areas that normally receive attention of both nations in joint programs and discussions include agriculture, health, rural development and science - According to IBGE, in 2010 approximately 100 thousand individuals in Brazil were self-declared as Jews, a number which puts the Brazilian Jewish community as the 10th biggest population of Jews in a country outside of Israel.

Israel has no representative office in Rio de Janeiro, but can be contacted via the general consulate in São Paulo, or via the embassy in Brasília - The embassy can be reached via Facebook here, via email here, via Youtube here and via Twitter here.