'This is absolute evidence that you could well be saving your life' simply by getting screened, Jerusalem researchers report

Fearing violence, lawmakers, mayors call for calm in fight seen by many as part of bid to correct historical injustices over division of resources and land

For first time, question on race asks white and African-American respondents fill in origin, and for many it’s a surprising, sometimes unwelcome, invitation for self-reflection

Newspaper says it was unaware of the views of the study's author, despite having previously run an article denouncing his promotion of 'racist stereotypes'

In Friday column, Bret Stephens links to 2005 study on Jewish intelligence by controversial scholars tied to white nationalist groups

The traditional slow-cooked Sabbath stews will get a headstart during January Hamin Festival

High level of BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation found in Ashkenazi Jews; gene testing allows affected women to consider steps to lower their risk, like preventive mastectomies

MyHeritage, which sells commercial DNA tests, says 7.5% of 5,000 Hungarians tested had over 25% Jewish Ashkenazi genes, in a country where just 1% are recognized as Jews

It’s not European. And it doesn’t divide into right and left, religious and secular. Matti Friedman, author of a new book about Mizrahi spies, on why Israel baffles and infuriates

Especially after this year's political shenanigans, the chaotic, tribal electoral system gets a bad rap; it is also the source of Israel's strength, solidarity and democracy