Jewish World

Some 5,100 Chabad activists in 106 countries worked hard to bring the light of Hanukkah to their corner of the globe.

"We recognize the significance of this being the last Saturday of Hanukkah and we are reaching out to Jewish leaders in our community to let them know we will not stand for such hateful and abhorrent behavior in our city," Boise Police Department Chief Ryan Lee tweets.

The German international broadcaster says it has suspended cooperation with Roya TV over concerns about anti-Israeli and antisemitic content and caricatures on its social media.

After government decides to allow thousands of Ethiopians to move to Israel, Israeli Immigration Policy Center says authorities' "helplessness" is creating a detour around the physical security fence that stopped illegal migration by Africans.

Sacred objects can be seen strewn around the holy site with rolls of toilet paper stacked on top of Torah scrolls and Elijah's chair used as scaffolding. Amir Harel, who took the photos, says the moment he saw the desecration he burst into tears.

"At its peak, during the Ming Dynasty, Kaifeng had as many as 5,000 Jews," says Michael Freund, founder and chairman of Shavei Israel.

Latest poll by the Canadian Race Relations Foundation shows public expects the government to do more to combat antisemitism.

Treasures include a rare Medieval French text with the oldest written mention of latkes, a Hanukkah booklet for Jewish German soldiers during World War I, and a rare booklet of Ladino Hanukkah verses printed around 1828.

The kits were transferred by a special task force from the NGO Yad L'Achim, which maintains contact with Jews in these countries throughout the year and helps them strengthen their Jewish identity.

Ultra-Orthodox leaders Chaim Kanievsky and Gershon Edelstein to issue scathing letter criticizing lawmakers for reforms they claim would undermine Judaism.