Diaspora

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The Simon of Trent blood libel: Illustration in Hartmann Schedel’s Weltchronik, 1493

Europe, Israel should launch commission with Trump’s help - opinion

US President Donald Trump (L) welcomes radio host Sid Rosenberg to speak during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on December 16, 2025.

Sid Rosenberg speaks to 'Post' on Trump, New York, and the threat of antisemitism - interview

Israel's Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter the President residence in Jerusalem, February 16, 2025.

Leiter says J Street is 'cancer of the Jewish community' over org's Israel arms stance


'Fighting the Hate': Melanie Phillips’s guide to confronting anti-Israel narratives - review

This volume is an invaluable guide for anyone seeking to protect Israel and the Jewish people from the calumnies that have become so prevalent in the Western world.

Blantant antisemitism is spreading like wildfire after Israel’s response to the bloodthirsty Hamas attack on Israel of Oct. 7.

Did this tiny island’s Jewish community help win the Revolutionary War?

The Caribbean island of Sint Eustatius had become one of the busiest free ports in the Atlantic world, and Sephardic Jewish merchants played an active role.

Historian Jonathan Sarna views a facsimile of a letter from Jonas Phillips, an 18th-century German-Jewish trader, in the exhibit "The First Salute" at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia, April 22, 2026.

'You're killing babies in Palestine': Slough man charged after assault on Orthodox Jew

Shomrim said on X that the victim was "minding his own business whilst at work, when he was subjected to this shocking, unprovoked attack."

A 'Shomrim' private security car is seen driving past a synagogue in Stamford Hill, north London on October 13, 2023.

UCLA, student president distance themselves from student gov't that condemned former Gaza hostage

USAC had argued that the Nazarian Center's sponsorship of the April 14 event reflected a disregard for Palestinian life and made the university complicit in amplifying one sided narratives.

A man walks through the campus of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in Los Angeles, California, US, August 11, 2025.

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North Carolina woman arrested for plotting 'mass casualty event' at Houston synagogue

The Houston congregation had shut down, alongside a Jewish day school, following undisclosed threats.

Angelina Han Hicks, 18, was arrested following a planned attack on a Houston synagogue, April 23, 2026.

How Mojtaba Khamenei used tax loopholes to purchase luxury properties in Europe - report

An investigation found that a loan of some £36 million was granted to Khamenei in 2013 through a company registered in the Isle of Man tax haven.

Mojtaba Khamenei; the son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei; is seen in Tehran; Iran; on December 14; 2016.

Israel must welcome all Jews, not only those who fit a narrow mold - opinion

Calls for aliyah must inspire all Jews, not just select groups, and reflect a broad, inclusive Zionist vision rooted in dignity and shared purpose.

A group makes aliyah

Internal Israeli debate and the costs to Diaspora Jewry - opinion

Israel, like all sovereign states, acts in self-defense. The exercise of that force has generated, in some cases, backlash against Jewish communities far beyond Israel’s borders.

American Jews [Illustrative]

UK police arrest two more in alleged arson plot targeting Jewish community sites

The planned target remains unknown, but the Met said that the objective was related to the Jewish community.

 The burnt wreckage of Hatzola ambulances as fire services continue to monitor the scene after they were set on fire overnight next to Machzike Hadath Synagogue, on March 23, 2026 in the Golders Green area of London, England.