Iceland Jews to celebrate with lone sukkah in Reykjavik, after nearly 100 gathered for High Holidays JNS was the first news outlet to tour a brand-new, larger Jewish community center in the works in the Icelandic capital. Dave Gordon Oct. 16, 2024
Icelandair sets in motion direct flight from Reykjavik to Tel Aviv The flight between the two cities is estimated at seven hours. July 5, 2023
Iceland Jewish community celebrates its first permanent Torah scroll It was donated by Adina Krausz from Zurich, Switzerland, who chose to surprise her husband for his 50th birthday by giving a Torah to a community that did not have one. Feb. 19, 2020
Israeli company to deliver food by drone in Iceland An Israeli technology firm is providing takeout-food delivery services to Icelanders in Reykjavík, expanding its supply routes from one to 13. Aug. 7, 2018
On Iceland and Israel: An unusually chilly history Iceland’s attitude towards Jews, both recently and in the past, can be described as wretched. It’s difficult to find in Iceland’s history more than one substantial occasion when it played a positive role for Israel. Manfred Gerstenfeld July 11, 2018
Jewish groups praise Iceland committee’s proposal against banning circumcision If passed, it would have represented the first official ban on brit milahs in Europe. Carin M. Smilk April 30, 2018
Scandinavian Jewish leaders pan Iceland’s plans to ban circumcision Scandinavian Jewish leaders have slammed proposed legislation in Iceland that would ban ritual circumcision of boys in the country. Feb. 14, 2018
Chabad heads to Iceland as 3,000 women emissaries celebrate at ‘day of strength for all the Mushkas’ At a gala banquet Sunday marking the 30th anniversary of her passing and the closing event of the annual conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Women Emissaries (Kinus Hashluchos), it was revealed that a young couple will soon be moving to Reykjavik to open Chabad of Iceland—meaning every major capital in Europe now has a Chabad center. Carin M. Smilk Feb. 12, 2018