A new poll in France reveals that Marine Le Pen, head of the extreme-right National Front party would defeat President Nicholas Sarkozy in next year’s presidential elections.

Pope Benedict XVI exonerates the Jewish people as a whole from responsibility for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in a new book due to be published this month, prompting praise from Jewish groups.

Two Torah scrolls buried under the rubble of the Chabad house in Christchurch, New Zealand, have been saved.

The Jewish Business Club, whose members are Kharkov entrepreneurs, was formed at the beginning of this year, and meets on a monthly basis.

She is replaced by Alain Juppe, a former Prime Minister and outgoing Defence Minister

A group of European Jews who signed last year an appeal for peace in the Middle East, called on Israel ''not to be afraid'' and ''reach out to democratic movements that have shaken the Arab world''.

US President Barack Obama's ex-enforcer Rahm Emanuel was crowned mayor of Chicago on Tuesday, picking up the mantle from retiring mayor Richard Daley, who has governed the US city for 22 years.

This week, Rabbi Aaron Gurevich, the head of FJC Russia’s Department for Cooperating with the Military, the Ministry of Emergency Affairs and Law Enforcement Agencies, visited Corrections Facility 11 in the Nizhny Novgorod region.

Jewish groups expressed concerns about proposed Obama administration cuts in poverty assistance, but praised the U.S. budget for preserving aid to Israel.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the current Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has built a strong reputation as a business-friendly pragmatist.