Seth Stern's new book 'Speaking Yiddish to Chickens' tells how his grandparents joined thousands of other Jews in a plucky venture as they rebuilt their lives in rural America

Nature authorities closely monitoring wild birds, weighing whether to stop feeding cranes in northern Israel to prevent crowding, avoid risk of last year's mass infection

Turkeys in slaughterhouse near Beit She'an mark first cases of avian influenza this winter; surrounding farms quarantined as authorities look to prevent spread to wild birds

Knesset committee approves new animal welfare regulations that also ban starving hens to up egg production. Advocacy lauds 'victory for animals and public,' after 13-year battle

Agriculture Ministry notes 'encouraging recovery' over past two days; cleanup efforts at Hula Lake Reserve expected to end next week ahead of migration season

Pre-Yom Kippur ritual of swinging live chickens around the head to absolve sin causes great suffering, says minister

Ministry fires vet training to be inspector after he complains of Off HaGalil employees picking carcasses off floor and throwing them back onto production line

With the country experiencing an egg shortage before Passover, raising your own fowl could have kept you in steady supply even while cooped up

High-tech reconstruction of egg could change the way some Jews eat matzah on the first night of Passover