Diaspora Jews

Cara Trager, beloved Queens Jewish communal leader and lifetime journalist, dies at 71

Trager died on May 29 from injuries sustained when she and her husband were struck by a car while returning to their home in Hollis Hills, Queens, from an Israeli restaurant four days earlier.

Cara Trager at the Western Wall in Jerusalem in January 2026.
Eveline Shekhman, AJMA CEO.

'Antisemitism in medicine is a patient care crisis,' says AJMA CEO Eveline Shekhman - interview

Commuters queue for a red double decker bus outside Victoria train station, in south west London on June 2, 2026.

British Transport Police solve under 6% of reported rail antisemitic crimes, report shows

Over 60,000 people marched in support of Israel at the annual Walk With Israel event in Toronto on June 7, 2026.

Over 60,000 march to support Israel in Toronto under heavy police protection


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Sheryl Sandberg endows scholarship at Camp Ramah in California in honor of late husband

Sandberg, the author of “Lean In,” the bestselling book about women’s equity in the workforce, has long been a prominent donor to Jewish and Israeli causes.

Dave Goldberg, right, with wife Sheryl Sandberg in Sun Valley, Idaho, July 10, 2013.

UK pledges wider legislation to tackle state-sponsored threats after Golders Green stabbing

Jarvis also said on Thursday that an additional 25 million pounds would be allocated to protect the Jewish community, bringing the total funding this year to 58 million pounds.

A demonstrator holds a sign near a police cordon, after a man was arrested following a stabbing incident in the Golders Green area, which is home to a large Jewish population, in London, Britain, April 29, 2026.

Herzog meets Kazakhstan's Jewish community, hails important role during diplomatic visit

President says trip could boost Israel–Central Asia relations as he tours innovation hub and meets local leadership.

President Isaac Herzog during his visit to Kazakhstan on April 28, 2026.

Matan Koch, disability advocate who urged Jewish communities to ‘let everyone in,’ dies at 44

“His condition declined far more quickly than he, and we, had hoped,” said the family of Koch, the Los Angeles ADA compliance officer and director of its disability access and services division.

Matan Koch speaks at Ikar, his Los Angeles synagogue, on Disability Shabbat, Oct. 18, 2025.

'You're killing babies in Palestine': Slough man charged after assault on Orthodox Jew

Shomrim said on X that the victim was "minding his own business whilst at work, when he was subjected to this shocking, unprovoked attack."

A 'Shomrim' private security car is seen driving past a synagogue in Stamford Hill, north London on October 13, 2023.

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Internal Israeli debate and the costs to Diaspora Jewry - opinion

Israel, like all sovereign states, acts in self-defense. The exercise of that force has generated, in some cases, backlash against Jewish communities far beyond Israel’s borders.

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Estonian Holocaust memorial 'extensively damaged' by vandalism

The Ereda memorial in the Ida-Viru County was "extensively damaged," police told The Jerusalem Post, with the monument dented, several pieces broken off, and its fastenings bent.

The damaged Holocaust memorial in Ereda, Ida-Viru County, Estonia, after being vandalized, April 2026.

Some 150 Jewish leaders denounce, apologize for IDF soldier's defacement of Lebanese Jesus statue

Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform rabbis and other Jewish leaders signed the letter organized by Israel365 Action, an NGO that builds bridges between evangelical Christians and Jewish communities.

Christians pray on Good Friday in Cathedral St. Thomas church, amid escalating hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, as the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran continues, in Tyre, Lebanon, April 3, 2026.