JERUSALEM -- Israel's Cabinet approved a plan to increase the participation of women in municipal government. The plan, part of the Knesset's marking of International Women's Day, is meant to increase the representation of women on local councils from...

JERUSALEM -- Schools across Israel took part in an earthquake drill. Monday's drill was conducted by the Home Front Command in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, the Israel Police, Magen David Adom, Israel Fire and Rescue Services and local authorities....

For several years now, the Jerusalem suburb of Beit Shemesh has been the site of on-again, off-again religious violence. But it wasn't until the plight of a fearful 8-year-old girl from a Modern Orthodox immigrant family from America was broadcast on...