Former ball player has been taking classes with Chabad Rabbi Shmuel Metzger in New York, with classmates saying they tolerate his 'salty language'

US Congress approves honor for late Egyptian president, ahead of 40th anniversary of 1979 peace treaty with Israel

Disagreements between the Health Ministry and the Water Authority have delayed implementation of a pilot to add magnesium, an essential mineral, to desalinated water for two years

Foreign affairs senator Penny Wong tells national conference that she is a friend of both Israel and the Palestinians, calls West Jerusalem recognition 'all risk and no gain'

An exhibition at the New York Public Library highlights the loneliness that plagued star Jerome Robbins, the eternal outsider, bisexual son of Jewish immigrants

The end of fighting may be on the horizon for conflicts in Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Libya, but for the Israelis and Palestinians there is no peace in sight

Body of widow of Israel's only astronaut, who later lost a son in an army training accident, to lie in repose at Peres Peace Center in Jaffa

Adam Thomas and Claudia Patatas sentenced to 6.5 and 5 years in prison, respectively, for membership in group banned under anti-terror laws