Israeli leaders have responded with outrage to the "politically-motivated" decision by UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee to place Jesus’ birthplace in the Palestinian authority-led West Bank territory of Bethlehem on an endangered list.
Poland hosts performers and lecturers from across the globe in local festival of art, science, politics and philosophy. The opening act: a lecture on Jewish sports.
Berlin's Jewish Hospital will suspend circumcisions after a German court ruled this week that performing the procedure on religious grounds is unlawful, a hospital spokesman said Friday.
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle weighed in Friday on a controversial German court ruling on circumcision, saying the country protected religious freedom and traditions.
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso will pay his first official visit to Israel since his appointment as head of the EU's executive body, EJP has learned.
European Union leaders condemned once again the brutal violence in Syria and called for "strong actions" to press the regime in Damascus to end the bloodshed and to support a political solution to the crisis.
Britain has condemned anti-Semitic statements made by Iran’s Vice President during a speech this week at a UN-sponsored conference on drugs trafficking in Tehran.
