Municipality defends allowing sex offender Rabbi Eliezer Berland and his followers to build sukkah on city-owned land, as vacationing staff aren't parking there over holidays

No members of the community injured, says rabbi; Israeli diplomats remain in Warsaw as attacks pick up again in Ukrainian capital

Though Israeli import laws favor domestically-grown citrons, every 7 years growers from the high Atlas Mountains corner the market during the biblical farming sabbatical of shmita

Businesses shuttered in solidarity with refugee camp, where Israeli forces have been clashing with locals as they search for suspect in killing of soldier at nearby checkpoint

Tensions running high in Jerusalem, West Bank, following a series of deadly attacks on troops; massive manhunts ongoing for two shooters still at large

The Jewish ritual of hakhel, where men, women and children gathered in Jerusalem to hear the king read Torah passages, is still inspiring Jews across the globe to come together

Along with arguably the world's largest sukkah, Israel puts on activities geared to a wide range of interests

Military says crossing will stay open during intermediate days of the festival, despite rising violence

Omer Barlev says terrorists trying to get to Israeli towns to carry out attacks; chief of police declares force is on maximum readiness for coming holiday period

Defense minister says over 1,000 terror operatives arrested or shot in recent months, amid uptick in violence in Palestinian cities