As 'Diaspora Week' kicks off, Nachman Shai says he's fighting to keep rightward-moving Israeli Jews connected to leftward-moving American ones

Museums to offer free tours, schools and IDF units to focus on Jewish peoplehood next week, in the largest yet celebration of the event, Diaspora Affairs Ministry says

Brief interview with Diaspora Minister Shai; senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur on race and responses to Ukraine; health reporter Nathan Jeffay with a blitz of new Israeli research

Nachman Shai, first cabinet member to visit Eastern Europe since war's start, to meet with Israeli, Polish and Ukrainian officials

Jewish immigrants arriving from war zone to get extra one-time grant from the state; ministers slated to debate number of Ukrainian refugees to be granted work visas

Diaspora Ministry says funds to go toward protecting Jewish institutions, helping refugees as situation in Ukraine deteriorates

Both the government of Israel and private organizations plan to send assistance to Ukrainian Jews, refugees fleeing to neighboring countries

Annual review of global antisemitism finds 31% increase in hate posts about Jews on Twitter in 2021 compared to 2020; during May fighting, content spiked six-fold

Nachman Shai says he knows highlighting Israel's diverse coalition alone won't win over progressives, but insists that improved government social media presence is essential

Labor lawmaker's portfolio would be transferred to Yisrael Beytenu's Avidar, appeasing the renegade party member and solving question of agency leadership after uproar last month