Diaspora Jewry
According to Germany’s anti-Semitism commissioner Felix Klein, an estimated “1,500 anti-Semitic attacks are registered by police every year.”
Through the Mizrachi World Movement and the Religious Zionists of America, inspirational rabbis, academics and other leaders from Israel hope to bring the spirit of Israel to Diaspora communities.
Eighteen-year-old Sintayehu Shaparou, in Israel to participate in the competition, has received papers to stay in the country.
The umbrella representative body of French Jewish organizations has called for a March 28 rally in Paris in memory of Mireille Knoll, an 85-year-old Jewish woman brutally killed in her apartment.
Hoenlein tells JNS that following the selection of a new executive—a process that could take one to two years—he will continue to focus on external relations as well as plans to structure the Conference for the years ahead.
French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledges uptick in acts against French Jews and their institutions, insisting he does not want them to leave the country due to fear.
Nesya Lieberman arrived in Israel on Tuesday through the Nefesh B’Nefesh aliyah organization.
“And we look to Jewish investment,” stated Portugal’s Secretary of State for Tourism Ana Mendes Godinho, who encouraged Jews to visit, invest in and seek citizenship in the country.
More than 800 African-American players have competed in Israel. “This phenomenon was hiding in plain sight,” David A. Goldstein, author of “Alley-Oop to Aliyah: African American Hoopsters in the Holy Land,” told JNS. “It’s a phenomenon that’s much larger than many realize.”
A large delegation of Jewish and Christian leaders traveled to Guatemala last week to thank President Jimmy Morales for recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and announcing the move of its embassy to Jerusalem.
Qatar, which has long been a Mideast enigma due to its modernized appearance but sim-ultaneous funding of Islamist terror groups, is engaging in a public relations campaign to recruit increased support in the U.S.—including among American Jews.
For some retirees, it can come down to choosing to spend their golden years overlooking the Mediterranean instead of a golf course in Boca Raton. For others, it’s a matter of following the kids—or more to the point, the grandkids—to Israel, or the fulfillment of a lifelong dream to live in the Jewish state.
