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Forward.com reports: The Paris City Council adopted two non-binding resolutions condemning attempts to boycott Israel, which are illegal in France. The two resolutions, one submitted by the Socialist-led coalition of Mayor Anne Hidalgo and the other by center-right members of the

The Jerusalem Post reports: Turkey’s small Jewish community feels “safe and secure” despite being placed in the middle of Ankara and Jerusalem’s ongoing political feud, leaders of one of the United States’ largest Jewish representative organizations said on Sunday. Speaking to

WARSAW – Poland is drawing up new regulations to punish use of the phrase “Polish death camps” when referring to wartime Nazi concentration camps on Polish soil, Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro said on Saturday. Poland has long sought to eliminate

The International Business Times reports:  As the plane touched down in Israel from Paris in the summer of 2014 packed with dozens of French Jews full of hope for their new lives in Israel, a devastating conflict in the Gaza Strip raged. Israeli

At least eight Jewish schools across the UK received bomb threats on Monday, according to the Community Security Trust. The threats are the latest in a series of similar such warnings that have marked the resumption of the school year. A recorded message, with

The Jerusalem Post reports: Nashua, New Hampshire – Bernie Sanders is not afraid of adopting labels controversial in American politics. On the contrary, he has embraced them, self-identifying as a socialist and revolutionary to the surprise and joy of legions

TEL AVIV – Bernie Sanders admitted to seeking foreign policy advice from critics of the Jewish state. In an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, the Democratic candidate gave the following reply when asked about his plans for Secretary

TEL AVIV – Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations said Sunday that the UN is a breeding ground for anti-Semitism. His remarks followed the release of a poll which showed that a quarter of Israelis fear another Holocaust in addition to harboring

Ynetnews reports: About 9,300 kilometers separate Los Angeles and Berlin, and in the 1930s – long before the age of the internet, the cell phone and jet planes – the distance seemed even greater. Nonetheless, there were those in California who

Ynetnews reports: If any single human being can be said to represent what it meant to be a Jew in the 20th century, it may be the aptly named Jewish everyman, Joseph Cohen, 60, a kibbutznik from central Israel. Cohen, who

The Times of Israel reports: The world is an awful place and everybody hates the Jews. That, at least, would be a fair assumption to make after reading a report put out by Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Ministry this week on international

The rising tide of anti-Semitism now convulsing Europe is forcing political leaders to address the matter of Jews in society and their place in countries that for generations have provided a safe haven for the Jewish diaspora. On Tuesday night the German chancellor, Angela Merkel,

TEL AVIV – Swastikas, “satanic” stars of David, and maps of Israel in the Palestinian flag’s colors adorn the walls of a Nazi airport-cum-refugee center in Berlin, according to an Israeli expat who recently visited the refugees housed there. 28-year-old

Too few teachers – particularly history teachers – are being trained to teach the Holocaust in England despite the fact the topic is a key part of pupils’ broader education, a report by the Parliamentary Education Select Committee warns.  The

The Jerusalem Post reports: The oldest man in the world is most likely an Israeli Holocaust survivor aged 112. A grandson of Yisrael Kristal was contacted this week by the Gerontology Research Group based in the US following the death

Ynetnews reports: Anti-Israeli graffiti was sprayed on a synagogue in Istanbul on Tuesday, according to Turkish newspaper Zaman. “Terrorist Israel, Allah exists!” was written on the outside wall of the Istipol synagogue which had just opened its doors for prayer for

TEL AVIV – Boycotts of Israel, such as those by “naïve academics” in the U.S., don’t work and are mostly “noise and hot air,” an editorial in the Washington Post claimed. The editorial, published on Sunday, asserts that BDS – the

The president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews will travel to Moscow and meet Vladimir Putin next week as part of a delegation of European Jewish leaders. Jonathan Arkush (pictured) will be part of a delegation of key communal

JERUSALEM (AP) — Jewish immigration to Israel from western Europe has reached an all-time high as a result of a rise in anti-Semitic attacks, a leading nonprofit group said Thursday. The Jewish Agency, which works closely with the Israeli government

All French people have been urged to wear a kippah on Friday as a gesture of solidarity with the country’s increasingly besieged Jewish community. Twitter has been flooded with messages containing the hashtag ‘#TousAvecUneKippa’ (everyone with a kippa), after Zvi Ammar, the leader

France’s chief rabbi was among Jewish leaders who rejected a call for men and boys to stop wearing skullcaps, after a string of anti-Semitic attacks in the southern city of Marseille. Zvi Ammar, the leader of Marseille’s Jewish community, earlier

The Jerusalem Post reports: On Sunday, Polish residents marched through Warsaw’s Grzybowski Square to the Embassy of Israel, carrying Polish and Israeli flags in an act of solidarity with Israel. Anna Azari, Israel’s Ambassador to Poland, told the Polish Jewish.pl

A bill enacting an annual day celebrating immigration to Israel passed the Ministerial Committee on Legislation on Sunday, paving the way for a preliminary vote in the Knesset plenum on Wednesday. The legislation, sponsored by Likud MKs Miki Zohar and

Echoing comments already made by others, a senior member of Berlin’s Jewish community has said the “situation where Jews once again feel comfortable living in Germany” could now be in “jeopardy”. It is estimated that this year Germany will see

A Jewish-Ukrainian concert pianist whose teenage son has been taken into care after social workers raised concerns about his home life is suffering from “vicarious trauma” as a result of his parents’ experiences in the Holocaust, according to a psychologist.

A Romania-born woman who immigrated to Israel won the third annual Miss Holocaust Survivors Beauty Pageant in Haifa. Rita Berkowitz, 83, was chosen among the 16 European natives who participated in the contest on Tuesday. She came to Israel in 1951.

Barack Obama and his administration do not care about Jews. It doesn’t matter whether the Jews are European or Israeli or American

TEL AVIV – French Jews are divided about their future as they face an ever-growing threat from radical Islam. Yet, for most, even the attacks that killed 129 people on Friday have not been sufficient for them to consider emigration. Anti-Semitic attacks

A Canadian Jewish businessman has spearheaded efforts to rescue Iraqi Yazidi and Christian girls from slavery after the girls were captured by ISIS troops, using money donated privately by business contacts. The businessman has cited Oskar Schindler, who rescued Jewish

The actress Maureen Lipman has admitted that she may leave the UK thanks to a rise in anti-Semitic attacks. She described the recent rise in anti-Semitism in the UK as “very depressing”. Figures show that the number of anti-Semitic attacks

Thousands of French Jews are fleeing to Britain in search of a more welcoming climate, according to Jewish community leaders, despite a report published just days ago revealing that British Jews are questioning their own future in Europe. As many