Jerusalemite Shirley Graetz talks about ‘She Wrote on Clay,’ her debut coming-of-age novel about a girl who becomes a scribe in Assyrian times

Aharon Leib Shteinman, head of largest Lithuanian ultra-Orthodox faction, suffers light injuries

The coercive and centralized system that has delegitimized rabbis like him should be replaced with a spirit of openness

In wide-ranging interview, former IDF intel chief says US will accept an Israeli strike if nuclear talks don’t yield results soon

New document cites rise in number of jailed journalists, censorship of 5 million websites and persecution of minorities

Turkish reports said Washington canceled sale of 10 Predator UAVs to Ankara over exposure of Mossad assets

Armed with a PR team imported from New York, Budapest pledges to commemorate mass deportation of Jews

The deaths of Sarah, Abraham and Ishmael; the purchase of the cave of Machpelah; the marriage of Rebekah and Isaac