IDT CORP FILES (8-K) Disclosing Change in Directors or Principal Officers

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;

          Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain           Officers.   

(d) On September 7, 2010, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of IDT Corporation (the "Registrant" or the "Company") voted to increase the size of the Company's Board from five to six members. The Board further voted to elect W. Wesley Perry to fill the vacancy. Mr. Perry accepted such appointment on September 13, 2010. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Perry and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Perry was appointed to the Board. Mr. Perry was not elected to any committees of the Board.

The following transactions are deemed to be related person transactions with the Registrant according to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K: (i) In January 2008, Mr. Perry sold a portion of his interest in EGL Oil Shale LLC to the Registrant for a cash payment of $632,400 and (ii) In April 2010, Mr. Perry purchased a 0.2% interest in Genie Energy Corporation, the Registrant's subsidiary, for $400,000.

Mr. Perry has served as Chairman of the board of directors of Genie Energy Corporation, a subsidiary of the Registrant, since September 2009. Mr. Perry owns and operates S.E.S. Investments, Ltd., an oil and gas investments company since 1993. He has served as CEO of EGL Resources, Inc. since July 2008 and served as its President from 2003 to July 2008. Mr. Perry has been a director of United Trust Group (OTC:UTGN) since June 2001 and has served on its Audit Committee since June 2002. Mr. Perry is currently the Chairman of the United Trust Group's Audit Committee. He has served as a director of American Capitol Insurance Company and Texas Imperial Life Insurance Company since 2006. He served as a director of Western National Bank from 2005 to 2009. Mr. Perry served as an at-large councilperson on the Midland City Council from 2002 to 2008. He is currently the Mayor of Midland, Texas, elected in November 2007. He is the President of the Milagros Foundation, a board member of the Abel-Hangar Foundation and a director of the River Foundation. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from University of Oklahoma.

(e) On September 7, 2010, the Compensation Committee of the Board, as part of its review of compensation of all executive officers of the Registrant, approved a cash bonus award of $375,000 for fiscal 2010 performance to Howard S. Jonas, the Company's Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer.

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