The head of the Jewish community of Thessaloniki on Thursday announced that a chair in Jewish Studies will be created at the city's Aristotle University, the country's largest academic institution, starting in the fall.
Poland’s Ombudsman, Prof. Irena Lipowicz, has approached Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on the indisputable need to start appropriate legislative work to comprehensively regulate ritual slaughter in the country.
As anti-Semitism is on the rise in France and aliyah of Jews or immigration to Israel from this country increases, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) held Sunday a major event featuring life in Israel ‘’on all its aspects’’’.
Israel's Finance Ministry said on Wednesday it was cutting funds to seminary students exempt from compulsory military service, in the latest battle between the Jewish state's secular majority and an ultra-Orthodox minority.
ADL’s Foxman responds to Kerry’s Munich comments : ‘Core of conflict was and remains Palestinian unwillingness to accept Israel’s legitimacy and permanence as a Jewish state’
After Danske Bank decides to boycott Bank Hapoalim, ABP fund says it sees no reason to stop its relationships with three Israeli banks; fund says publicity on Israel boycott led it to explain its non-boycott decision.
