Diaspora

Diaspora Jewry is the collective name for the Jewish communities outside of the Land of Israel. Historically, these communities go back to big historical events like the Babylonian exile, the siege of Jerusalem and the expulsion from Spain. Today, the biggest Diaspora communities exist in the United States, France, Canada, the UK and Russia.

Holocaust survivors to October 7 hostages: ‘We defeated the enemy’

Holocaust survivors, IDF soldiers held in captivity by Hamas terrorists, visited the Auschwitz museum ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Palestinian and Israeli flags overlook Dome of Rock and Western Wall

'October 7 pulled us further from a two-state solution,’ Israeli, British experts tell UK committee

The committee heard from Yesh Atid MK Shelly Tal Meron, the legal director of UK Lawyers for Israel, Natasha Hausdorff, and British journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti.

Yale anti-Israel encampment reestablished to protest Ben-Gvir visit

Students calling for the university’s cutting of financial ties with Israel erected tents in Beinecke Plaza on the anniversary of the first encampment.

  The Pajaro Valley Unified School District board meeting, April 17, 2025,  with Gabriel Medina at r

California school board members accused of antisemitism during contentious meeting

The ADL demands an apology from a California school board after two members made antisemitic comments during a meeting on ethnic studies.

By GRACE GILSON/JTA
23/04/2025
 Susan Kalev at her Washington Heights home.

This Jewish New Yorker survived the Holocaust and the Hungarian Revolution, and is still helping

Holocaust survivor Susan Kalev reflects on her journey from Budapest to New York, her family’s struggles, and her mission to share her story.

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
23/04/2025
 To create a pre-recorded online service, Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann, center, and musicians and singers f

Over 100 Chicago-area rabbis and cantors condemn Trump’s campus crackdown

Signatories of the letter included current and former leaders of synagogues and Jewish organizations across the denominational spectrum.

By GRACE GILSON/JTA
23/04/2025
 The Palace of Westminster, the home of the UK houses of parliament in London, is lit up in the colo

Major UK Jewish group suspends one of its officers for letter condemning Gaza war

The Board of Deputies of British Jews suspends vice chair of its international division, Harriett Goldenberg, among others, and disciplines members over a letter condemning Israel's actions in Gaza.

By GRACE GILSON/JTA
23/04/2025
HERBERTS CUKURS, deputy commander of the infamous Latvian death squad in 1937

Yad Vashem denounces Latvia closing investigation on 'Butcher of Riga' Herberts Cukurs

Yad Vashem also denounced the "repeated attempts to rehabilitate Cukurs's image in Latvia by distorting and ignoring historical truth."

23/04/2025

American rabbis talk about politics more than Israelis expected, AI study finds

Sermons that spoke about Israel did so in overwhelmingly positive terms, especially after Oct. 7.

By BEN SALES/JTA
22/04/2025
Parts of the Holocaust memorial project "Stolpersteine" (stumbling blocks) are pictured in Berlin, G

Stolpersteine vandalized in Brussels with Gaza graffiti

Holocaust memorial cobblestones in Brussels were found defaced on Tuesday morning with graffiti mentioning Gaza.

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