Lag B'Omer parade in Mariupol was led by Chief Rabbi Menahem Mendel Cohen.

PA president: Israel "uncooperative;" MK Landau skeptical about talks.

Syrian FM says Washington "lost its credibility."

The new European Jewish lobby JCall launched a campaign calling for tougher love for Israel.

The leaders of Jewish Democratic and Republican and groups signed a pledge of civility.

Israeli and Turkish officials met in Jerusalem in the wake of deteriorating relations between Turkey and Israel.

Rabbi Moshe Hirsch, a close adviser to Yasser Arafat, has died.

Robert Elman was elected president of the American Jewish Committee at the organization's annual meeting.

Although Israeli and Palestinian leaders are pessimistic about the chances of a breakthrough in the U.S.-mediated proximity talks that begin this week, the Americans hope the process itself will generate a new peacemaking dynamic.

Delegates to a United Nations conference on nuclear proliferation walked out as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad began his speech, which attacked the United States and Israel.