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Sep 1, 2025, 3:39 PM

Israel’s teachers need support now more than ever

Children arrive for the first day of school in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, September 1, 2025. Photo by Liron Moldovan/Flash90

As Israel begins a new school year, the familiar excitement of first lessons, sharpened pencils, and fresh notebooks is weighed down by an ever-present reality: war. For the second year in a row, children are returning to classrooms carrying the trauma of displacement, loss, and...

Nov 8, 2024, 2:41 PM

Wake up world: There was a pogrom in Amsterdam!

Screenshot from a video showing assailants running after fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv after a soccer game in Amsterdam on November 8, 2024. (X screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Last night, Israeli football (soccer) fans, visiting Amsterdam for a match, were hunted through the streets of the city by an antisemitic, pro-Palestinian horde. Dozens were injured, some are still unreachable, and those who managed to escape, in the city famous for Anne Frank, were...

May 2, 2019, 2:51 PM

#WeRemember is our reply to Shoah apathy

Israelis stand next to their cars as sirens mark a nationwide moment of silence in remembrance of the 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust, in Tel Aviv, Thursday, May 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner via Jewish News)

Nearly 75 years after the Nazis tried to annihilate European Jewry, the world is still grappling to learn from its lessons and avoid another similar atrocity. The picture looks bleak. Despite irrefutable evidence and survivor testimonials, shocking statistics indicate apathy when it comes to the...

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The writer is the chairman of Alumot Or, former CEO and chairman of the board of World ORT and former CEO of the World Jewish Congress.