While Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef declares Rabbinate will not recognize conversions performed under suggested law, moderate Religious Zionism rabbis say Knesset must 'loosen the haredi suffocating grip which has taken over the conversion system.'

Memorial service outside Grand Synagogue in Budapest is first in series of events marking Holocaust, which claimed lives of some 600,000 of Hungary's Jews.

Sheikh Ibrahim Abu El-Hawa pays public tribute to Rabbi Menachem Froman, who was well-known for his unique peace activities in region.