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From Hillel and Shamai to Trump and Netanyahu: Polarized, divided Jewry is dangerous - opinion

Jews have always had differences of opinion, and it has never shown the best of us. We can't be divided anymore.

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 29, 2025.
American and Israeli Jews [Illustrative]

American Jewry must stop centering its identity on Israel’s critics - opinion

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

(L-R) Michal Herzog, Reuven Ben Parash, President Isaac Herzog, and Prof. Osnat Levtzion-Korach.

Grapevine, December 12, 2025: Regressing, not progressing


Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and US

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Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and US

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Harvey Weinstein and Al Franken are Jewish, but are they Jewish news?

The problem for us, of course, is when the Jews we report on do bad things.

Al Franken, Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Tambor

Lauder: Antisemitism and anti-Zionism are one in the same

World Jewish Congress president outlines three-pronged approach for tackling Jew hatred.

Ronald S. Lauder at the 2017 JPost Annual Conference .

Trump: In memory of those lost in the Holocaust, we must stamp out antisemitism

In a special message addressed to the assembly of the World Jewish Congress, which opened on Sunday, US President Donald Trump vowed to stamp out antisemitism and prejudice.

US President Donald Trump delivers an statement about missile strikes on a Syrian airbase, at his Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, US, April 6, 2017.

In second wave of bomb threats at least 30 US Jewish institutions targeted

In many cases the callers were live, Goldenberg said, as opposed to the previous threat, when calls were recorded.

Police at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City in Overland Park, Kansas (File)

Grapevine: Mother love

A roundup of the week's news briefs.

Tel Aviv Deputy Mayor Mehereta Baruch-Ron, Yael Dayan, Ruth Dayan and Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai.

International journalists gather in Jerusalem for Jewish Media Summit

“Israel, in general, and Jerusalem, in particular, have always symbolized the spiritual, national and cultural center of Jewish life."

30,000 flock to Old City for Jerusalem Day

WJC chief: I've know Trump 50 years, he'll be a strong advocate for Israel

World Jewish Congress president speaks to the 'Post.'

Ronald Lauder

Former MK Lipman leaves post at WZO

The former Knesset member will continue working on Israel advocacy projects and speaking to parliamentary and student delegations visiting Israel from throughout the world.

rabbi dov lipman