The reptiles (and other animals) had been shrouded and buried in fine copper boxes, analysis study of six votive boxes from 2,500 years ago

Secular Israelis have long rejected klezmer, an overt, emotional expression of Ashkenazi Jewish musical culture. Sometimes the strength of that opposition – and resistance to anything Yiddish, religious or associated with the Holocaust – knocks me flat

After PM Netanyahu cancelled his scheduled address, opposition leader Yair Lapid assured delegates to the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America that it was possible to take a stand without compromising their love or support for the state and people of Israel

Work on Shabbat and particularly infrastructure work has been a thorny issue for the ultra-Orthodox parties, and has sparked coalition crises in the past