Rabbi David Saperstein runs through a shopping list of superlatives on Elena Kagan -- "self-evidently brilliant" and "steady, strategic and tactical" -- before acknowledging that he doesn't have much of a handle on what President Obama's choice to fill a U.S. Supreme Court seat actually believes.

In a speech to mark Jerusalem Day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday vowed to continue Israeli construction across the city.

Marta Rosenberg, an heiress to the widow of Oskar Schindler, has filed a lawsuit against the New York art dealer Gary Zimet in order to stop the US$ 2.2 million sale of a copy of ‘Schindler’s List’.

U.S. president vows to hold both sides accountable for steps that 'undermine trust'; Quartet welcomes launch of proximity talks.

Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that the fight against anti-Semitism as well as remembering the Holocaust are permanent duties for German society as a whole.

Student started overwhelmingly successful petition in response to attack on the Israeli ambassador's being chosen as commencement speaker.

Presidents Mubarak and Assad of Egypt and Syria have reportedly threatened to boycott an upcoming international summit in Barcelona, Spain if Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman participates.

In Japan, Lieberman says new 'Axis of Evil' supports arms smuggling.

An Australian woman is being honored posthumously by Yad Vashem for saving the life of a Jewish doctor during the Holocaust.

In Moscow meeting, Peres thanks Russian Jewry for sacrifices made in WWII, contributions to Israeli society.