Europe's Jewish population at 1,000-year low
New research from the London-based Institute for Jewish Policy Research puts the Jewish population of the continent, including Britain, Russia, and Turkey, at the same number cited by famed Jewish traveler Benjamin of Tudela in 1170.
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Holocaust survivor and Nazi sympathizer's son forge friendship
"Each of us was on his side of the fence – me on the side of the victims, and he on the side of the executioners," survivor Simon Gronowski says.
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In the age of corona, desire to make aliyah becomes infectious, too
Marking Aliyah Day, which honors Diaspora Jews who chose to emigrate to Israel, Jewish Agency reports of record immigration requests since the global pandemic erupted.
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US, Bahrain to sign MOU on combating anti-Semitism
The Washington ceremony was to have included US Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Elan Carr and Dr. Shaikh Khalid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, chairman of the board of trustees of the King Hamad Global Center for Peaceful Coexistence in Bahrain.
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Philadelphia's Jewish museum to honor magicians Houdini, David Copperfield
National Museum of American Jewish History inducts illusionists Harry Houdini and David Copperfield into its hall of fame.
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Albania becomes first Muslim country to adopt IHRA definition of anti-Semitism
The decision by a majority-Muslim country comes days before its parliament hosts the first Balkans Forum Against Anti-Semitism.
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