Europe

120 Jewish young professionals from 16 countries who attended the inaugural launch event of the Jewish European Professionals (JEP) in Malta last week enjoyed a variety of kosher food during their 4-day stay but it was a real challenge to bring all this food to the small and remote Mediterranean island.

Seventeen Polish Jews were officially certified as Kosher supervisors (‘Mashgiach Kashrut’) last week as part of an unprecedented three-day training seminar that was held in Krakow by the Jerusalem-based Shavei Israel organization.

A letter written by celebrated physicist Albert Einstein extolling the virtues of Switzerland is expected to fetch thousands of francs (euros, dollars) when it goes under the hammer there in June.