An obscure group of ultra-Orthodox rabbis has banned smoked salmon because of the presence of a parasitic worm.

Toronto's York University has suspended a student accused of running an anti-Semitic Web site.

U.S. special Middle East envoy George Mitchell announced the start of proximity talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
Mitchell will broker the indirect talks, which over the next few weeks will have him shuttling between the Palestinian territories and Israel.

In the west Siberian city of Omsk, the Chaya Mushka Kindergarten has opened a new group for children.

Chief soifer of the National sofrut center rabbi Reuven Margolin finished the biggest CIS mezuzah- 40 cm long which is twice the standard size.

After a year-and-a-half of careful restoration work by the Egyptian authorities, the Maimonides Synagogue in Cairo is set to be rededicated on Sunday.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he will change legislation enabling Palestinian organizations to obtain arrest warrants against Israeli political leaders on suspicion of war crimes.

The Chicago Cubs will be permitted to hold back-to-back rock concerts at Wrigley Field on Yom Kippur as long as they minimize conflict with three nearby synagogues.

A key Jewish lawmaker urged passage of a resolution recognizing the Ottoman genocide against Armenians.

Fiercely backed by allied Iran, Syria on Thursday denied hiding nuclear activities from the world and said Israel was the source of suspicious uranium particles found at a Syrian desert complex, allegedly bombed two years ago by IAF jets.