A Vatican official apologized for comparing criticism directed at the Catholic Church over a widespread pedophilia scandal to anti-Semitic attacks on Jews.

American Jewish groups were among 200,000 protesters in Washington demanding comprehensive immigration reform in the United States.

"Delicate issues" including the role of Pope Pius XII during the Holocaust were at the heart of talks in Rome between the International Jewish Committee for Inter-Religious Consultations (IJCIC), a Jewish interfaith umbrella body, and Vatican officials.

The Anti-Defamation League said a top U.S. general's analysis of the role of the Israeli-Arab conflict in frustrating the U.S. mission in the Middle East was "dangerous and counterproductive."

The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society is backing new legislation aimed at protecting refugees and asylum seekers.

Opinion polls in Holland show that a majority of voters favor the Jewish former mayor of Amsterdam for prime minister.

Four well-known Jews received Hungarian state awards.

Two political parties with anti-Semitic elements did well in Russian regional elections.

Indian security took up positions around an ancient synagogue in Kochi following a terror alert that turned out to be a hoax.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will be the keynote speaker at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee annual policy conference.