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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 Jerusalem and the expulsion from Spain. Today, the biggest Diaspora communities exist in the United States, France, Canada, the UK and Russia.

 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL candidate and US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at an election campaign event in Atlanta, on Tuesday. Looking to end the war in Gaza is understandable, but wanting Hamas to stay in power is not, the writer argues.

With presidential tickets now set, which way are US Jews leaning?

Demonstrators with the Democratic Socialists of America take part in a rally on International Women’s Day in Manhattan in New York City, New York, US, March 8, 2018.

Strife in Democratic Socialists of America over mourning Haniyeh, anti-Zionism

Soccer Football - Europa Conference League - Final - Fiorentina v West Ham United - Prague, Czech Republic - June 7, 2023 Police officers are seen in the Old Town ahead of the match

Antisemitic incidents rise in Czech Republic in 2023 by 90% -report

 Pro-Palestinian poster hanging at the Northwestern University campus

Protester who chanted 'from the river to the sea' fined by German court

 Teenage girl with frisbee

Israeli frisbee team banned from Belgian tournament due to threats

 Palestine Action activist in Buckinghamshire

Two police hit with sledgehammer in anti-Israel attack on Bristol factory

Vice presidential candidate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz looks on, in front of Israeli flag, August 6, 2024.

Minnesota’s Jews celebrate as their ‘mensch’ Gov. Tim Walz enters the national spotlight

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA
 Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks during a press conference regarding new gun legislation at City Hall in Bloomington, Minnesota, Aug. 1, 2024.

Minnesota Jewish leaders highlight VP pick Tim Walz's commitment to community, Israel

 Then-President Donald Trump met with Kanye West in the Oval Office of the White House, Oct. 11, 2018.

Trump says Ye ‘has a good heart’ in interview with Jewish streaming star Adin Ross

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
 THE CURRENT APPROACH to covering antisemitism in the United States, characterized by sporadic attention and underreporting, must be revisited.

Belgian author: 'I want to ram a sharp knife through the throat of every Jew I meet'

 Protesters embrace as they leave a pro-Palestinian student encampment at the University of Toronto after an Ontario judge ordered pro-Palestinian protesters to leave their two-month-old encampment, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 3, 2024.

Activists praise Ismail Haniyeh at Montreal, Toronto rallies

 Demonstrators take part in an "Emergency Rally: Stand with Palestinians Under Siege in Gaza," amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., October 14, 2023.

Judge rejects Harvard’s bid to dismiss lawsuit over antisemitism accusations

By REUTERS
 Paris 2024 Olympics - Slalom Canoe - Women's Kayak Cross Final - Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium - Whitewater, Vaires-sur-Marne, France - August 05, 2024. Noemie Fox of Australia reacts with Jessica Fox of Australia.

Australian canoeists Jessica, Noemie Fox join rare Jewish siblings to Win Olympic gold medals

By JACOB GURVIS
 UK PRIME MINISTER Keir Starmer speaks in the House of Commons last week. Israelis are left wondering: ‘Who can we turn to for support?’ The answer, increasingly, seems to be: ‘Ourselves alone,’ the writer maintains.

Jewish UK Labour Party members accuse PM Starmer of worsening antisemitism

 Pro-Palestinian protestors go on top of the Brooklyn Museum entrance roof during a protest, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, in Brooklyn, New York City, US, May 31, 2024.

Brooklyn Museum director home vandal charged, Hamas flags flown at museum

 Statue of Anne Frank in Amsterdam, defaced with "Gaza" in red.

'Free Gaza': Anne Frank statue in Amsterdam defaced for second time in one month

      Family and friends attend the funeral service of druze children who were killed at a soccer field from a missile fired from Lebanon, in the druze village of Majdal Shams, in the Golan Heights, July 28, 2024.

'Washington Post' misleads its readers with anti-Israel headline

By OLIVIA BRODSKY
 Amit Elor celebrates during the bronze medal match of the Wrestling Senior World Championships, Sept. 21, 2023, in Belgrade, Serbia.

US wrestling phenom Amit Elor has overcome antisemitism, tragedy, now, she vies for gold in Paris

By Aimee Berg/JTA
 Signs lie next to a tent as pro-Palestinian students and faculty of Drexel University, Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania spend night where they erected an encampment at the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia on April 25, 2024.

Education Dept.: Drexel fails to assess incidents making anti-Jewish hostile climate

 Demonstrators in support of Palestinians gather near the Wisconsin coordinated campaign headquarters where US President Joe Biden President Biden is speking in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on March 13, 2024.

UWM anti-Israel groups suspended for call to treat Jewish orgs as 'extremist criminals'

Culprit enters the premises of a Toronto synagogue that they allegedly vandalized.

Toronto police seek Scream mask vandal for anti-Israel graffiti at Jewish sites

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