Diaspora Jewry
The parliament called the protest in response to a three-fold increase in antisemitic acts.
The holiday celebrates the Ethiopian Jewish community’s yearning to return to Israel and affirm their connection to Jerusalem.
The emissaries in attendance, who hail from every U.S. state and more than 100 countries, kept their colleagues in Israel in mind.
Olaf Scholz spoke at a memorial ceremony at a synagogue in Berlin that was firebombed last month.
While displaced Israelis are ignored, a multitude of United Nations agencies are working to support Palestinians in Gaza.
“This is a national trauma,” said Limor Mosiyael, the ministry’s director of Community Services.
Around 250,000 Israelis have been displaced from their homes, with no projected date for return.
Israel warned its citizens against traveling to a number of Russian republics and regions in the North Caucasus following the incident.
“We came for the Jews—to kill them with a knife and shoot them,” a rioter said.
Eric Adams explains why he stands with Israel, and what his city is doing to safeguard the largest Jewish population outside the Jewish state.
“We stand strong with Israel,” Rabbi David Eliezrie from California said. Delegation delivers $500,000 in emergency aid.
“We’ve had 200 applications for aliyah in the last two weeks,” says Yael Katsman of Nefesh B’Nefesh.
