Assimilation

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8 candles, 80 opinions: The many meanings of an American Hanukkah - opinion

After October 7, Jews in America are more divided than ever.

 The "National Menorah" in Washington, D.C.,  Dec. 6, 2023.
 Thousands of Israel Defense Forces reservists and their supporters rallied in front of the Israel Defense Forces headquarters in Tel Aviv to reaffirm their Oath of Allegiance to the IDF and the State of Israel on April 3, 2023.

Should Israel accept immigrants who aren't Jewish according to Halacha? - opinion

 Letters

Letters to the Editor January 23, 2023: Well-worn process

 JEWISH REFUGEES from Ukraine celebrate the first night of Hanukkah on Sunday at a kosher shelter in Hungary. The holiday, says the writer, ensures that future generations will similarly be able to celebrate our traditions as Jews.

Hanukkah, Herzl and the horror of Hellenization - opinion


Turn threats to Judaism into enablers of its survival

We need to replace the uniting feature of European persecution that “made Jews of us” with an ideological, political and diplomatic infrastructure of Judaism, and that is Zionism.

 HERZL SITS down with Max Nordau, 1895: Café de Flore in Paris, today.

The real ‘Bambi’: A somber tale of danger and Jewish assimilation

The story of the famous adorable fawn Bambi wasn’t originally for kids. Its author was a European Jew who wanted to assimilate.

 THREE BAMBI Award gold-plated statuettes of a roe deer fawn at the award ceremony in Germany.

American Jewry needs to wake up to new possibilities - book review

In contrast to the narrative of constant decline, two young American rabbis offer a powerfully positive and perhaps overly optimistic narrative.

 Rabbi Joshua Stanton

Lobby to 'strengthen Diaspora’ launched in Knesset

A new lobby launched by the Knesset will focus on the problems of increased assimilation and declining attachment to Judaism abroad.

 A lobby is launched in the Knesset to support Diaspora Jews.

Assimilation raised as key problem in launch of Jewish People Lobby in Knesset

MKs in the Knesset insisted that Jewish leaders of all types are responsible for addressing the issue of assimilation abroad. 

The tires of over 20 vehicles were punctured early Friday in the Bedouin village of Kamanneh and "stop assimilation" was spray-painted on a wall in the village.

Effort underway to outlaw Lehava as Jewish terror group

Yesh Atid MK Ram Ben Barak is also seeking to dismantle the “Foundation for the Rescue of the Jewish People,” Lehava’s fundraising arm.

Yitzhak Gabai (C), a member of the right-wing Lehava organization at the courtroom of the District Court in Jerusalem as he arrives to a court hearing on July 22, 2015, Yitzhak Gabai where involved in the arson attack on a Jewish-Arab school in Jerusalem on November 29, 2014.

European Jewish leaders seek Israeli help against assimilation

The percentage of Jews with non-Jewish spouses was 24% in the UK, 31% in France, 46% in Germany, 62% in Sweden and 76% in Poland.

Jews in Europe are facing increasing hostility motivated by anti-Semitism.

Jews in Russia fear low levels of antisemitism are temporary

A new study comparing Jewish life in Russia 30 years ago and today finds anxiety about the future

Shabbat packages preparation and distribution at the Jewish community of Irkutsk in Siberia, Russia, May 2020.

Ultra-Orthodox and secular Israelis combat assimilation together

In truth, when it comes to building Jewish identity, all secular Jewish kids in America, whether their parents are American or Israeli, are in the same boat.

Orthodox Jew and computer Betsalel St in Jerusalem

Far-right Noam Party accuses progressive Jews of attempted genocide…of Jews

“They infiltrate the IDF so we lose in war. They are destroying the family and childbirth to stop a Jewish majority, they advance assimilation to wipe us off the map.”

Rabbi Tzvi Tau

The fight against assimilation

She refuses to be comforted for her children because they are no more.

American and Israeli Jews [Illustrative]