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Organizers are anticipating a larger crowd this year, with plans to expand the main court’s seating capacity to 4,500 spectators.
Israeli authorities are warning of potential flash floods, and heavy precipitation opened several sinkholes in the center of the country.
Gabi Kanichowsky found the back of the net in extra time at Tel Aviv’s Bloomfield Stadium.
State politicians and the Israeli consul general to the Midwest see the trip as a sign of strengthening ties between a U.S. state and Israel, while still referring to visiting “Palestine.”
Sheikh Kamal Khatib charged the Israeli government with waging a religious war.
Researchers made the discovery at the archives of the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Italy’s capital.
The accords with Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan are meant to ensure the Jewish state’s wheat supply.
A new exhibition in the city’s Biblical Museum of Natural History showcases one of the largest collections of the quintessential Jewish instruments in the world.
The Palestinian Authority is concerned that the extremist Islamic elements’ potential takeover of Ain al-Hilweh, the largest refugee camp in Lebanon, could set a dangerous precedent.
Staff-Sgt. Yossi Bluming made aliyah from Maryland three years ago.
Noi Due Gelato’s “Halva Nagila” has secured one of 10 spots in the 2025 North American gelato finals.
“The idea is that this technology mimics a natural system and replicates it in a laboratory,” said Rabbi Menachem Genack, CEO of OU Kosher.