Merkel slams AfD on reunification anniversary

German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticised far-right Alternative for Germany Party on the 29th anniversary of German reunification. Merkel did not mention AfD, the largest opposition...

Thousands mourn death of Skulener Rebbe

World Jewry has mourned the death of the Skulener Rebbe on Monday. One of the last vestiges of the old guard of great rabbinic leaders in the world, 95-year-old Hagaon HaRav Yisroel Avrohom Portugal Z”tzl passed away at...

Bibi joins Arab nations at Middle East conference in Poland

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joined senior officials from 60 nations at the Peace and Security in the Middle East Summit in Warsaw, Poland yesterday. Organisers of the two-day conference welcomed ministers Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Jordan, Yemen,...

Tributes to Klezmer star

Acclaimed klezmer pianist, composer and actor Leopold Kleinman-Kozłowski has died in Krakow at the age of 100. Famed for his role as a music consultant in award winning movie Schindler’s List, in which...

WJC slam abhorrent vandalism of Strasbourg synagogue

World Jewish Congress have condemned vandals who daubed anti-Semitic graffiti on a memorial to a former synagogue in Strasbourg destroyed by the Nazis during World War II on Monday. The incident comes two...

Chief Rabbi Goldschmidt hosts a panel discussion ‘Should Jews stay or leave?

Chief Rabbi Goldschmidt tells the Munich Security Conference that ‘Governments and societies around the world must take action to guarantee security for its minorities’ Sunday...

FRA survey highlights growing anti-Semitism in Europe

An overwhelming majority of 16,500 respondents around Europe have cited an increase in anti-Semitism in the largest survey of Jewish people conducted...

Sassoli to fight anti-Semitism and extremism

Senior rabbis and community leaders from around Europe met new European Parliament President David Sassoli in Brussels earlier this week. Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt led...

Funeral takes place for heroic Rabbi

An outpouring of grief took place at the funeral of Rabbi Reuven Bauman at B’nai Israel Congregation, in Norfolk, Virginia on Monday. Rabbi Bauman, a teacher at Yeshiva Toras Chaim, heroically saved...

Murdered Toulouse trio to be honoured in Paris

World Jewish Congress has welcomed a decision of the Paris municipality to dedicate a memory of three children murdered by an Islamist gunman at a...

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