Turkey's Jewish community in decline - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Shlomi Eldar

Shlomi Eldar

Nov 5, 2013

Members of Turkey's Jewish community gather at Etz Ahayim Synagogue to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Istanbul January 27, 2013. The International Day of Commemoration, which was designated by the United Nations General Assembly to honour Holocaust victims, occurs annually on January 27. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION ANNIVERSARY) - RTR3D1V0 — Members of Turkey's Jewish community gather at Etz Ahayim Synagogue to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Istanbul, Jan. 27, 2013. — REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) is greeted during an unveiling ceremony for a monument commemorating the victory of the Soviet Red Army in World War Two in the coastal city of Netanya, north of Tel Aviv June 25, 2012. Israeli President Shimon Peres on Monday urged visiting Putin to take steps to avert the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran and to stop the bloodshed in Syria. REUTERS/Jack Guez/Pool (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR344SB

Israeli immigrants divided on Russia, Ukraine

Yuval Avivi

Protesters chant during a pro-Gaza demonstration outside the Israeli embassy in London August 1, 2014. Israel launched its Gaza offensive on July 8 in response to a surge of rocket attacks by Gaza's dominant Hamas Islamists. Hamas said that Palestinians would continue confronting Israel until its blockade on Gaza was lifted. REUTERS/Neil Hall (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) - RTR40YDH

Anti-Israelism, not anti-Semitism, voiced in Europe

Akiva Eldar

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators shout slogans as they protest against Israel's military action in Gaza, after Friday prayers at the courtyard of Fatih mosque in Istanbul July 18, 2014. Israel stepped up its land offensive in the Gaza Strip with artillery, tanks and gunboats on Friday after Islamist militants there rejected a proposed truce and kept firing rockets into the Jewish state. The banner reads, "Killers compete on savagery". REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR3Z81C

Young Jews look to leave Turkey

Sibel Hurtas

'Every single attack on Jews, on Jewish institutions, is a disgrace for Germany,' President Frank-Walter Steinmeier told the crowd in Berlin

Germany vows to fight anti-Semitism as thousands hold pro-Israel rally

Agence France-Presse