Four Dead in Vienna Attack; Shooter Linked to Islamic State
Austrian police have made several arrests at addresses linked to an Islamic State sympathizer who killed at least four people in a terrorist shooting and stabbing attack in Vienna on Monday...
Video Shows Viennese Men Stealing Pants From Person They Call ‘Jew’
BY CNAAN LIPHSHIZ
(JTA) — Two men were caught on video in Vienna stealing another man’s pants and calling him a Jew. The video, which surfaced last week and seems to have...
School Synagogue Closures in Nice Following Murders at Church
Jewish schools and synagogues in Nice remained closed on Friday as a precautionary measure following this week’s shocking Islamist terrorist attack at a Catholic church in the southern French...
Lithuania Mints Commemorative Coin for Vilna Gaon’s Birthday
BY CNAAN LIPHSHIZ
(JTA) — The Bank of Lithuania minted the first euro piece of currency containing Hebrew letters.
The 10-euro coin was minted on Tuesday and is a limited-edition commemorative collector’s...
Number of Jews in Europe Falls to 1,000-Year Low
The number of Jews in Europe, including Britain, Turkey and Russia, has fallen to a 1,000-year low, according to a new study conducted by the Institute for Jewish Policy...
9 People Arrested After Beheading of French Teacher
French police have arrested nine people over the beheading of a teacher near his school in a Paris suburb, a judicial source said on Saturday, in what President Emmanuel...
French Jews Hope Rally Will Highlight Islamic Terrorism
(JTA) — French Jewish groups have called on their supporters to join a rally Sunday in memory of the schoolteacher murdered Friday after facing criticism for showing caricatures of...
Hamburg Jewish Community Calls Synagogue Attack ‘Terrorist Act’
The head of the Jewish community in the northern German city of Hamburg on Monday denounced a violent antisemitic assault on a Jewish student outside the city’s main synagogue...
150-year-old Time Capsule Found at Oldest Synagogue in Manchester
BY CNAAN LIPHSHIZ
(JTA) — Construction workers at the site of a former Spanish and Portuguese synagogue in Manchester, England, found a time capsule from the 1870s.
The glass jar was extracted...
Bulgarian Court Sentences 2 Men for Life for 2012 Bus Bombing
A Bulgarian court sentenced two men of Lebanese origin for life on Monday over a 2012 bus bombing that killed five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian driver, and has...