Diaspora Jewry
Isaac Herzog, 60, was elected by a secret ballot in the Israeli Knesset on June 2 with 87 votes of the body’s 120 members. He defeated Miriam Peretz, a social activist and former Israel Prize winner.
They have grappled with response time and collective issues associated with the latest round of violence against Israel, recognizing an increased anti-Jewish backlash, in-person and online.
The president said that Attorney General Merrick Garland and the U.S. Department of Justice will be using the “all of the tools at its disposal to combat hate crimes.”
ICEJ-Germany national director Gottfried Bühler called upon the federal government to take firm action against the “aggressive climate change of anti-Semitism” being witnessed in Germany.
Still, some attendees wonder: Why now? What’s the source? And will it be followed by real action?
“This is a journey that is well underway, but far from complete,” said Minister of Aliyah and Integration Pnina Tamano-Shata, who is leading the operation with the Jewish Agency.
Dozens of trips are expected in June with even more tour groups planned for July, August and October.
Avi Mizrachi and Racheli Tadesa Malkai recall a turbulent, yet inspiring time.
Though only a snapshot of American Jewry in 2020, the data and trends found in the report can help map out future scenarios.
“The underlying instigator for the Farhud and for what we have seen this past week is raw anti-Semitism,” said former Knesset member Michal Cotler-Wunsh.
The program “is designed to be communal, inclusive, expansive and welcoming space for Jews of color across geographic, religious/spiritual and denominational paths.”
The book, a trilogy of stories about three different people who live with emotional wounds related to war, won in the category of best novella.
