European Jewish Congress calls on European Parliament to take action against MEP who compared Israelis to “a rash”

Francis Kalifat was elected Sunday new President of CRIF, the representative umbrella body of 70 French Jewish organisations, for a three-year term.

In Europe, the BDS (Boycott, Divestment,Sanctions) movement “is not just a way to attack Israel, it is a way to attack Jewish people. We must fight it in order to ensure the security of European Jews,’’ a European Jewish leader declared.

As part of the revamping and broadening of the Likud-led coalition government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Avigdor Lieberman and his right-leaning political party Yisrael Beiteinu will join the coalition with Lieberman becoming Defense Minister.

Belgium has refused to grant emergency aid to the children of Mira and Emmanuel Riva, the Israeli couple killed in the terrorist attack on the Jewish Museum of Brussels in May 2014, the Belgian media reported.

The first kosher restaurant in the city of Chernovtsy, Ukraine, opened its doors earlier this week, finally providing a place for those who keep kosher in the community

The annual Hidon haTanach, a worldwide teenage competition on knowledge of the scripture, took place in Israel on its Independence Day, last Thursday.

Over 750 Jews from Belarus convened in Minsk the past weekend, the largest and most significant Jewish event locally in recent years.

Israel’s largest green organisation joins efforts to ease the refugee crisis in Europe, will provide employement to thousand Syrian refugees by overseeing forest rehabilitation

Former member of the Italian parliament, Fiamma Nirenstein, has withdtrawn her candidacy to become Israel’s ambassador in Rome, citing “personal reasons.”