Diaspora

Growing threat of US isolationism is a danger to the US-Israel alliance

Israel’s security is not just a Jewish issue. It is a core American strategic interest.

 Rabbi David Kalb, center, leads a crowd of Jewish Deadheads in prayer at Citi Field's Jackie Robins

Most American Jews say they rarely or never pray, new poll finds

A new Pew study finds a sharp decline in regular prayer among American Jews, with 58% now saying they seldom or never pray, up from 45% in 2014.

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
27/02/2025

Barnard staff hospitalized by anti-Israel activists invading campus building

Anti-Israel activists claimed that Barnard will negotiate with them about the expulsion of two students for class disruptions.

CUNY cancels Palestinian studies on 'genocide' after Hochul intervenes

The social science and art and humanities job postings were removed from the public university system's website.

Canadian neo-Nazi indicted for assaulting Jewish civilian

McCann attempted a “spinning elbow strike” aimed at the victim’s head and neck, then proceeded to kick the individual several times when he tried to escape. 

27/02/2025

How a small delegation of US Jews got to Syria for the first time in decades

Visiting historic synagogues and praying with Torah scrolls that had remained intact through the country’s brutal, 14-year civil war, these Jews were celebrating a homecoming.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
26/02/2025

Fatal indifference: Is this the world we want?

The silence of apathetic abandonment of Jews is not a new phenomenon, just as the extermination of Jews has plagued the civilized world for centuries.

By RABBI DR. DAVID FOX
26/02/2025

Atlanta Jewish Film Festival kicks off 25th-anniversary program

This year’s festival will present 50 films – 22 documentaries and 28 narrative works – that celebrate the diversity of Jewish experience around the world. 

Rutgers lecturer and UNRWA official join Hamas-affiliated org webinar

"This is just the latest example of rampant antisemitism on campus that threatens the safety of Jewish students," said US Congressman Josh Gottheimer.

Right-wing Zionist group Betar wars with ADL after being added to its extremism database

Pro-Israel group Betar US escalates feud with ADL after being added to extremism database, highlighting growing divisions in the Jewish community's approach to fighting antisemitism

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
25/02/2025
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