“We need to remove every obstacle preventing participants in these trips from staying longer."

MP John Mann, head of the All-Party Parliamentary Group against Antisemitism, joined the nearly 2,800 gathered in Birmingham, two hours north of London last week, to celebrate the 35th birthday of Limmud Conference.

In order to deal with the problem of low attendance of legislators, the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, is considering adopting the Knesset’s’’MK attendance board.’’

The leader of the Islamic State terrorist group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has threatened Israel in a released taped message that is said to be from him.

British network of Islamic schools to recommend its members include Judaic studies classes to reciprocate UK chief rabbi's call for Jewish schools to teach about Islam.

The website 'The Algemeiner,' which originally reported the attack, quoted the victim, who wished to stay anonymous.

''Muslim'' written on Islamic crescent-shaped symbols.

Immigration to Israel from France hit a all-time record in 2015 with around 8,000 French Jews expected to have arrived over the course of the year, a rise of 10 % in comparison with 2014, the Jewish Agency for Israel announced.

In his Christmas message, Pope Francis urged Friday the world to unite to end atrocities by Islamist terrorists that he said were causing immense suffering in many countries, in a reference to the Islamic State group.

 Members of Germany’s largest local Jewish community reelected Gideon Joffe on Monday to a new four-year term as the head of the organization, amid objections from the opposition party.