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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

By ELLIE ESQUENAZI

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

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

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

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

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

By ELLIE ESQUENAZI

‘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

An Israeli flag flutters outside the embassy of Israel in Dublin, Ireland, December 16, 2024

Ireland’s anti-Israel hypocrisy – time for Israel to push back harder

By JPOST EDITORIAL

Rachel Laser, the president and CEO of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, speaks at an event the organization held at St John's Episcopal Cathedral in Los Angeles on Nov. 21, 2024.

The Jewish leader taking on Christian nationalism

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA

Sara Funaro, then assessor of Florence, attends the Righteous Among The Nations award ceremony for Bisto and Stella Nepi, who saved a Jewish fugitive from fascists and Nazis during World War II, at Florence Synagogue on April 18, 2023.

New mayor of Florence, Italy, is the first woman and first Jew to lead the historic city

By Rossella Tercatin/JTA

A MAN wearing a kippah places back a poster with the photo of a hostage – Moran Stella Yanai, since released – after it was ripped down, at New York University in October 2023.

StandWithUs pilot study: Safety and security on campus

By ALEXANDRA CHANA FISHMAN

AUSTRALIAN PRIME Minister Anthony Albanese inspects the damage at the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne, guided by Rabbi Moshe Khan, president of the Rabbinical Council of Victoria.

Australia's Jewish community feels abandoned after antisemitic arson

By JUSTIN AMLER

Reform Jews in a prayer service for Israel at a Los Gatos CA temple.

Over 5,000 Reform Jews call on Trump to 'lead with integrity and compassion'

By HANNAH SARISOHN

Antisemitic graffiti spray painted on a San Francisco Hillel house.

San Francisco Hillel building defaced with 'Khaybar' graffiti

By MICHAEL STARR

Teenagers visiting the wall of names of victims of the Inquisition from Oporto.

Jewish museum of Porto hosts 1,000 students on historic anniversary

By Raquel Guertzenstein Frohlich

MEMBERS OF the Palestine Action Group gather in Sydney, in May. ‘Pro-Palestine’ demonstrators are no longer able to make a moral distinction between justice and injustice, the writer says.

Sydney Jew detained for waving Israeli flag at anti-Israel protest

By MICHAEL STARR

A Canadian flag flies in front of the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. March 22, 2017.

Third of Jewish Ontario doctors consider leaving Canada over antisemitism

By MICHAEL STARR

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Fall of Assad revives interest in Judeo-Syrian Arabic, Syria’s nearly lost Jewish dialect

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The somewhat iconic Quadrangle building at the University of Sydney on a clear summer's day. Taken December 13 2009.

Sydney University refers staff to police for threats to Jewish figures

By MICHAEL STARR