Diaspora Jewry
Yoni Finlay, who was shot while defending his synagogue on Yom Kippur, says heightened security continues to shape Jewish life a year after the deadly attack.
Twenty-five people who made aliyah, many of them via Nefesh B’Nefesh, share their experiences.
After months of holding services in borrowed spaces, congregants returned to their sanctuary nearly six months after a truck attack targeted Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, Mich.
Founded by former U.S. antisemitism envoy Deborah Lipstadt, the institute will study policy responses to Jew-hatred and train leaders to confront it.
Presidents, CEOs, chief rabbis and other senior leaders of Diaspora communities gathered in Jerusalem to reaffirm commitment to Jewish self-determination.
“An act intended to make members of our Jewish community feel unsafe is an attack on the values we share as a community,” stated Jeannette Sánchez-Palacios, mayor of Ventura.
The Israeli president released his New Year’s greeting to Jewish communities around the world in eight languages.
Amy Milligan, director of the ODU Hillel, runs an Am Yisrael Chai Café for students to gather and gab about campus life, something perhaps more significant post-Oct. 7.
The trend of Jewish immigration from Western countries is expected to “continue and strengthen,” said Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer.
“It’s an hour of crisis,” Deborah Lipstadt, former U.S. special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, told JNS. “I think it’s a time when you have to try every avenue.”
“We want to be part of the democratic process. We want to be safe. We want to work for a better America, and to be partners in all of that, we need to have our non-negotiables met,” Rabbi Aaron Starr told JNS.
Organizers are seeking 150 participants from Israel, North America and across the Diaspora to address key challenges facing the Jewish people.
