The verdict is expected Monday in the trial of suspected Nazi war criminal Sandor Kepiro, with the prosecution calling for a prison sentence, while the defence insists the 97-year-old should be acquitted.

In the distant far east region of Russia, Jewish life continues in one small community in the Jewish Autonomous Republic. The “Shuvu” Jewish Community of Amurzet (Shuva means “return”) has, for the last three years, been led by its chairman, Faina Kravets.

Several Israeli MPs have warned judges not to overturn a controversial new ban on the boycott of Israel or Jewish settlements, insisting it was backed by Israel's public as well as parliament.

-A new study conducted by the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev reveals that a vast majority (81 percent) of Israelis support joining the European Union (EU) and more involvement and deeper cooperation with European organizations.

The European Jewish Congress (EJC) has convened a meeting of several Jewish organizations to launch the political and legal battle against the legislation to ban shechita or kosher slaughter in Holland.

Several MKs participate in the 'March for Independence,' the first such Jewish-Arab event in 20 years.

Belgian Corinne Evens was awarded the annual Prize of the 21st Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow, Poland, for her active support to this event which attracts thousands of visitors every year.

Jewish young adults from throughout Ukraine have just completed a two-week seminar.

Deputy secretary general of Hezbollah says Lebanon will protect its rights in face of Israeli threats as Israel-Lebanon conflict on their maritime economic border escalates.

A leading Israeli rabbinical authority has officially recognized as Jewish the small Chueta community on Spain's island of Majorca, six centuries after their ancestors were forced to convert to Roman Catholicism.