London-area yeshiva burns down on first night of Hanukkah The Jewish learning center of Canvey Island had polystyrene ceiling tiles, which are widely considered a fire hazard.
Emmanuel Macron becomes first sitting French president to attend pre-Rosh Hashanah ceremony It is the first time that a sitting president has attended such an event; France has a strict separation of religion and state policy.
Suspect in 1980 Paris synagogue bombing released to house arrest The French Jewish umbrella group CRIF called the release of the former university lecturer, who was extradited to France from Canada in 2014, "scandalous and irresponsible."