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Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Avi Feldman, left, Mushky Feldman, right, and their two daughters, Chana and Batsheva, celebrate Hanukkah in Reykjavik, Iceland, Dec. 17, 2017. Credit: Chabad.org
March 21, 2021, 3:28 pm
Iceland adds Judaism to list of state-recognised religions
Move means that Icelandic Jews may register themselves and their children as belonging to the country’s Jewish community
By JTA
Iceland's Jewish community celebrates a new Torah scroll (Credit: Chabad. Photographer: Gabriel Rutenberg)
February 20, 2020, 11:17 am
Iceland welcomes its first permanent Torah scroll
The final letters of the Torah were written at a reception at the home of the U.S. ambassador to Iceland, Jeffrey Ross Gunter, who is Jewish
By Jewish News Reporter
Example of a circumcision ceremony
February 2, 2018, 3:38 pm
Bill to ban circumcision in Iceland introduced to parliament
Lawmakers from four parties back legislation to stop religious circumcision with punishments of up to six years for offenders
By JTA
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