Diaspora Jewry
This experience reminded me that Israel is an “everlasting homeland,” a junior told JNS.
The number of Jews in Israel is 7.2 million—up from 7.08 million last year.
“Having differences and being able to voice them is a sign of strength—the strength of our democracy and our people,” says the Israeli president.
The son of immigrants who fled to Britain from pogroms sees his family history as an integral part of his political approach.
Reopened synagogues give Hungary’s Jews a chance to connect to their Jewishness, says Chabad Rabbi Shlomo Köves.
“We have big freezers and have been working since after Passover to prepare the items,” said Yehoshua Vishedski at Vaad HaKashrut of Ukraine.
Hundreds of the neediest Jews across the former Soviet Union will also receive such packages for the holidays, starting before Rosh Hashanah.
A Jewish center in London disinvited the Israeli minister, reportedly due to local communal pressure.
The memorial wall features the names of 842 victims from Oporto and the dates of their autos-da-fé.
New York’s Congregation Shearith Israel says the congregation has failed to be a good steward of the site.
The documents were rescued during the Iraq War and are now in Washington. The Baghdad regime wants them back.
“Israel is closer than you think,” longtime diplomat Lorin Maugery told JNS.
