Israeli army says draft targets are 'challenging' and more ultra-Orthodox men enlist every year. National service numbers fail to meet goals, too.

Epicurean author Elissa Altman links sustenance to serious feeling in 'Treyf,' her new memoir about growing up as the only child of dysfunctional Jewish parents.

'We lived in false hope that if we would help them they would change their animal behavior,' says Meir Turgeman. Jerusalem mayor says remarks don't reflect municipal policy.

Around 170 intellectuals and cultural figures sign petition calling for charges to be dropped against Tatour, arrested almost a year ago because over a poem published online.

The operation was headed by Yoni Netanyahu, the brother of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who later received a distinguished service medal for his role in the successful rescue.

According to previous assessments, Arad, who fell captive in 1986, died of an illness in Lebanon in 1995.

Plants can't thrive beyond their naturally optimal range. Now apricots and other crop foods are being manipulated to thrive where they couldn't even grow before.

With more cops refusing to fight crime on Shabbat and the appointment of a new police rabbi who opposes female and male officers serving together, some are concerned the police is undergoing same process IDF did years ago.