Zundel was considered among the most active Holocaust deniers in the world and was arrested in Canada in February 2003.

The Jewish Federation is still planning to hold an alternative event for the Jewish LGBTQ community.

The construction permit of a new synagogue in Sidney, Australia, has been denied on the grounds that it would be a security risk, a decision which has “effectively placed in jeopardy the future of Jewish life in Australia,” members of the Jewish community said, according to a report in The Australian Jewish News.

The Israeli government has decided to look into closing the Jerusalem bureau of the Al Jazeera channel.

Listeners to BBC Radio 4’s “Today” program last week heard two reports on consecutive days relating to Palestinian rioting that was ostensibly in reaction to security measures installed at the Temple Mount.

The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee endorsed the Taylor Force Act, a bill which conditions the American annual aid to the Palestinian Authority on ending the payment of salaries to terrorists convicted of murder.

The Simon Wisenthal Center denounced the violent attack of Hapoel Petah Tikva staff members by masked skinheads after a football game against a local Polish club in Sochocin, some 70 kilometers from Warsaw.

The bill enacted Thursday requires divestment from, and prohibits state agencies from contracting with, companies that boycott Israel.

The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee is expected to vote the Taylor Force Act, a bill which threatens to cut financial aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) should it continue to pay terrorists and their families.

More than 500 years after King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella expelled Sephardic Jews, Spain has decided to invest in its heritage.