European Jewry is disappearing. Will Israel step up? – In its early days, Israel was aided by Jewish communities in Europe, and now they are asking to be helped in return: to receive financial support to preserve Jewish identity. | israelhayom.com

For the first time in a decade, the Foreign Ministry invited the leaders of European Jewish communities for a leadership conference to discuss the challenges facing the ties between Israel and European Jewry.
Planning for the event began before the swearing-in of the new government, some of whose members are a source of concern for European Jews and who are treated with automatic antagonism by the European Union and certain European governments.