Cabinet expected to approve appointment Sunday; PM must relinquish four additional ministries he holds due to corruption charges; no indication yet who will get other positions

Big question is whether the prime minister's landslide victory over party rival Gideon Sa'ar will bolster his national appeal ahead of March's general elections

The 266-year-old Rintel, a powerful symbol of Dutch Jewry, goes on museum display after being retired from ritual use

First Jewish house of worship built since the Holocaust, which only 200 of the country's 90,000 Jews survived, fulfills an essential function, but is subject to seasonal woes

The Jewish songwriter, who created 10 Broadway shows, won two Tony Awards, and two Grammys, championed the 'simple, hummable show tune' as his contemporaries wrote darker material

Netanyahu knocked out Sa'ar like he was Glass Joe, but can he translate the shellacking into Knesset immunity or victory in March?

Four days of joint exercises begin in Gulf of Oman, amid tensions over nuke deal's unraveling; regime says 'cooperation and unity' with its allies 'show Iran cannot be isolated'

Several Palestinians throw rocks and explosives at IDF troops; no live fire reported from soldiers, who respond with tear gas and rubber-coated bullets