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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.

 Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters are gathered to protest the Israeli offensives in Gaza outside the Federal Building in San Francisco, May 31, 2024.

Two Bay Area House reps face class-action suit for supporting Israel aid

 Ethiopian Orthodox Christians pray in the Deir Al-Sultan in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed to be the site of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, as the celebrate easter in Jerusalem's Old City on April 29, 2021.

Christian population declined 90% under Palestinian Authority and Hamas

 ‘Jewish plotters’ crushed to death in Der Sturmer-like video clip from Yemen.

‘Jewish plotters’ crushed to death in Der Sturmer-like video clip from Yemen

Toronto synagogue vandalized for 8th time, hostage sign defaced

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch at Sydney’s Central Synagogue.

Rupert Murdoch: Israel defends Western civilization, won't stand alone with Trump

 An Hanukkah menorah is lit in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium December 14, 2023.

Epping UK to have Hanukkah display after battle with town council

The Grand, Clapham Junction

Hasidic singer’s London concert finds new venue after security concern cancellation

 The entrance to Congregation Beth Tikvah in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, following an antisemitic attack, December 18, 2024

Canada in crisis: Gov't to convene nat'l forum after Jewish school shooting, synagogue arson

 Orlando, FL, USA - January 8, 2022: A City of Orlando police car is shown in Orlando, FL, USA.

Florida man pleads guilty to anti-Israel bomb threats, attack on solar facility

By Silas Morgan/Orlando Sentinel/TNS
A person steps on a placard depicting an Israeli flag as demonstrators protest against Israel and in support of Palestinians, during a demonstration to mark 100 days since the start of the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in front of the Egypt Journalists Syn

RCA accused of ignoring intimidation of Jewish and Israeli students

 "Study-in for Gaza" protest at New York Public Library on December 21

Pro-Palestine activists occupy NY Public Library to protest Gaza 'Scholasticide'

‘The Jews must go’: Neo-Nazis protest outside Victoria’s Parliament House

‘The Jews must go’: Neo-Nazis protest outside Victoria’s Parliament House

 Pro-Israel students take part in a protest in support of Israel amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza, at Columbia University in New York City, US, October 12, 2023.

Strengthening ties: Gesher meets US leaders to unite Jewish communities

 Selection of Hungarian Jews on the ramp at Auschwitz-II-Birkenau in German-occupied Poland, May/June 1944, during the final phase of the Holocaust. Jews were sent either to work or to the gas chamber.

Rebecca Makkai, whose grandfather drafted a Nazi-era antisemitic law, is writing a novel on fascism

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
 Canadian Jewish day school targeted by shooting on Yom Kippur 2024

Third time this year: Shots fired at Jewish school in Canada

 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

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