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Israel will hold unprecedented third election in under a year

Lawmakers failed to come together to form a majority coalition by a deadline, dissolving the Knesset, or Israeli parliament.

By Marcy Oster December 11, 2019 6:00 pm

Albania’s prime minister lauds Israeli soldiers helping country in aftermath of deadly earthquake

“They are No. 1,” Prime Minister Edi Rama said of the military engineers.

December 10, 2019 2:15 pm

Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski in Israel to meet with Netanyahu, report says

Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie are being considered to join Netanyahu’s team for a likely national election in March, according to Jewish Insider.

December 10, 2019 1:51 pm

Michelle Farber, who has spent her career studying and teaching Jewish texts, is organizing the first large-scale ceremony to celebrate women completing of Daf Yomi, a program where students learn a page of Talmud daily for seven-and-a-half years. (Ben Sales)

Talmud study is mostly a boys’ club. This Orthodox woman wants to change that.

By Ben Sales December 9, 2019 5:14 pm

Haredi Orthodox mother of 5 may have to give up Olympic dream over Shabbat

By Marcy Oster December 9, 2019 4:02 pm

Columbia and Tel Aviv U will offer a dual degree program

By Marcy Oster December 9, 2019 1:45 pm

Israel sets a March 2 election date if government isn’t formed. That’s 3 votes in less than a year.

By Marcy Oster December 9, 2019 12:51 pm

Tires of more than 160 cars slashed in Arab neighborhood of eastern Jerusalem

By Marcy Oster December 9, 2019 11:38 am

Netanyahu says he and Mike Pompeo talked about annexing the Jordan Valley

By Marcy Oster December 9, 2019 11:09 am

Israeli taxi driver finds $60,000 cash left in his cab and returns it

By Marcy Oster December 9, 2019 10:35 am

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