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Both sides of a commemorative 10 euro coin celebrating the 300th birthday of the Vilna Gaon in Lithuania. (Courtesy of the Bank of Lithuania)

Lithuania mints first euro coin with Hebrew letters

The coin celebrates the 300th anniversary of the birth of the Vilna Gaon, an 18th-century rabbinical luminary.

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 23, 2020 11:21 am

The global proportion of Jews living in Europe is as low as it was 1,000 years ago. And the future there doesn’t look bright.

Rising rates of intermarriage, a low reproductive rate and high levels of anti-Semitism are chipping away at the continent’s Jewish population, a landmark demographic study has found.

October 21, 2020 6:59 pm

In Western Europe, a Jewish ‘Community’ is an organization. They operate like expensive members-only clubs.

The exclusive, centralized model has helped advance key goals like free Jewish education while also sparking communal tensions and stifling growth.

July 28, 2020 4:36 pm

Netanyahu’s son calls for return of a ‘free, democratic and Christian’ Europe

By Marcy Oster April 28, 2020 1:07 pm

Opinion

Kosher and halal slaughter is being vilified in Europe. Here’s what concerned investors can do about it.

By Rabbi Jacob Siegel August 28, 2019 11:58 am

Opinion

Russia’s richest Jew thought European anti-Semitism was a thing of the past. Now, he’s not so sure.

By Viktor Vekselberg March 15, 2019 12:14 pm

Lauder Foundation marks 30 years of support for Jewish education in Europe

November 7, 2017 3:32 pm

VIDEO: What happens when an Orthodox man wanders through Paris

By Gabe Friedman February 17, 2015 4:28 pm

Pew survey: Europe’s Jewish population has plummeted in recent decades

February 10, 2015 3:03 pm

5774: For Europe’s Jews, a year of upheaval and uncertainty

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 16, 2014 6:11 pm

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