Council of Higher Education to open study tracks geared for haredi public; programs to include engineering, exact sciences, architecture. Goal is to double number of students from 6,000 to 12,000 by 2017

Right-wing lawmaker tears up 'abominable' book sent to him by Christian organization, throws it in trash bin

Legislation would make circumcision of boys for religious reasons legal, overturning a regional court's ban on the practice

After being hospitalized for months, haredi-Lithuanian leader passes away in Jerusalem hospital sending shockwaves through ultra-Orthodox world. Hundreds of thousands slated to take part in funeral