If the budget is not approved by May 29, the government will fall. Otzma Yehudit, United Torah Judaism and Noam threaten to do so if their demand for 'coalition funds' not met

Protests across the country also take aim at Israel's crystallizing budget, charging that the plan will inflate funding for ultra-Orthodox institutions at the expense of secular Israelis

'I painted something unlike anything I’ve ever done': The 50th anniversary of Pablo Picasso’s death is being commemorated in a large exhibition at the Picasso Museum in Antibes

Development work in Lublin unearthed the human remains and evidence suggests that hundreds more bodies could be found. Meir Bulka, who works to preserve Poland’s Jewish heritage, is trying to stop further construction

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