Diaspora Jews

When war breaks out, so do messages from friends of years past - comment

It's nice to know that someone out there is thinking about you and wishing you well.

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 TRYBAL GATHERING participants enjoy the silent disco at the day camp for NYC professionals.

Amid the weight of Israel's Hamas, Iran wars, adult Jews need 'camp' to let it go - opinion

 AN IDF SOLDIER stands next to the remains of an Emad ballistic missile, days after an attack by Iran on Israel, in October, 2024.

The power of global Jewish solidarity during a time of war and uncertainty – opinion

 CORY BOOKER (D-NJ) speaks at a House Democrats news conference in Washington, DC, in May 2025.

US strike on Iran: A look at the ripple effect on American Jewry, antisemitism, Israel ties


Israel Paves a Path, the Diaspora Should Follow

With Israel leading the fight against terror, Diaspora Jews must move from dependency to determination.

Israeli F-15 Eagles soar over Auschwitz, symbolizing Jewish resilience and the promise to protect the Jewish people.

June 22, 2025: Crisis response

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 Israeli money bills.

Birthright participants demonstrate resilience and a deep love of Israel amid Iran war - interview

These young adults showed that resilience is not just within the bones of the citizens of Israel, but within the blood of the Jewish people, wherever in the world they may be from. Am Yisrael Chai.

 Participants from the Birthright group in Mitzpe Ramon, June 2025.

As pro-Israel event in Texas canceled, US must stop bowing to jihadist threats

The event had already been relocated from its original Dallas venue after American, pro-Hamas, jihadist groups issued threats to “target” the Israel Summit.

 Texas State Troopers and Austin Police Department officials block the street as Pro-Palestinian activists march through downtown Austin, Texas, US, May 19, 2024

This week in Jewish history: Haganah formed in Israel, Google acquires Waze

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

 THE WAZE app came out in 2013 (hence, the older-model smartphone pictured)

From campuses to combat zones, Rudy Rochman fights for Jewish unity

Whether it's confronting antisemitism at Columbia or fighting in Gaza, Rochman blends activism, empathy, and unapologetic Jewish pride

 Rudy Rochman, a vocal young activist of the Jewish community

Building a blue community: Democrats Abroad in Israel relaunches with new leadership - exclusive

"Being a Democrat is a way of life, a way of living," Chair Joe Meidan told the 'Post.' "It's much more than mobilizing people to the polls."

 Meidan and Vice Chair Chaya Houpt.

Ancient Iranian Jewish community publicly backs Tehran’s call for ‘crushing’ reply

A small Jewish minority in the historic desert city of Yazd condemned Israeli air raids on Iranian soil as “brutality and bestiality.”

Iranian Jews pray at the Abrishami synagogue at Palestine street in Tehran December 24, 2015..

Their counselors stuck in Israel, US Jewish camps are putting out ‘Help Wanted’ signs

“Some of them were supposed to be here today. They will not be here today, and who knows when they will be here,” said Michael Schlank.

 On the last Friday of the season at Camp Ramah Nyack in 2019, anyone spending the next year in Israel is called up and invited to dance with the Israeli staffers in a Zionist celebration.

Fighting antisemitism requires healing the Jewish political divides - opinion

A deep problem exists within the Jewish community that we don't want to recognize, one that threatens to exacerbate the already stark partisan divides within our community..

 A man walks with an Israeli flag draped over his shoulders, following an incident where two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead near the Capital Jewish Museum, in Washington, DC, US, May 22, 2025.

Toronto Walk for Israel: Why Did Canada’s politicians stay away? - opinion

Olivia Chow, mayor of Toronto, with the largest Jewish community in the country, did not attend the event.

 THE UJA Federation of Greater Toronto holds the Walk with Israel last month. No senior political figure, whether at the city, provincial, or federal level was present, not even the Toronto mayor, says the writer.