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Performance by Haredi singers will take place despite three court rulings prohibiting Afula Municipality from holding segregated events on city property

Svitlana Haiova, who fled the war in Ukraine, was diagnosed with breast cancer in March. A Kafkaesque turn of events led to her having no medical insurance, preventing her from getting an appointment for surgery or chemotherapy for almost half a year

Identity of the house of worship from about 2,000 years ago confirmed by menorah engravings and inscriptions calling it a ‘synagogue’, Phanagoria excavation director Vladimir Kuznetsov explains

Three swimmers suffered from corneal inflammation after swimming in the lake in the country' north. Israel's Health Ministry recommends that swimmers wear eye goggles, and monitor for symptoms of eye irritation