Israel marked Yom Hazikaron, the country’s day of remembrance for its 23,544 fallen soldiers, members of security forces and victims of terror. Included in the total are over 3,000 civilians.

The Brussels conference focuses on the status of restitution in countries that endorsed the Terezin Declaration.

Vienna follows the UK and Israel towards adopting a universal definition of the age-old phenomenon. Move comes week after NGO reports record levels of antisemitism in the country.

Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal, Rabbi of the Jewish community in Berlin, has published a new siddur (prayer book) with German translation

More than a thousand Jewish students from all over the FSU will be visiting places related to the history of Jewish communities in Europe next week.

EnerJew is a Jewish youth movement for teenagers aged 13-18 in the FSU.

The extreme-right candidate in the French presidential election stated that she would ban the ritual slaughter of animals without stunning if elected.

’’Many Jews today are questioning their future in Europe,’’ warns Natan Sharansky, Chairman of the Jewish Agency.

''My policy is clear: Not to meet with diplomats who visit Israel and engage with organizations that slander Israeli soldiers and seek to have them put on trial as war criminals,'' Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in Jerusalem one day after he cancelled a meeting with visiting German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabrie

Lauder stressed that the World Jewish Congress has grown and strengthened exponentially over the last 10 years of his presidency.