Another plenary meeting of the European Jewish Parliament (EJP) started in Brussels (Belgium) and 120 deputies from 52 countries worldwide came to the “capital of Europe”. European Jewish Parliament (EJP) was established in February 2012 as an initiative of the European Jewish Union (EJU), headed by well-known Ukrainian businessman and philanthropist Igor Kolomoisky.

Israel’s liberal Haaretz newspaper sounded a note of caution on Friday against the temptation to “cry anti-Semitism” after the tragic events in France.

After a very successful visit to Brussels last week, The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organisation continued to Jerusalem. Their agenda includes meetings with Israel's Top Political, Governmental and Military leadership.

The European Union is not planning to recall its ambassador in  Damascus like some of its member states did in response to the ongoing Syrian government repression against the opposition.

Israeli Minister for Public Diplomacy and Diaspora, Yuli Edelstein, was in Brussels this week to attend an event marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the European Parliament.

As countries across Europe prepare for International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Friday, Jan. 27, European Parliament President Martin Schulz, speaking at EU headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, said, "I feel that I have a very specific responsibility because what was decided at the so-called Wannsee Conference - the extermination of the Jewish people - was done in the name of the German people." 

"Israel will not accept restrictions on Jewish religious freedom," said Danny Danon, a member of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in reference to European legislation seeking to ban shechita, the Jewish ritual slaughter of animals.  

As Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Light, approaches, a Brussels-based organization BASSAD has distributed more than 50,000 kits that include menorahs, candles and explanation brochures in 8 languages to 32 European Jewish communities.

MPs in Hitler's native Austria on Wednesday approved contributing six million euros ($8.0 million) to help conserve the Auschwitz former Nazi death camp in Poland.

President Barack Obama's administration on Monday rejected Republican calls to fire the US ambassador to Belgium after he said that the Middle East conflict was partly to blame for anti-Semitism.