot via JTA)
April 9, 2024, 12:52 am
US rabbis grapple with anxiety over Gaza destruction as war crosses six-month mark
Fearing for the Jewish state, some clergy are calling for some form of ceasefire, while others acknowledge Palestinian suffering but support powering through toward victory
By JTA
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