Jewish World

‘Never Again’ is what we build for the living, not just what we say for the dead - opinion

Jewish life must be built on more than survival, with security, cultural confidence, and responsibility for the future

Three years after October 7, remembrance remains central to Jewish life, but the writer argues that honoring the past must also mean taking responsibility for the future.Premium
 American singer Dolly Parton poses on stage during a press conference to launch her new album, in London, Britain, June 29, 2023.

Dolly Parton remembered for inspiring PJ Library and championing children's literacy

Erel Margalit speaks at a New York gathering focused on a long-term recovery and growth plan for the Galilee.

Over 30 start-ups return Israel's northern tech hub as new recovery plan takes shape

War and rising antisemitism have deepened the stakes of the Israel–Diaspora relationship, forcing Jewish communities worldwide to confront shared vulnerability and responsibility.

War reshapes Israel-Diaspora ties: Global Jewish leaders assess challenges ahead - from the editor


Israel-Diaspora relations clouded by religion and politics - Jewish-Australian philanthropist

Philanthropist and businessman Steven Lowy visited Jerusalem in honor of the annual Keren Hayesod conference.

 Steven Lowy speaking at the Knesset

6 ways the world changed after the 1967 Six Day War

Thousands of years ago, God created our natural world in six days. Fifty-five years ago, He reshaped history in six hurried days.

 IDF 14th Brigade tanks advance on the Crimson Axis in the Sinai Desert, June 5, 1967.

This Passover we remember that not all are free - editorial

Israelis today can celebrate their freedom in their own country, but it’s also important to look around us.

 Jewish Ukrainian refugees celebrate Passover at Chabad center in Warsaw, Poland.

Ukraine war shows that Israel must strengthen greater Jewish world - opinion

The war in Ukraine has furthered clarified what Israel’s role is and ought to be in relation to the Jewish world.

 TZIONA KOENIG-YAIR. Israel has a responsibility to maintain a vibrant relationship with world Jewry.

Ukrainian Jew enlisted to defend his country dies in Russian airstrike

Serafim Sabaranskiy was killed in action, as one of the hundreds of Russian missiles fired in recent weeks landed near his position.

 Rescuers work next to a residential building damaged by shelling, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine, in this handout picture released March 14, 2022.

The tension between American and Israeli Jews

Can Israeli Jews realize that the support of the US Jewish community is an Israeli national security imperative? Can secular US Jews be convinced that their relationship to Israel may be needed?

 Judea and Ruth Pearl, parents of slain WSJ journalist Daniel Pearl, light a Hanukkia at a Hanukkah reception at the White House in 2007. Ruth died on July 20, 2021 at age 85.

Yaakov Hagoel: Wearing two hats of Jewish leadership

Hagoel has been chairman of the WZO since last October, and he assumed his responsibilities at The Jewish Agency this past summer when Jewish Agency head Isaac Herzog was elected president.

 YAAKOV HAGOEL, chairman, World Zionist Organization; acting chairman, The Jewish Agency Executive.

Herzog calls on global Jewry to undermine Durban 'conference of hate'

New president calls for countries to adopt legislation allowing for the prosecution of antisemitism, and to adopt the IHRA definition to facility combating Jew-hatred around the world.

ISAAC HERZOG addresses the Knesset for the first time as president on Wednesday.

Now is the time to rekindle Israel's relationship with US Jewry - opinion

Israel’s image in the US has been severely damaged by the seemingly “Orthodox only,” anti-pluralist image nurtured by Israeli governments over the past decade.

DIASPORA AFFAIRS MINISTER Nachman Shai arrives to the President’s Residence last month.

Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and US

See Shabbat times for your area.

Shabbat candles