The Israel Defense Forces team dispatched to Haiti in the wake of the devastating earthquake two weeks ago returned home on Thursday morning, receiving a hero's welcome from top Israeli officials at the Ben Gurion International Airport.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared on Thursday that Palestinians would not accept any alternative to Jerusalem as the capital of a future state, despite other proposals.

Vandalism at a Jewish cemetery in Strasbourg was discovered on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Israeli President Shimon Peres said the Kaddish prayer for the victims of the Holocaust during a speech in the German parliament.

In Pavlodar, a Community Festival of Jewish Book was held. In the Festival framework, there were lots of interesting meetings and events.

The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will mark International Holocaust Day today with a visit to the Auschwitz death camp, which was liberated by Soviet troops 65 years ago.

Events are taking place at Auschwitz to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp, as the world marks Holocaust Memorial Day.

On January 27, the Moscow Jewish Community Center hosted a ceremony in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.

On January 26, Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar held a meeting with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Marking the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, President Obama said the death camp invokes a "sacred duty" to remember Nazi crimes.