Europe

Andorra’s 73 Jews are proud of their tiny community. Just don’t call their home base a synagogue.

The tiny microstate nestled between France and Spain is officially Catholic — and friendly with Israel.

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 euro coin with Hebrew letters

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

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.

Global

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

Israel

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

Ideas

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

Ideas

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

Global

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

Culture

VIDEO: What happens when an Orthodox man wanders through Paris

Global

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

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