The inauguration ceremony of a new Torah scroll, donated to the Jewish Community of Baku, Azerbaijan, turned into a significant event attended by the Ambassadors of the USA and Israel and heads of communities.
Joel Mergui was reelected as President of the Consistoire of France, the organisation representing French Jewish interests, on Sunday with a large majority of 85% of votes, according to a statement by the Consistoire.
The event later continued with a grand tour of the community’s educational institutes and historical Synagogue and the opening of the new Mikvah that will serve the Jews of the region.
About 80 women in charge of educational and administrative responsibilities within Jewish communities across Europe attended a professional seminar in Venice, Italy.
400 young Jews from Moldova and Ukraine convened last weekend in the city of Chisinau, Moldova, for the first ever Limmud FSU (Former Soviet Union) conference in the home to what was once a vibrant Jewish community.
Frank Lloyd Wright allegedly had an anti-Semitic streak, but the synagogue he designed proves that even modern architecture can express a spiritual idea.
A shocked Israel prepared on Tuesday to receive the bodies of four Jews killed in an attack in Toulouse, and urged French authorities to act quickly to arrest the perpetrator of the murders.
