Diaspora Jewry
“Our condolences to the family, and the families who lost their loved ones,” Israel’s Foreign Ministry said.
The country’s Oct. 4 general election is expected to be a cliffhanger, with the latest polls showing leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro neck and neck, and likely to face a run-off three weeks later.
Iran might target Jewish leaders in the country, ASIO Director-General Burgess said.
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.
“Think Twice” with Jonathan Tobin and guest Liel Leibovitz, Ep. 238
“I miss his curiosity,” Sheila Katz of the Federation told JNS. “His genuine, non-judgmental curiosity about what makes each of us human.”
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.
