The modern Diaspora was built on an unspoken assumption: if Jews contributed enough to their host societies, they would be accepted as full members of them. That bargain is over. Only Israel grants Jews full membership. Opinion.
Shouldn't the Jews staying in the Diaspora think about whether they are aligning their lives with the mission of Am Yisrael as set forth in the Torah and by the Prophets of Israel - instead of expecting aliya benefits from Israel?
Where in the Torah do we find an example of the worst possible argument?
Many great Rabbis have revealed that the murderous antagonism of the gentiles surfaces when the Jews fall in love with galut.
Borrowing the title of Pete Seeger's song to hammer home a message to Diaspora Jewish leaders.
If we understood even a fraction of the true universal influence of the meeting of the Jewish Neshama (soul) with the Holy Land, an influence which infuses a higher life to all existence, we would not ask that question.
American Jews should take action now to protect their lives, fortunes and honor. Now that conservatives are collecting Qatari bribes too, expect a further corruption of institutions meant to protect you, perhaps including the next administration’s FBI. Opinion.
In new 'Jewish-Share' episode, Rabbi Dr. Tropper and Rabbi Kantor reflect on the need for Israelis to feel a bond with Diaspora Jews.
You don’t have to listen to me. Listen to Moshe. Listen to the roaring echo of his words, resounding out today over the anti-Semitic prairies and cities of America. Come home and keep the Torah as it should be kept!
Like the haftarot for this special season, which begin with rebuke and end with comfort , our collective Jewish story is one of shared struggle and hope.
Watch the second episode of a new series - Israelis connect with their brethren around the world and talk about antisemitism, the Gaza war and the ties that exist between the communities, despite the distance.
Watch the first episode of a new series - Israelis connect with their brethren around the world.
Fifteen teachers from Jewish schools around the world came to Israel in July for an intensive 2.5-week study program and shared their common experiences of antisemitism in their communities.
Unity or division - which will it be?
A Jewish man who loves history visited the city of Illintsi in Ukraine and discovered an ancient synagogue that had been converted into a carpentry workshop over the years. The site is due to undergo preservation.
The mitzvah of the moment is to awaken your congregations to take immediate steps to begin the process of Aliyah.
Prof. Davidai to Arutz Sheva: “The Jewish students and Jewish community are strong. They are resilient. All they need is us the older generation to come and tell them, ‘Whatever you need, we have your back,’ because they are incredible.”
Today we see and feel the unity and resilience of mainstream Jewry together with Israel.
Instead of reading the handwriting on the wall, Diaspora Jews are begging Gentile governments for the chance to stay where they are. For Theodore Herzl's birthday.
Why is it that a notable number of Jewish American youth feel not just an estrangement towards Zionism, but also antipathy? How did Diaspora leaders let this happen?
One of the torches this evening honored the many Jewish communities outside of Israel who rushed to help when the war broke out.
President Isaac Herzog sends a message to the Jewish communities of the world of unity and mutual responsibility, and his hope for the swift return of the hostages and of peace.
This week, the Chief Rabbi identifies the crucial ingredient for Jewish survival over thousands of years.
On the surface, we are just like our neighbors in the Diaspora. But we are not really the same. We don't belong and they ensure we know it.
IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari encouraged Jews around the world in the face of growing warnings of terrorist attacks.
Eventually, if you try to live in it after the holiday, a sukkah will collapse. Come back inside, come home.
Congressman Nick Langworthy said that his trip to Israel in 2019 with Governor Mike Huckabee and Dr. Joseph Frager was “transformative.”
The double parashah which communities in exile will read this week, Chukkat-Balak, can happen only in exile, never in Israel.
The European Jewish Association publishes scathing retort to a call for students to 'turn their backs on Minister Chikli'.
Peace contains everything for a good life.
Rabbi Goldschmidt, President of the Conference of European Rabbis, speaks about relocating to Germany and updates on EU Jewish communities.
How did this tiny, persecuted dispersed people survive and come home after two thousand years? How did they survive at all? Op-ed.
Two incidents from which all of us can gleam a bit of understanding about assimilation today and the eternity of Torah.
William Daroff, CEO of the Conference of Presidents, speaks about a unifying consensus around judicial reform.
French journalist details Iran’s “mapping” of high-level global Jewish targets in event of Israeli attack on nuclear program.
This is not a second Holocaust. It has another name: Assimilation. Our numbers in the Diaspora are getting smaller and smaller. Op-ed.
It is not easy to be a Jacob in a world of Esaus but it is the Jacobs who will survive and guarantee the eternal existence of Am Yisrael.
Jacob has a dual mode of action. In the galut, the Jewish people made use of one, but in their own land, they can choose the other.
It is axiomatic, says the Talmud, that Esau hates Jacob. That has not changed.
They didn’t want Netanyahu. Now that they have him, they want him to govern in the opposite manner from which he pledged to govern. Op-ed.
Charges that Diaspora Min. funds were misappropriated should be treated the same as the accusations against Benjamin Netanyahu. Op-ed.
When Am Yisrael is scattered and out of its place, then the Name of G-d, which is the Torah, cannot come to full expression in this world
“We're giving focus on what it means to be part of a global Jewish community, what it means to be an Israeli citizen of that community."
'World Jewry is our flesh and blood, the bonds between us are more important than ever,' Diaspora Min. Nachman Shai says.
Former Diaspora Minister Omer Yankelevich: "The Jewish Agency is better suited to be the leading factor in connection with Diaspora Jewry."
Today’s post-Zionist orientation is an acceptance and even legitimization of the Exile. We need a new head with "a new head." Op-ed.
Religious Diaspora Jews lack the national identity of secular Israeli Jews and many religious Jews of Israel also lack that identity. Op-ed.
The Chief Rabbi of South Africa, Rabbi Warren Goldstein, says that Israel's travel ban has been traumatic for Diaspora Jews.
Survey reveals that 80% of Israelis are concerned about growing antisemitism worldwide.
Visits to Israel are desperately needed for Diaspora Jews of all streams, no matter what their level of affiliation. Opinion.
Rabbi Elchanan Poupko questions why Israel is not allowing American Jews to enter but makes exceptions for events such as Miss Universe.
In Israel we began saying the prayer for rain in the Silent Prayer weeks before it is said in the Diaspora.. What happens if we forget?
In a 3-minute video, Baruch Gordon connects the centrality of the Land of Israel to the weekly Torah reading of VaEtchanan.
Have diaspora public schools ever been good for Jewish children? Are they today? Op-ed.
Arutz Sheva speaks to Noa Lewis of the Connecting Communities project as well as two rabbis whose communities now share a connection.
Arutz Sheva talks with Rabbi Shalom Axelrod of Young Israel of Woodmere and Rabbi Jaron Engelmayer, Chief Rabbi of Vienna.
Survey by American Jewish Committee finds that both communities would like to learn more about each other but suffer from lack of education.
Dr. Shmuel Katz, co-founder of Stand With Us, talks with Arutz Sheva about how the new government will affect both the Diaspora and Israel.
Team meets with Ambassador Erdan, heads of Rabbinical Alliance of America, YU President and more.
This growing inability to know good from evil keeps increasing numbers of people from recognizing the threats looming before them. Op-ed
