The head of the Council of Europe, a pan-European intergovernmental body, Thorbjorn Jagland, has assured Israeli President Shimon Peres that Europe will not ban male circumcision.

The government in Jerusalem has condemned the selection of Iran for a high-level position on a United Nations committee dealing with disarmament and international security issues.

The Scottish Jewish population has fallen below 6,000, according to the country’s latest census results. Newly released figures from the 2011 census record the total as 5,887, a fall of 500 from the 2001 survey.

US President Barack Obama is to nominate the Jewish economist Janet Yellen as new chair of the Federal Reserve, the country's central bank.

Protection program will be set up within 3 months for 30% of Israel’s population that remains vulnerable to such attacks.

IDF: Mortar was fallout from Syrian fighting near border.

Denmark’s Jewish community has lost 25 percent of its registered members over the past 15 years, partly due to anti-Semitism, the president of the Jewish community said. its president said.

Hanna Amireh accuses Israel of seeking to ''win time'' to ''dictate the outcome of the talks''; slams Netanyahu's demand that Palestinians recognize Jewish right to homeland in Israel.

Visiting Czech Republic President Milos Zeman planted an olive tree in the Grove of Nations Forest in Jerusalem, during a ceremony organized by Keren Kayemet LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF), the largest Jewish environmental organization.

Israel and Greece held Tuesday their first government-to-government meeting in Jerusalem which crowns the special and upgraded relationship that the two countries have developed over the last three years.