The Masorti synagogue in Concepcion was destroyed in the earthquake that rocked Chile, the Masorti Olami said.

In the east Ukrainian city of Dnepropetrovsk, the Ohr Avner-Levi Yitzchak Schneerson Day School hosted the opening program of the Chavaya International Winter Camp 2010.

A kosher restaurant featuring Bukharian Jewish food opened in the heart of Moscow.

The notion of civil discourse pervaded this year's Jewish Council for Public Affairs plenum in Dallas, spilling over from its stated goal of alleviating partisan vituperation in the American public square into discussions of how Jews treat one another in the organizational world and how they treat other minorities.

Some Canadian lawmakers fear the Conservative government's staunch support of Israel risks triggering a backlash against Israel and Canadian Jews.

This week, the magazine “The World of Jewish Women” (published in Lugansk, Ukraine) reached a milestone by releasing its 100th issue.

This week, a festive ceremony took place to welcome a new Torah scroll to the 'Beit Menachem' Synagogue in Russia's northern capital.

World Zionist youth movements are facing a financial crisis which could lead to their imminent collapse, leaders of all major such movements told the Knesset this week in a plea for government intervention.

Rabbi Murray Saltzman, a national figure in the civil rights movement and spiritual leader at the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation for nearly two decades, has died.

This year in Nizhny Novgorod, the “Man of the Year” awards were presented during Chanukah. The awards are an opportunity for the Jewish community to honor those people who have contributed to the renaissance of Jewish life in Nizhny Novgorod.