Diaspora

Don't rehire antisemitic, pro-Nasrallah doctor, over 1000 doctors urge Brown University

Medical professionals call for Brown University not to rehire a known Hezbollah supporter for an assistant professor position at the Ivy League school.

 A sign is pictured as demonstrators gather in support of Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney specialist and assistant professor at Brown University who was refused re-entry to the United States despite holding an H1-B visa, at the State House in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S., March 17, 2025.

'We will not desist’: Boulder Jewish Festival takes place despite last week's attack

 Sam King crosses the street after affixing an Israeli flag to a street light near the scene of an attack that injured multiple people, in Boulder, Colorado, US June 1, 2025.

'Go to Auschwitz': Former German Jewish student president sent antisemitic death threats

Auschwitz-Birkenau

Aaron Lansky built a home for 1.5 million Yiddish books, now he’s handing over the keys

 Aaron Lansky speaks at a Yiddish Book Center gala, May 4, 2025.

Former Austrian president’s UN envoy nomination sparks controversy over Israel remarks - analysis

Fischer’s nomination as special envoy was announced amid controversy over his accusations that Israel’s Gaza campaign fuels antisemitism and exploits the Holocaust.

 Heinz Fischer, former president of Austria, speaks during the state commemoration ceremony in memory of former German President Horst Koehler, who died on February 1, 2025, at Berlin Cathedral in Berlin, Germany February 18, 2025.

Nitzavim: The campus revolution of next-generation Jewish leaders

Each project is tailor-made to the campus it serves, with strategies ranging from combating antisemitism to providing Jewish programming and education about Israel.

 Rabbi Adi Isaacs (bottom L) poses with his Nitzavim Class of 2025.

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.

Pride or prejudice? Anti-Zionism and antisemitism in queer spaces - opinion

Social justice spaces have been infiltrated with antisemitism for years, under the sanitized term of “anti-Zionism.”

Israeli drag queens and go-go dancers dance on a truck during the annual gay pride parade in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv on June 13, 2014.

A name and a place: After 83 years, 52 descendants honor Holocaust victims in Antwerp

'Growing up, it was clear to me that I would live in Israel – it felt like the most fitting response to what my grandparents endured.'

 SONNY BAURNFREUND speaks outside the home of the grandparents he never met.

The Caribbean retreat: Mapping wellness, memory, and Israeli connection in the Dominican Republic

He shared his vision for a Sephardi–Portuguese-style kibbutz in the Dominican countryside, including olive groves, a mikveh fed by natural springs, and an archive of Judeo-Spanish poetry.

 Palm-lined riverbanks flow into open waters - a portrait of Caribbean stillness.

Elderly Jewish man assaulted in NYC while hanging hostage posters

For Amnon Shemi and his wife, Diane, the Gaza hostages are a more personal issue because a member of their extended family was kidnapped.

 POSTERS BEARING the photos of Israelis being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza are seen on a street in Port Washington, NY

French rabbi tells of two attacks in one week as hate crimes rise

Friday's incident follows another in the town of Deauville in Normandy last week, when Elie Lemmel said he was punched in the stomach by an unknown assailant.

 French CRS police stand guard in front of the church a day after a hostage-taking in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray near Rouen in Normandy, France, where French priest, Father Jacques Hamel, was killed with a knife and another hostage seriously wounded in an attack on the church that was carried out by a

'A miracle': Jewish firefighter rescues torah scroll from burning NY synagogue

"Seeing it carried out safely felt like a miracle," said the president of the congregation, Igor Shamalov.

 Michael Farca,  Jewish firefighter rescues torah scroll from burning NY synagogue, June 2025.

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

A surge in Orthodox votes reshapes the American delegation at the World Zionist Congress, challenging the traditional dominance of liberal movements.

 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.