On work assignment in Istanbul, Israel Elbom — a kashrut supervisor from Bnei Brak — is brought to nearby prayer house by troops after being stranded on the highway for half a day

Stuart Eizenstat, who has decades led Holocaust reparations negotiations, will be chairman of council; other appointees include Abe Foxman and Leah Pisar

With a shocking documentary out this month, director Alon Schwarz says Israel can only move forward as a Jewish democratic state by being honest about the killing of Arab villagers

A documentary airs disputed testimonies of a 1948 massacre by former IDF soldiers now in their 90s, calling attention to a nondescript parking lot that may hold victims' remains

Schools to remain shuttered; municipal workers toil overnight to clear roads, spread salt as capital sees rare heavy snowfall; dozens of roads closed in northern Israel

Schools to open normally on Thursday despite strike threat, except in Jerusalem, northern Israel and parts of West Bank, where a snow day has been called

Education Ministry outline expected to launch next school year, with state funding institutions according to students' score in math, science, Hebrew and English

Reform, progressives warn in letter to congressmen who launched forum with Orthodox rabbi that their effort is 'misguided,' ignores other denominations