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

Erel Margalit brought US business leaders and Jewish organizations together in New York to advance investment, jobs and long-term growth in northern Israel.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Erel Margalit speaks at a New York gathering focused on a long-term recovery and growth plan for the Galilee.
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 and the Diaspora are closer and more strained than ever. After October 7, rising antisemitism, shifting politics, and hard questions are reshaping a relationship at a critical crossroads

|ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH
An aerial view of emergency personnel working at the scene of a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, December 14, 2025, in this screen grab from a video.

Uncomfortable truth behind being a Diaspora Jew today - opinion

A stark look at the comfort, denial, and growing danger facing Jews abroad and the hard choices history keeps demanding from Jews.

|BySTEWART WEISS
An aerial view of emergency personnel working at the scene of a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, December 14, 2025, in this screen grab from a video.

One nation, many homes: Confronting antisemitism across the world - opinion

Across the globe, Jews face fear from rising antisemitism, and only shared courage will keep the nation strong.

|ByAMITAI FRAIMAN

Rabbis for Reproductive Freedom, NCJW abortion advocates launch campaign

"Our tradition not only permits the termination of pregnancy, but even requires it when the life of the pregnant person is at stake," Rabbis for Repro declared.

MAY 26, 2021ByHADASSAH BRENNER
DEMONSTRATORS CELEBRATE at the US Supreme Court in Washington on Monday after the justices struck down a Texas law designed to restrict abortion.

Destinations for the Jewish traveler - Part 2: Germany

With Frankfurt as the base, the areas of Hesse and North-Rhein Westphalia can easily be combined in one visit to see much of the Jewish history of earlier centuries.

MAY 24, 2021ByWALTER BINGHAM
The Jewish Museum Frankfurt

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MAY 21, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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MAY 16, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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MAY 16, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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Examining the relationship between Israel and Diaspora Jewry - opinion

Left and Right, religious and secular, we have become too pedantic toward Diaspora Jewry. We have not paid sufficient attention to almost half of our people who do not live in the Jewish state.

MAY 12, 2021ByODED REVIVI
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MAY 7, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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What defines Jewish music?

From Shlomo Carlebach to Debbie Friedman to Yiddish tunes, there is a vast history to explore.

MAY 6, 2021ByMIRIAM KATES LOCK
ARED STEIN blows a shofar as Rabbi Naomi Levy plays a drum at the Nashuva Spiritual Community Jewish New Year celebration in LA, 2015

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Why it's time to face the grim facts on rising antisemitism in the US

Though Jews barely account for 2% of the US population, they are the target of 6 out of 10 of all religiously motivated hate-crimes.

APRIL 22, 2021ByMICHAEL FREUND
TOPPLED JEWISH headstones – 170 in total – vandalized in Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri, back in 2017