Local authorities counting on the Holy Land’s small Christian community to lift spirits for the holiday after Israel imposes tourist travel ban in attempt to stop spread of Omicron

Yeshiva frequented by shooting victim remains standing, but settler leaders call demolition 'prize for terror'; IDF said to fear Hamas looking to capitalize on simmering tensions

Woman was 9 months pregnant when she contracted virus; son delivered by Caesarean section before mother put on ventilator, but doctors unable to save her

The somehow still-looming Omicron threat brings with it worries of fresh restrictions (and a quarantine pandemic), a fourth shot gets frozen and Israel changes its tune on Iran

Turkish leader, long critical of Israel, tells spiritual leaders he values renewed dialogue with Herzog, Bennett; says he supports rebuilding local synagogues, condemns Holocaust

Helsinki Committee authorizing clinical trials yet to sign off on test-run of extra booster for 100 volunteers for unknown reason, even as Health Ministry okays shot for elderly

Investigation opened into circumstances surrounding the fire in northern village; 5 treated on the scene for smoke inhalation

An influx of immigrants from the former Soviet Union, combined with tech firms trying to project image of cosmopolitan savvy, mean the festival is becoming increasingly mainstream

Foreign minister says Israel would back a 'good' agreement to keep Iran from obtaining nuclear arms, but tightened sanctions would still be better than reviving the 2015 JCPOA

New film 'Adventures of a Mathematician' follows Stan Ulam, who lost nearly his entire family in the Holocaust, as he helps his new homeland's nuclear efforts during and after WWII

Branching into the capital, the historic art house has opened a light and airy space in the Givat Shaul industrial zone, looking for different kinds of neighbors and possibilities

Famed sex therapist and radio host says she was at the edge of her seat watching friend Tovah Feldshuh play her in off-Broadway production

Committee tasked with granting permission to those looking to fly to banned countries reported to have backlog of 15,000 petitions, with most of those considered being denied

For over 50 years, Nova Scotians have gifted Bostoners a spruce in gratitude for an aid mission led by Abraham Ratshesky in 1917 after a port explosion killed and injured thousands