Israelis take to the streets to protest security situation

Demonstrators protest in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv over the recent escalation of terror attacks on Israeli Jews, on October 11, 2015. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Demonstrators protest in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv over the recent escalation of terror attacks on Israeli Jews, on October 11, 2015. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Dozens march in Hadera following nearby stabbing, while hundreds rally in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square over ongoing attacks against Jews

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Turkish Jews not leaving yet, but eyeing exit amid Erdogan’s hostile rhetoric

Turkish Chief Rabbi Isak Haleva at a commemoration organized by the City of Istanbul for 781 Jewish refugees who drowned in the sinking of the Struma ship in 1942 (JTA/Courtesy of the City of Istanbul)

Turkish Chief Rabbi Isak Haleva at a commemoration organized by the City of Istanbul for 781 Jewish refugees who drowned in the sinking of the Struma ship in 1942 (JTA/Courtesy of the City of Istanbul)

Though community is careful not to criticize government, there is a growing concern over leaders’ attitude

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Germany sees 25.2% rise in anti-Semitic crime in 2014

Visitors walk past concrete steles forming the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe on May 5, 2015 in Berlin (AFP PHOTO / ODD ANDERSEN)

Visitors walk past concrete steles forming the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe on May 5, 2015 in Berlin (AFP PHOTO / ODD ANDERSEN)

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Israeli researchers say attacks against Jews spiked in 2014

FILE – In this Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015 file photo, people hold candles and a placard reading “I am Charlie” as they gather to commemorate the victims of a terror attack against French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris. Jewish communities around the world faced an “explosion of hatred” last year, with the number of violent anti-Semitic attacks rising by 38 percent, according to a report released Wednesday, April 15, 2015 by Israeli researchers. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

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Jews in Baltics fear creep of anti-Semitism

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An elderly Latvian takes part in a ceremony to honor soldiers who fought in a Waffen SS unit during World War II, in Riga, Latvia, last year. (AP/Roman Koksarov)

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