Jewish World

Some 15,000 Jews from Ethiopian descent participate in festival celebrations for the Sigd holiday, which commemorates their migration to Israel and their longing to return to Jerusalem.

Number of anti-Semitic incidents increased from 88 in 2018 to 114 in 2019 and graffiti attacks went up from 46 to 95 during the same period, report by Executive Council of Australian Jewry finds.

As the UK heads to the polls next month, the news cycle on Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's alleged anti-Semitism problem is moving at a rapid pace.

"This is anti-Semitism," Ofir Dayan, a pro-Israel student at the Ivy Leauge University, said.

"It is urgent that we act promptly and decisively in order to avert further escalation of anti-Semitic sentiment in the country,” stresses Haim Ben-Yakov, CEO of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress.

Israeli military steps up security in the area as an estimated 40,000 to 50,000 Jews converged on Hebron and adjacent Kiryat Arba to commemorate the first Jewish land purchase in Israel.

Lebanese-Swiss businessman Abdallah Chatila purchases Adolf Hitler's top hat, among other personal belongings, in an auction of Nazi memorabilia in Munich, and tells Israel Hayom he wanted to make sure the items "don't fall into the wrong hands."

Ruta Vanagaite's controversial book "Our People; Journey With an Enemy" re-ignites debate, leads to protests. "We have been pressured by many people to scrap the entire project," says source close to production.