The ceremony held on Monday in Manama, Bahrain’s capital, was the first of its kind in the Persian Gulf nation’s palace since the establishment of Israel in 1948.

The appointments include a total of eight foreign academics.

The far-right National Front party made huge gains in French regional elections and could be a sign of a more pro-Israel Europe.

The menorah itself is considered to be the biggest in Europe.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio joined the Upper East Side Chabad and nearby Kehilath Jeshurun for the second night of Chanukah lighting, a day after vandals tore down and smashed the community’s menorah in Carl Schurz Park over the night.

Despite security concerns in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks that left 130 dead, some 6,000 people gathered in Paris for the public lighting of a Chanukah menorah at the base of the Eiffel Tower.

Ballot results could redraw political map for 2017 presidential election.

Bill de Blassio reportedly urges congregation of Syrian Jews to empathize with plight of Muslim refugees leaving war-torn Middle Eastern country.

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has expressed concern that at the Republican Jewish Coalition candidates' forum on Thursday, when asked if he acknowledged Jerusalem as the undivided Capital of Israel, Republican presidential candidate frontrunner Donald Trump stated that he will wait until after his upcoming visit to Israel before answering.

Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Jan Jambon is to address Monday evening an annual Euro Menorah candle lighting at the Schuman roundabout, in the midst of the European Union institutions in Brussels, as he will be the guest of honour of the ceremony to celebrate Chanukah, the Jewish Festiva of Lights.