Zabulon Simantov, who stayed behind in Kabul when family made aliyah in 1998 in order to look after country's sole remaining synagogue, has finally left Afghanistan and moved to New York

Marking 80th anniversary of adoption of code considered one of Europe's toughest against Jews during WWII, Bratislava says 'feels a moral obligation today to publicly express sorrow over the crimes committed by the past regime'