With apparent eye on reelection, Brazilian president has largely dismissed COVID-19 pandemic, risking backlash if outbreak leads to major health crisis in the country

Thousands of citizens believed to be in South America, where several countries have enacted travel bans and flight suspensions

The country's 120,000 Jews spread between a number of communities take preventative measures of their own as they brace for a nationwide closure of public and private institutions

Brazilian leader rails at press following reports he contracted COVID-19, days after meeting in Florida with Trump; aide who has virus had posed for photo with US president

Foreign Ministry says it's in touch with the 45-year-old's family, working to bring his body to Israel for burial

Class at private academy in northern city of Recife says boy running to be its speaker will be 'new Fuhrer,' build an 'innovative Reich'

57-year-old victim says assailants kicked and punched him to the ground, broke his teeth, slashed kippah with knife; police investigating attack as hate crime

61-year-old man who recently visited Italy 'in good clinical condition,' says official at Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital, considered one of continent's best medical facilities

Head of Sao Paulo Jewish federation says parade dancers with Nazi symbols on their backs are a 'critical evaluation,' not tied to Jews

City's first lady Sylvia Jane Crivella praises the late rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who 'left precious teachings for all humankind'