Posts Tagged: Israel Diaspora
Stop Treating Israelis Who’ve Left the Holy Land With Disdain
At the heart of 3,000-strong Israeli-American Conference (IAC), which took place last weekend in Washington, was this question: Is it healthy to create a new Israeli-American identity when it...
Embarrassed to Be Israeli or Jewish?
This week, I met someone who had just returned from a trip to the Greek islands. He told me that he kept meeting Israelis who confided that...
New Israeli Program for Teachers Addresses Diaspora Jewish Education
JNS.org - For Shani Tauber, it all came together when her group left the house of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, the religious-Zionist pioneer known as “Rav...
How Diaspora Jews Can Help Israel Today
It is 1948. The state of Israel is born. The new country requires help. World Jewry and other friends spring into action. Military volunteers sign...
Destigmatizing Israelis Who Live Outside of Israel
It used to be considered embarrassing to be a yored, an Israeli who leaves the country to live elsewhere. The very name connotes a downfall -- a retreat from the...
Knesset MKs Tour North American Jewish Communities in Search of Unity
JNS.org - Five Israeli Knesset members are touring the US and Canada to strengthen the relationship between North American Jewry and Israel. The lawmakers – Merav...
Israel and Diaspora Jewry – A Looming Crisis
The Jewish world, both in Israel and the Diaspora, is undergoing dramatic demographic and ideological changes. The past decades have witnessed a steep decline in the...
In Israel, Ex-Pats Perplexed by Political Musical Chairs
JNS.org - There are two kinds of olim (immigrants) these days in Israel: those who are living through their first sudden call for early...
Netanyahu Must Not Take Diaspora Jews for Granted
Under the leadership of the indefatigable Malcolm Hoenlein, the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, a unique umbrella organization, is gathering in Jerusalem...
Examining Israel-Diaspora Relations at the Jewish Federation’s General Assembly
JNS.org - JERUSALEM—The changing nature of the American Jewish community has been a much-debated topic ever since the release of the recent Pew Research...
Jewish Federation and Israeli Leaders Debate Jewish Identity Growth Strategies at Conference
JNS.org - Jewish leaders convening at the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) General Assembly (GA) in Jerusalem this week debated the recent Pew Research Center survey...
Israel Government, Global Jewish Leadership Meet in Jerusalem; Joint Youth Engagement Plan to Be Presented in 2014
An unprecedented meeting of 120 Jewish leaders and senior Israeli government officials concluded on Thursday in Jerusalem to develop a strategy to better engage youth...
Is Jewish Life in the Diaspora Coming to an End?
The recent Pew Research Center survey of American Jews has ignited discussions extending from gloomy predictions of the inevitable demise of Diaspora Jewry by assimilation...
US Jews’ Letter to Netanyahu Criticized by Israel’s Deputy FM
Times of Israel - Deputy Foreign Minister Ze'ev Elkin (Likud) dismissed on Sunday calls by US Jewish leaders urging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
