Diaspora

Jewish-Ukrainian soldier killed in fighting with Russia, third Jewish casualty in two weeks

An estimated 200 Jewish fighters have died in the nearly 3.5-year war, according to the Federation of Jewish Communities.

 Tzvi-Hirsch (Grisha) Zvergzde.
RABBI PINCHAS Goldschmidt

The moment of reckoning: Israel and the Diaspora must stand united - opinion

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG addresses a gala event on August 29, 2022, on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the First Zionist Congress, at the original venue, the Stadtcasino Basel, in Basel, Switzerland.

Orthodox slates claim nearly half of US votes in World Zionist Congress election

 THE SITE of the Nova music festival massacre.

Outrage as European rabbi refuses to pray for 'left-wing' Oct 7 hostages who 'destroyed Israel'


Jewish community in Zhytomyr mourns beloved teacher killed in Ukraine war

A funeral procession is expected to pass the Or Avner Chabad campus on Wednesday afternoon so students can pay their final respects.

 The Jewish community in Zhytomyr, Ukraine, is mourning the death of Andriy Vitaliyovych Kurovskyy, a longtime computer science teacher at the Or Avner Chabad Jewish school

'Time to arm yourselves,' Zionist org calls on US Jews

Called on Trump on Friday to expedite the deportation of undocumented immigrants, it labeled “ticking time bombs” in response to recent antisemitic attacks in Washington, DC, and Boulder.

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German Jewish educator who saved children from Holocaust to be subject of animated documentary

"The Fredy Hirsch Story," will feature original research conducted by New York Times editor Jody Becker and consultation from Hirsch's niece.

TEACHER AND Zionist youth movement leader Fredy Hirsch, who ran the children’s block in Auschwitz-Birkenau

NYC man who slashed Jewish barber with knife sentenced to six years in prison

Al Jabali pleaded guilty in April 2025 to Assault in the Second Degree as a Hate Crime, a class C violent felony.

 Close up of the NYPD logo on a police car.

Capital Jewish Museum to reopen after fatal shooting of Israeli embassy staff

"This tragedy will not keep us from telling the story of the greater Washington region’s Jewish history for visitors from around the world," the museum's Executive Director said.

 A tribute and flowers for Israeli Embassy staff members Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim are seen outside the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum.

Operation Benjamin: Finding lost Jewish-American war heroes and honoring their memory

An organization tracks down the Jewish heroes of World Wars I and II, and honors them with the symbol of their faith, even more than a century after they made the ultimate sacrifice.

 OPERATION BENJAMIN’S co-founder and chief historian, Shalom Lamm, estimates that between 600 and 900 American Jewish soldiers from both World Wars are mistakenly buried under crosses. Here, late US serviceman Howard Feldman receives a Jewish headstone.

'Burn in Hell': Israeli guests shocked by hate message from Bulgarian hotel owner - interview

“F*** you you Israeli piece of s***. I hope you burn in hell. You don’t need toilet paper, you are the most disgusting animals on the planet.”

 Conversation between Israeli guest and Bulgarian Hotel owner

MIT class president dedicates graduation speech to Palestine, calls for arms embargo

In her speech, Vemuri accused Israel of trying to “wipe Palestine off the face of the earth,” adding that MIT was complicit.

MIT 2025 class president Megha Vemuri called for an arms embargo on Israel, saying MIT was "complicit in genocide."

Northern Ireland’s lone synagogue aims to stave off decline by engaging Christian neighbors

The local Jewish population was already in decline when the Belfast Hebrew Congregation was built in 1964 as a house of worship with a capacity of 1,500.

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'Baby killer': Gal Gadot's star on Hollywood Walk of Fame vandalized

"Medieval antisemitic tropes like the blood libel are alive and well. Parts of humanity really haven’t progressed at all," Campaign Against Antisemitism wrote on X. 

 Gal Gadot's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was vandalized.

Pro-Palestine, Marxist groups start 'Free Elias Rodriguez' campaign, laud 'legitimate act'

Unity of Fields' campaign calls Elias Rodriguez’s murder of the two embassy workers on May 21 "a legitimate act of resistance against the zionist state and its genocidal campaign in Gaza."

 Unity of Fields' campaign calls Elias Rodriguez’s crime "a legitimate act of resistance against the zionist state"