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Yad Vashem hosts a conference on Lithuanian Jewish leadership

The results for Lithuanian Jewry were devastating: nearly 180,000 Jews (about three-quarters of Lithuanian Jewry) had were murdered by the invading Nazi troops.

Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and U.S.

See Shabbat times for your area.

Islamic Jihad publishes picture of new rocket allegedly fired on Ashkelon

Expert: heavy missile fired by Gazan terror group likely struck building • one killed, two seriously injured.

Liberman failed to make his own mark on the West Bank

Upon taking up his post at the end of May 2016, Liberman had vowed to tackle illegal Bedouin and Palestinian construction.

Israel braces for return of violent Gaza protests

Hamas invites Gazans to commemorate militants killed in IDF commando raid.

Grapevine: Dedication tour

This week's city affairs.

Exclusive: Merkel urged Romanian president to not move embassy to Jerusalem

Germany refuses to say if Jerusalem is Israel's capital.

Static and Ben El release their first English song

The pop duo's 'Broke Ass Millionaire' hit streaming services on Thursday.

Middle Israel: Avigdor Liberman, Poor man’s Churchill

Avigdor Liberman’s departure is not about his views, but about his unsuitability for the position he should not have assumed.

Analysis: How Gaza rocked the government and its defense minister

What is in store from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and when might he call elections?

Southern Front: Was this the last straw for the ‘resilient’ South?

Residents of Gaza border communities are fed up with their ‘normal’

PARASHAT VAYETZEH: Promise and hope

If we ask how so many men and women managed to preserve their identity and faith despite the suffering, the answer would be ‘the promise.’

Report: Martin Schlaff served as mediator in Israel-Hamas Gaza ceasefire

It is not clear in what capacity the Jewish Austrian billionaire helped reach the agreement.

Stellar lineup for 20th Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival

The festival will screen 45 films, including dramas, documentaries, comedies, classics and short films on every aspect of Jewish life.

Coen brothers bring the West to Netflix with ‘Ballad of Buster Scruggs’

All six of the stories in the film are riveting and although they knew the film was destined to be seen mainly on the small screen, the Coens are at the top of their visual game.

Bruce Dickinson’s ‘maiden’ voyage with spoken word

Heavy metal vocalist and all-around renaissance man recounts hanging out at Mike’s Place, surviving cancer and why he would never want to be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Emergency app for Israelis and Jewish travelers alert to terror attacks

The app, called J-SOS, was the brainchild of Yogev Deri, a member of the Chabad movement, and came to him after the 2014 terror kidnapping in which three Israeli boys were kidnapped and murdered.

Wine Talk: Five arrows, three Rothschilds, one champagne

I think we will be hearing a great deal more about Champagne Barons de Rothschild in the future.

Jewish state appoints Christian envoy to Muslim country

George Deek, a highly acclaimed diplomat, is currently a senior advisor to Director-General Yuval Rotem.

Yair Netanyahu warns toppling dad’s government will help Left rise

“My father warned that the [Gaza] Strip will turn into a Hamas state. The Left mocked him and called him the national fear-monger."

Bennett: 'I want to be defense minister so Israel can go back to winning'

As a result, the government will most likely collapse and trigger early elections.

A-G Mandelblit: Zilber can continue to represent the gov't in the Knesset

Shaked responded to Mandelblit's statements on Thursday afternoon, saying that, "Zilber acted with a lack of authority by her political comments in the Knesset committee."

NGO threatens Facebook with lawsuit over Hamas's Al-Aqsa TV account

Because the state-owned TV channel in Gaza is run by Hamas, Facebook's maintenance of its account is comparable to providing the organization with support and resources, the letter alleges.

Bnei Brak hospital bans children from hospital amidst measles outbreak

The six-year-old boy was with his father when they went to visit his mother after she gave birth, likely exposing newborns in the vicinity to the infectious illness.

No choice: Deri and Kahlon call for elections after Liberman quits

Earlier Thursday, Liberman tendered his resignation from the Defense Ministry in a letter to Netanyahu.