Jewish identity

Why I’m still a Zionist 25 years later – opinion

 A century ago, Zionism revived pride in the label ‘Jew’; today, Jews must revive pride in the label ‘Zionist.’

People draped in Israeli flags watch the sunset during a party to celebrate Israel's 78th Independence day
Shalev Fima, Chief of Staff of the President of the World Zionist Organization

The battle for Jewish identity will be decided in the classroom, not on Twitter

'In the Diaspora we need to continue with Jewish education.’ Tal Ben-Shahar at the Yael Awards in Vienna earlier this month.

Teaching Jewish happiness after October 7: An educator's fresh approach to Jewish pride

Survivor Agam Berger played "Hallelujah."

At Vienna’s Yael Awards, Jewish education is framed as infrastructure, not crisis response


How can one bring a sense of ‘Jewish peoplehood’ to Israelis?

Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai sees decline in Jewish identity and affinity with Israel as function of  weaker Jewish advocacy in the US  for the State of Israel.

 WOMEN OF THE WALL hold a prayer service at the Western Wall in Jerusalem as hundreds of ultra-Orthodox women protest

Senate and Jewish org work to give food assistance to military families

The organization, which is led by Jewish values, has done philanthropic work to assist military families regarding their lack of food.

US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) huddles on the Senate floor with Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), Senator John Hoeven (R-ND), Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Senator James Lankford (R-OK), Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and others

Jewish youth feel morality is essential to their Jewish identity

By providing youth with hands-on philanthropy experiences, we can help them mobilize their Jewish values, maximize their community impact and come together as a community to fight for change

Jewish and Arab youth playing baseball together

The fracturing of liberal Judaism over Jewish particularism - opinion

The growing inclination among liberal Jews to deemphasize Jewish distinctiveness is the gravest threat to the future of liberal Judaism.

AMERICAN RABBIS from the Reform and Conservative movements hold a group prayer near the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

Far-right Noam MK denigrates democracy in maiden Knesset speech

Labor MK and Reform leader Rabbi Gilad Kariv condemned Maoz’s speech as "Israeli fascism and Jewish fundamentalism."

New Knesset member Avi Maoz seen at the Knesset , ahead of the opening Knesset session of the new government, on April 05, 2021.

American author Nicole Krauss receives prize for Jewish literature

Krauss was chosen by the Sami Rohr Prize panel of judges for her "valuable contribution to Jewish literature."

Nicole Krauss, the acclaimed author of The History of Love.

Prominent lawyer with Jewish roots under fire for identifying as Latinx

"My cultural identity was formed as a result of my family, both chosen and chosen for me, and that has always been Latinx,” Bannan said.

Cartagena, Colombia

‘Ethnicity, not religion, focus of post-Soviet Jewish identity’ – study

“We are quite confident that the process of ethnic and cultural assimilation of former Soviet Union Jews and their families is reversible.”

A large menorah in the central square of Birodjan, Jewish Autonomous Oblast in Russia

Strong Jewish identities will safeguard Israel's future

Our Common Destiny Project: Strengthening Jewish Identity

Participants carry Israeli flags at the 'Celebrate Israel'' parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City in 2017

What do I look like?

I don’t take selfies, though my children and grandchildren take photos on their phones.

The portrait of Rabbi Raymond Apple by Australian artist Robert Hannaford at the Great Synagogue, Sydney