This week, Israel marked Diaspora Week, with the main event held in Jerusalem Sunday. During the event, Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai (Labor) spoke with Israel National News about the importance of maintaining and strengthening ties between the Jewish state and Jewish communities abroad. “We would like to build the relationship between Israel and the Diaspora for new generations of Israelis, people who were born here, who no longer have relatives outside of Israel.” With more native-born Israelis and smaller proportion of Israel’s population being foreign-born, the connection between Israel and the Diaspora, Shai said, “isn’t natural any longer, so...