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Plaque recalling expulsion of Jewish students during the Holocaust unveiled in Prešov

A plaque commemorating the 102 Jewish students who were expelled from the Evangelical Collegiate Grammar School in Presov in the 1940/1941 school year was unveiled on the school building. 

French MPs have called for Captain Alfred Dreyfus to be given a posthumous promotion

Dozens of parliamentarians have signed two private member’s bills calling for Dreyfus to be made a brigadier general, 130 years after the start of the scandal that presaged the rise of Nazism and the fight against it.

Polish far-right MEP stripped of parliamentary immunity for a variety of alleged crimes, including antisemitic incidents

The most controversial and widely reported of the incidents happened in December 2023, when Braun used a fire extinguisher to put out Hanukkah candles lit during a ceremony in the Polish parliament involving Polish-Jewish leaders.

Thessaloniki Jewish Community wins 30-year legal battle over land dispute

The Jewish Community of Thessaloniki has prevailed in a legal battle that spanned over three decades, with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling that the Greek state had wrongly claimed ownership of land in the center of the northern port city.

Monaco assists Israeli cancer-stricken children

While Bar Refaeli skipped across the red carpet at the Cannes Festival,...

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