A day after an ''historic'' victory of Marine Le Pen’s Front National in the first round of regional elections in France, CRIF, the umbrella representative group of French Jewish institutions has called on voters to block the extreme right party in the second round next Sunday.

A European Jewish group urged the British parliament to tackle terror emanating from the Middle East, ahead of a possible vote on Wednesday on whether to bomb terror group Islamic State in Syria as well as Iraq.

Residents of Uman earlier this month unveiled the statue to Ivan Gonta and Maxim Zheleznyakov, who carried out a pogrom, which killed between 20,000 and 30,000 Jews.

King Felipe VI of Spain has honoured Sephardic Jews who were banished during the Inquisition more than five centuries.

The Jews of Djerba trace their roots on the island to the 6th century BC; the ancient synagogue there, called La Ghriba, is believed to be Africa's oldest.

Three decades have passed since the Israeli spy's conviction, and American Jewry is still finding it difficult to recover from the embarrassing affair. 'Voicing an opinion on the issue could help anti-Semitic bloggers seeking to question US Jews' motives,' says pro-Israel activist.

Many express resentment over misuse of Holocaust analogies.

‘’We will continue our work to guarantee better security for the Jewish communities of Europe,’’ said Rabbi Menachem Margolin

EU Interior and Justice Ministers held emergency talks on Friday in Brussels after the Paris attacks raised troubling questions about the EU's security.

Synagogues in Sweden have been shut down as a temporary precautionary measure after the country raised its terror threat level to ‘’high’’.