Unfinished tasks

As the world switches over to the year 2024 in the civil calendar, those who are still sober will be aware that major pitfalls lie ahead. Read more

Connect the dots

Connecting the dots is as easy as putting various facts and clues together in order to see the whole picture or to understand something globally. Read more

True colours

It is at times like these when one can discover who is genuine and who is “missing in action”. Read more

Israel’s hasbara failure on full display, again

The killing of Muhammad al-Durrah has gone down as one of Israel’s most colossal PR failures ever. Read more

How Britain has failed to prevent Islamist extremism and to protect Jews

While events in Israel continue to attract disproportionate and distorted global attention, Islamic extremism remains a threat inside Western society. Read more

The Israeli left’s antisemitism blind spot

A great scholar of antisemitism once told me that there was one country that frustrated him when it came to its understanding of the extent and depth of Jew-hatred: Israel. Read more

‘Israel, Diaspora must join forces in battle against antisemitism’

Israel has a “moral obligation” to assist Diaspora communities faced with rising antisemitism both online and in the public sphere, according to Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai. Read more

The most important conversation the Jewish world needs to have

Links between Israel and Diaspora Jews have been put under increased strain by the coronavirus pandemic. Read more

Survey: 80 percent of Israelis concerned about growing antisemitism worldwide

A recent Israel-wide survey has found that almost 80 percent of Israelis are concerned about antisemitism globally, with almost three-quarters of citizens (73 percent) believing antisemitism is widespread. Read more

Leveraging diverse backgrounds, Fleur Hassan-Nahoum seeks to bring unity, cohesion to agency

Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem Fleur Hassan-Nahoum is one of the candidates to head the Jewish Agency, the largest Jewish nonprofit organization in the world. If elected, she would become the first woman to head the agency. Read more

Israel and the Diaspora

As we approach Israel’s independence day, the relationship between Israel and the Diaspora remains ambivalent. Read more

Jewish Agency to expand school-twinning program with new government funds

The Jewish Agency for Israel says the Israeli government will allocate up to NIS 9 million ($2.48 million) in the coming years to its Partnership Unit’s Global School Twinning Network, primarily to fund the expansion of the groundbreaking educational initiative that cultivates Israel-Diaspora connectedness. Read more

President Reuven Rivlin calls for new ‘vision’ in Israel-Diaspora relationship

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has called for a new partnership to be forged between Israel and the Jewish Diaspora to deal with global development issues. Read more

Palestine – Kerry Confronts Ghosts In State Of Confusion…writes David Singer

The semantic circus that first created a people known as the “Palestinians” in 1964 – who now claim an entitlement to their own independent State in ” the occupied Palestinian Territories” – reached absurd heights with the following bizarre news item this week: Read more