“The exhibition seeks, above all, to pique the curiosity of people and to encourage them to learn and investigate more about the 10 centuries of Sephardi culture in Spain, which disappeared in 1492.”

“This is a holiday where Jews wrestle with and turn our awareness to our own fragility and to the impermanence of shelter.''

Private polling firms have not surveyed the American Jewish community – either nationwide or on a state-by-state basis – since the end of the summer.

CRIF, the umbrella representative group of Jewish organisations in France, firmly condemned ‘’nauseating’’ remarks by Jean-Frederic Poisson, a candidate for the French center-righ wing party presidential primary, who stated that “Hillary Clinton’s support among Wall Street financial giants and her submission to Zionist lobbies are dangerous for both Europe and France.”

The Jerusalem resolution “discredits” UNESCO’s “neutrality'' and “strengthens the international anti-Semitic tendencies, the politicians stated.

Jewish community pressure may have led to unofficial retraction of vote in favor.

“The retaking of the IS’ northern Iraq stronghold, Mosul, may lead to the return to Europe of violent IS-fighters,” the EU Commissioner for security Julian King said in an interview with German dialy Die Welt.

CRIF, the umbrella representative group of French Jewish institutions, deplored France’s abstention during a vote on a UNESCO resolution that denies the historic Jewish connection to the Temple Mount and the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

Literature was the last of this year's Nobel prizes to be awarded.

“When you give license to open expressions of bigotry against Mexicans and Muslims, you open the door to bigotry against all groups of people, including Jews.”