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Available-For-Sale Marketable Securities | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Available-for-sale Securities [Abstract] |
Available-For-Sale Marketable Securities | AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE MARKETABLE SECURITIES As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the fair value, amortized cost and gross unrealized holding gains and losses of available-for-sale marketable securities were as follows:
| December 31, 2013
| Amortized cost |  | Gross unrealized gains |  | Gross unrealized losses |  | Fair value
Government debentures - fixed and floating interest rate | $ | 5,849 |  |  | 70 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | 5,919 |
Corporate debentures - fixed and floating interest rate | 44,940 |  |  | 338 |  |  | (121 | ) |  | 45,157 |
| $ | 50,789 |  |  | 408 |  |  | (121 | ) |  | $ | 51,076 |
| December 31, 2012
| Amortized cost |  | Gross unrealized gains |  | Gross unrealized losses |  | Fair value
Government debentures - fixed and floating interest rate | $ | 12,428 |  |  | 192 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | 12,620 |
Corporate debentures - fixed and floating interest rate | 36,901 |  |  | 594 |  |  | (4 | ) |  | 37,491 |
| $ | 49,329 |  |  | 786 |  |  | (4 | ) |  | $ | 50,111 |
The contractual maturities of the available-for-sale marketable securities in future years are as follows:
| December 31, 2013
2015 | $ | 1,670 |
2016 | 6,523 |
2017 | 20,280 |
2018 | 12,869 |
2019 and after | 7,065 |
| $ | 48,407 |
As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, interest receivable included in other receivables amounted to $548 and $537, respectively.

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