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diaspora

Writer Ari Bornstein holds up an Israeli flag in Jerusalem.
Posted inLocal Voice

Why I am leaving the Bay Area and enlisting in the IDF

Ari Bornstein by Ari Bornstein July 21, 2020June 4, 2021
Several young men stand on top of a hill waving Israeli flags
Posted inOpinion

Annexation would fundamentally change the American Jewish community’s relationship with Israel. We must stop it.

Nancy K. Kaufman by Nancy K. Kaufman July 2, 2020July 6, 2020
Omer Yankelevich, the first haredi Orthodox woman to hold a Cabinet position in Israeli government, poses for a picture in the Israeli parliament, April 29, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Noam Revkin Fenton-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Meet Omer Yankelevich, the Orthodox woman tasked with mending the frayed ties between Israel and the Diaspora

by Sam Sokol and JTA June 29, 2020
The Adas Israel Congregation in Duluth, Minn., burned down of yet unknown causes, Sept. 9, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Duluth News Tribune Screenshot)
Posted inFirst Person

My family synagogue burned down in Minnesota this week. We lost much more than a building.

Sarah Rose by Sarah Rose and JTA September 11, 2019
a man stands speaking at a podium. a banner in the background reads "A VIBRANT DIASPORA"
Posted inIsrael at 70

Israeli and diaspora Jews are equal partners in global enterprise

Zack Bodner by Zack Bodner December 12, 2018December 12, 2018
Three white men (two bald, one with hair) and a white woman, seated. The men are watching the woman speak.
Posted inIsrael at 70

Teaching Israeli and American Jews about each other

by Sue Fishkoff December 11, 2018December 11, 2018
a bald man speaking at a podium
Posted inNews

Great Jewish divide analyzed at Z3 in Palo Alto, but no ‘miracles’

by Rob Gloster December 11, 2018December 12, 2018
A man stands at a podium that says "GA: Let's Talk" on it
Posted inIsrael, U.S., News

American Jews: ‘We Need to Talk’ with Israelis. But which Israelis, and why?

Ben Sales by JTA and Ben Sales October 23, 2018October 23, 2018
A group of Reform Jews reading Torah during a mixed prayer at the public square in front of the Western Wall, Nov. 16, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Noam Rivkin Fenton-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael at 70

Israel-diaspora rift isn’t as bad as you think. Here’s how to fix it this Yom Kippur.

Shuki Friedman by Shuki Friedman September 17, 2018September 17, 2018
A woman’s coat with a richly decorated lining from
Bukhara, Uzbekistan, late 19th century
Posted inCulture

Dressing the diaspora: centuries of Jewish fashion at CJM

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller August 21, 2018August 22, 2018

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