It is believed that "sufganiyot" came to Israel via Polish Jewish immigrants, who also brought the tradition of eating them during Hanukkah.

Researchers at Tel Aviv University develop special lie-detecting software that can detect tiny contractions in facial muscles, thus indicating when someone is lying. "Once the technology has been perfected, we expect it to have numerous, highly diverse applications,” researcher predicts.

Israel's Chief Rabbinate, which opposes any attempts to reform the conversion process, is keeping more people away from Judaism than any other institution in the Jewish world.

Under Biden, the US, the only country that could put an end to Iran's nuclear ambitions, will not lift a finger. Israel must therefore work to weaken the Iranians proxies on its borders that will be emboldened once Iran gets the bomb.

Some 140,000 Ethiopian Jews currently live in Israel and community leaders estimate that roughly 6,000 others remain behind in Ethiopia. “This government decision will put an end to the suffering of many families who will finally be reunited after years of waiting to make aliyah," Jewish Agency says.