Diaspora

Diaspora Jewry is the collective name for the Jewish communities outside of the Land of Israel. Historically, these communities go back to big historical events like the Babylonian exile, the siege of Jeru... Read Moresalem and the expulsion from Spain. Today, the biggest Diaspora communities exist in the United States, France, Canada, the UK and Russia. Less

MIT class president dedicates graduation speech to Palestine, calls for arms embargo

In her speech, Vemuri accused Israel of trying to “wipe Palestine off the face of the earth,” adding that MIT was complicit.

University of Utah, Ariel University sign academic cooperation deal

The deal included research and student exchanges in medicine, AI, and data science.

'Sex and the City’ star Cynthia Nixon: US antisemitism is coming from the Right

Cynthia Nixon defended her Gaza war criticism, stressing care for both Israelis and Palestinians and calling for true security to be mutual.

By SAGI BEN NUN
30/05/2025

Northern Ireland’s lone synagogue aims to stave off decline by engaging Christian neighbors

The local Jewish population was already in decline when the Belfast Hebrew Congregation was built in 1964 as a house of worship with a capacity of 1,500.

By ROSARIO DEL VALLE/JTA
30/05/2025
Flowers are laid out near the site where two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead

Messianic and Episcopal communities mourn Capital Jewish Museum shooting victims

A photograph of the couple is now on display at the Church of the Ascension and Saint Agnes next to some candles, inviting visitors to prayer.

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA
29/05/2025

DSA condemns Capital Jewish Museum shooting after one of its factions praises the attack

“Democratic Socialists of America seek to democratically transform our society and reject vigilante violence,” DSA posted on X.

By BEN SALES/JTA
29/05/2025
Alfred Dreyfus

Captain Alfred Drefyus to be posthumously promoted to Brigadier-General, 90 years after death

France's National Assembly's Defense Committee unanimously approved the bill on Wednesday, citing the desire to "repair a historical injustice."

  Herbert Cukurs, the 'Butcher of Riga,' pictured in 1965.

Latvia reopens criminal investigation into 'Butcher of Riga' following condemnation

According to Yad Vashem, Cukurs held a “senior, operative position in the Arajs Kommando, the unit that from June 1941 until March 1942 carried out mass killings of Jews and other civilians."

'Baby killer': Gal Gadot's star on Hollywood Walk of Fame vandalized

"Medieval antisemitic tropes like the blood libel are alive and well. Parts of humanity really haven’t progressed at all," Campaign Against Antisemitism wrote on X. 

Pro-Palestine, Marxist groups start 'Free Elias Rodriguez' campaign, laud 'legitimate act'

Unity of Fields' campaign calls Elias Rodriguez’s murder of the two embassy workers on May 21 "a legitimate act of resistance against the zionist state and its genocidal campaign in Gaza."

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