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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.

 Olga Govorova, 85, is among the more than 36,300 vulnerable Jews in Ukraine receiving ongoing aid from JDC, like food, medicine, and home care. Maria Ziminia, 17, who is part of JDC’s Active Jewish Teens program that’s nurturing the next generation of Jewish leadership, visits Olga weekly to assist

For a Jewish world in crisis,  JDC ensures Hannukah’s light inspires hope and action

 More than 950 camp professionals, board members and funders gathered in Chicago for the Foundation for Jewish Camps’  three-day Jewish Camp Summit earlier this month.

Jewish summer camps: Connecting between Israel, global Jewish community

By HOWARD BLAS
 DURING THE last six months Hungarian Minister for EU Affairs János Bóka had the very delicate mission of managing the rotating Hungarian presidency of the EU. Here, Boka attends a panel discussion at the Budapest Balkans Forum 2024 meeting in Budapest in March.

Hungary's EU minister to 'Post': 'If we lose our Jewish communities, we lose our European identity'

By ELDAD BECK
 NUMBER ONE on the writer’s 2024 Israel to-do list is to ‘bring home our hostages today, as awful as the price might be.’

'One of our own': Tottenham fans release yellow balloons for last British-Israeli hostage

THE IRISH flag atop the historic post office in Dublin.

Ireland's 'reincarnation of ancient antisemitism': Amb. Erlich defends embassy closure

An FBI investigator

FBI arrests Virginian who planned attack on Israeli consulate in New York

(illustrative) Rabbi Shmuley Boteach; Miami Beach, Fontainebleau hotel, Indian Creek Drive

Fontainebleau Miami Beach sues Rabbi Shmuley Boteach over antisemitism allegations

 A COALITION of pro-Palestinian students at the University of Michigan and other supporters protest in the street, in Dearborn, last May. Last weekend, a student was attacked off campus for answering ‘yes’ in response to the question ‘are you Jewish?’

House Republican staff report outlines efforts to fight college campus antisemitism

 Justice and Law concept. lawyer working at courtroom, selective focus

Arizona man indicted for 1000 antisemitic threats to murder, torture, maim Jews

 Members of the Jewish community collect their children from school in north London January 20, 2015

Two London teens sentenced for Stamford Hill ‘antisemitic rampage’

Pro-Hamas graffiti on the bar in Berlin

Vassar College sees mass vandalism after trustees reject BDS policy

 The ADIR Challenge Foundation hosted the Innovate to Illuminate Shark-Tank Style event in Central Synagogue in Manhattan.

Foundation in honor of Nova victim spearheads innovative technology to combat antisemitism

By Shosh Bedrosian
 Fans support Hapoel Holon during a match against Nanterre/Hapoel Holon Instagram

Anti-Israel activists run onto court of Holon-Nanterre basketball game

 Photo of the delegation of educators from the diaspora in Israel.

Diaspora leaders demand a new path for Jewish schools after Oct. 7

 THE DROBYTSKYI Yar Memorial to the victims of the Holocaust, on the outskirts of Kharkiv, was destroyed by Russian shelling in March 2022.  On the right: The restoration plan.

Ukraine Jewish resilience: Standing strong amid war and global challenges

By OLEKSANDR YEVSIUKOV
 New York City Mayor Eric Adams (right) and guests at the mayor's annual Hanukkah celebration.

Mayor Eric Adams calls himself ‘a modern-day Maccabee’ at pre-Hanukkah party at Gracie Mansion

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA
 Car of the Service de police de la Ville de Montreal (SPVM) (French for Montreal Police Service) on duty for the public protection during the covid-19 pandemic.

Montreal synagogue targeted in second arson attack in 14 months, police investigating

 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa briefs the media on South Africa's G20 presidency for 2025 at the parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, December 3, 2024.

South African Jewish community condemns president for silence after explosive thrown at JCC

Genesis Prize Foundation Chairman Stan Polovets with President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the groundbreaking for the Holocaust Museum of Greece.

Genesis Prize Chairman Stan Polovets reflects on global antisemitism

 ‘All the security is not a normal life,’ Rabbi Moshe Sebbag told The Jerusalem Post as French Jews face an uncertain future.

Shocking investigation reveals systemic antisemitism at France's 'Le Monde'

By Jude Taragin
 A doctor wears a protective mask as he walks outside Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, New York, U.S., April 1, 2020.

Nearly half of US Jewish medical professionals experience antisemitism in workplace

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