Commitments and Contingencies (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Apr. 30, 2016	Jul. 31, 2015
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items]
Total restricted cash and cash equivalents	$ 99,846	$ 91,035
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member] \| IDT Financial Services customer deposits [Member]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items]
Total restricted cash and cash equivalents	99,456	87,613
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member] \| Related to letters of credit [Member]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items]
Total restricted cash and cash equivalents	169	3,163
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member] \| Other [Member]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items]
Total restricted cash and cash equivalents	$ 221	$ 259

The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalent items which are restricted as to withdrawal or usage. Restrictions may include legally restricted deposits held as compensating balances against short-term borrowing arrangements, contracts entered into with others, or entity statements of intention with regard to particular deposits; however, time deposits and short-term certificates of deposit are not generally included in legally restricted deposits. Excludes compensating balance arrangements that are not agreements which legally restrict the use of cash amounts shown on the balance sheet. For a classified balance sheet represents the current portion only (the noncurrent portion has a separate concept); there is a separate and distinct element for unclassified presentations.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant