Following the new peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, the Abu Dhabi Jewish community, together with Rabbi Levi Duchman brought down the Shliach to Turkey, Rabbi Mendy Chitrik to Shecht over 2,500 chickens for the Yomim Tovim • Photos

Two new Shuls were inaugurated at Istanbul’s new international airport, considered to be the largest in the world. “There are more Turkish Airlines flights from Tel Aviv to Istanbul then from Istanbul to London,” said Rabbi Mendy Chitrik, the Shliach and Ashkenazi rabbi of Turkey • Full Story

Terrorists from the so-called Islamic State have advanced plans to murder Jewish children in Turkey, targeting kindergartens and schools and youth centres. “In light of these circumstances, extraordinary security measures are being taken above and beyond the high alert level already in place,” say sources • Full Story

Terror: Three Israelis were killed Saturday in a suicide bombing on a major shopping street in Istanbul. Eleven Israelis were wounded, two severely so, out of a total of 36 wounded victims. Another six are unaccounted for • Full Story

From the funeral of the wealthy Jewish couple murdered in Istanbul to the lavish Bar-Mitzvah of the son of Istanbul’s Chabad Shliach and Chief Rabbi Mendy Chitrik, against the backdrop of rising tensions over Israel, Boaz Bismuth tries to figure out Turkey’s Jews ● Full Story