31-year-old crosses finish line 20 seconds after Uganda's Victor Kiplangat, marking Jewish state's best-ever placement at the event and raising hopes ahead of Paris Olympics

Some members of the cash-strapped MAOIH Orthodox community view the assistance by a Chabad-affiliated competitor as a takeover, while others say it's their congregation's lifeline

Foreign Ministry official quoted saying Jerusalem seeking to avoid 'attack' on ally's government'; Lapid says coalition 'taken hostage by extremist minority of fanatics'

Intense, intellectual, immersive Jewish studies: Why the Ashkenazium is an increasingly attractive destination for an MA

Though completed in 2015, the grandiose building with its towering Star of David remains empty amid an ongoing stalemate between two arms of the Jewish community and the government

'It’s better that the synagogue lives than to have it remain disused as it has been for decades,' chief of MAOIH says of shul it owns that group linked to Chabad will operate

Mayor of Hungarian capital says aid from Jewish philanthropist vilified by right should be seen as a generous gesture, warning critics against 'offensive misinterpretations'

At ceremony at Dohany Street Synagogue, rabbi speaks of 'ambivalent feelings' surrounding anniversary, which contains pain and mourning, but also 'celebration of life'

Budapest resident Agnes Keleti is a winner of the Israel Prize as well as 10 medals in gymnastics — including 5 golds — at the 1952 Helsinki Games and 1956 Melbourne Games

Yair Netanyahu reportedly rails against George Soros during gathering put on by historian Maria Schmidt, whose involvement in local museum prompted Yad Vashed to boycott it