Rabbi Jan Uhrbach succeeds Rabbi Daniel Nevins as head of Conservative Judaism’s flagship seminary

Attack brings the number of fatalities in the Mali-Niger border region to 236 in just over a week

If the exit polls are right, the prime minister has a narrow path to victory; but the smallest shifts when the actual votes are tallied could yet remake a nailbiting election

Netanyahu has gained ground at rivals' expense in campaign's final stretch as virus vaccines kick in; count could take longer than usual; few COVID patients register to vote

Amid the pandemic, Israel's first-ever airport polling stations are open -- though not to those who are safely vaccinated, or travelers on their way out

It took some long centuries for the experience of Passover to sink in and bequeath the legacy of the eternal value of freedom to the Jews themselves, and then the world

Vaccinated travelers will be able to freely enter countries, though Greece will require negative test; Israel's tourism industry quick to arrange flights and deals

Complaints of missing voting slips at various polling stations around country; Central Elections Committee denies rumor of glitch in observer communication app