Rabbi attacked in the street in Kiev, prominent figure in Jewish community says 'no sign of hostility toward Jews from nationalists involved in the uprising'
US secretary of state tells lawmakers in Washington that international law already recognizes Israel as a Jewish state, says trust between Israel and Palestinians at a nadir.
The World Jewish Congress (WJC) has called on the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva to recognize as violations of religious freedom any bans or limitations on the right to practice Jewish and Muslim ritual slaughter of animals and male circumcision