Report by religious pluralism group criticizes the city for failing to offer secular funerals or restrict separate-gender events; Ramat Gan wins most-improved

Yitzhak Meir Weiss, 31, collapses while mourning his five-week-old child in Bnei Brak

Religious Israelis, including rabbis and Tel Aviv deputy mayor, demand that Ron Huldai nix project and stop 'breaching the status quo'

Several dozen demonstrate near major road connecting Ramat Gan and Petah Tikva, attempt to block throughway

Model Galit Gutman expresses shock at 'ugly, shameful and violent' instance of man ripping photo of her in Bnei Brak: 'I won't minimize my femininity for anyone'

Demonstrators in Bnei Brak halt traffic on major thoroughfares to oppose popular weekend public transportation initiative launched last month

Issachar Weiss, 24, says rare confluence of home births was 'exciting,' may be a record

Police exploring possible attempt to threaten senior municipal officials living in the building; stun grenade thrown at Netivot mayor's home

Bnei Brak resident thanks God for the windfall after deciding on a whim to buy a scratch ticket for first time in his life

4 of 5 neighborhoods with the highest socioeconomic measures are located in the Tel Aviv area; those with lowest are largely ultra-Orthodox