Belgian Lo Tishkach foundation and Vaad of Ukraine Jewish education center in cooperation with Sefer (Russia) center and financial support of Genesis philanthropies (Russia) held the first of the series of seminars on preservation of Jewish heritage.
A group of 175 Ethiopians who claim Jewish heritage landed in Israel on Monday, seeking to become citizens of the Jewish state, a government agency in charge of helping new immigrants said.
The security services head spoke to Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee after IDF opened fire on militants on Gaza border earlier in the day.
There will be no progress in Middle East peace talks without a ''reasonable'' Israel decision on Jewish settlement activity, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday
Israeli President Shimon Peres called on the Knesset to reject proposed legislation that establishes a committee to investigate the funding of left-leaning human rights groups.
Four Labor breakaways to join party chairman in new faction called Atzmaut (Independence), which Barak promises will be 'centrist, Zionist and democratic'.
France's National Front crowned founder Jean-Marie Le Pen's daughter Marine its new leader Sunday, looking to soften the anti-immigrant party's image before next year's presidential polls.
French extreme right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen handed control of his party to his daughter Sunday with a parting shot that maintained his reputation for controversy, joking about a Jewish reporter's nose.
