The holiday we know today began as two distinct ones, one for nomadic herders and one for farmers. Neither involved Egypt.

366,016 votes went to parties that did not pass the electoral threshold, amounting to 8.49 percent of all valid votes

Danny Danon says Israel has no intention of annexing major Palestinian cities, but only places where there is majority of Jews

'Increasingly, Americans associate religion with the Republican Party — and if they are not Republicans themselves, they turn away from religion,' said a political science professor

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Prime minister said before election that Likud would hold the education portfolio, but is now expected to renege and give it to Union of Right-Wing Parties

From the expulsion of the Hyksos to Armageddon, the epic Passover saga does not reflect a specific event, but seems to contain distant memories that may give us clues to the real history of the ancient Israelites

Lopez, 49, will play at Tel Aviv’s Hayarkon Park on August 1