Diaspora Jewry
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid vows to continue the fight until we “bring down this terrible government.”
Restrictions on travel due to COVID were only fully removed in May.
Jews continue to make up 6% of the representatives and senators.
The demand from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova for the pre-aliyah programs exceeded expectations.
“Any change in the delicate and sensitive status quo on issues such as the Law of Return or conversion could threaten to unravel the ties between us,” said Jewish leaders.
Agudath Israel begins a media campaign, including high-visibility billboards, to push back against the New York Times’ criticism of Haredi communities.
David Bernstein’s “Woke Antisemitism: How a Progressive Ideology Harms Jews” is making waves in Jewish communities across the Western world.
The North American olim include 1,424 families, 907 children, 981 single men and women, and 697 retirees.
A call by hundreds of non-Orthodox rabbis to boycott members of the Religious Zionism Party is answered.
CJV representing over 2,000 traditional, Orthodox rabbis in American public policy, said the letter had “unrestrained hypocrisy.”
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Iranian women protesting oppression and antisemitism coming back into fashion were just a few of the attention-grabbers this past year.
The signatories also said they would work to prevent the party’s members from speaking at other fora in their communities.
