The main reason for the election last week, Israel's second in year, was conflict between ultra- Orthodox parties and Avigdor Liberman's Yisrael Beytenu after April.. ... At present, Israel's Orthodox Chief Rabbinate controls marriage, divorce, burial and..…
others, as Alon Pinkas noted, are infuriated by Israel treats and speaks about non- Orthodox Jews. ... By decades the conflict with, The proof that these explanations are insufficient lies in the fact that the fraught relations between American Jews and Israel predate Arabs and..…
That survey shows that majority of Israeli Jews wants policy to be far less influenced by Orthodox law than it's now. 64 percent of respondents want there to be separation of religion and state Israel. 68 percent want Israel to recognize civil marriages. At present,..…
Since then, Lieberman's party has changed course, focusing almost solely on opposition to theocracy, vowing the coalition it will support is broad, union between Likud, Blue and White, and Yisrael Beiteinu. ... While he has pledged to ensure every Jew, whether Orthodox, Conservative or..…
Leah Zagelbaum, president of media affairs at the Orthodox Jewish Agudath Israel, told JNS son was hospitalized after being the victim of anti-Semitic hate crime Brooklyn almost ago. ..…
Additionally, he is in contact with ultra-Orthodox groups Israel and worldwide, and even visited Lakewood Yeshiva New Jersey, one of the largest yeshivot in the world. ..…
By former minister of military affairs, His coalition talks reached a stalemate over disagreements between ultra-Orthodox parties and Yisrael Beiteinu, a secular right-wing party led Avigdor Lieberman, on conscription bill.. ... Netanyahu, however, said Lieberman misled his voters..…
In Israel, drivers who operated cars near ultra- Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods on Sabbath reported incidents of harassment, including name-calling and spitting, by ultra- Orthodox residents. . ... Why, they ask, should Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist or Humanistic..…
Pixabay And then, earlier this year and 50 years later, I came across the autobiography of one of Israel's Orthodox feminist thinkers, Alice Shalvi. ..…
On the topic of American Jews, Shoval thinks that the idea of growing rift between them and Israel is overblown, and there is issue with the attitude of Israel towards non-Orthodox American Jews... Netanyahu and most Israelis support the position of American..…
Rabbi Shlome Werdiger, the leader and chairman of the Board of Agudath Israel of America noted how Reform community is disappearing and contrasted it with Orthodox community. As for Israel, Orthodox Jews have the financial resources, the sophistication and the..…
Some 70% of Jewish majority rejected the claim advanced by ultra-Orthodox leadership to justify the exemption of their followers from military service Torah study by ultra-Orthodox men protects Israel no less than their service in the army.. ..…
The biggest difference between the national and ultra- Orthodox camps, however, is the ongoing ultra- Orthodox against the military enlistment of yeshiva students, despite the integration of Jews into Israel Defense Forces and its leadership. . ... At the time, Yisrael..…
JERUSALEM — Thousands of people marching through the streets of Jerusalem in the city's pride parade, festival that exposes deep divisions between Israel's and Jewish ultra- Orthodox camps.. ..…
By former minister of military affairs, The coalition talks reached a stalemate over disagreements between ultra-Orthodox parties and Yisrael Beiteinu, a secular right-wing party led Avigdor Lieberman, on conscription bill.. ..…
By refusing to back down on bill that would include, Israel's ultra-Orthodox party has called on former Avigdor Lieberman not to drag Israel into war. ... Yisrael Beiteinu chair Lieberman has would form government with Likud if the bill about ultra-Orthodox..…
To do that, Netanyahu needs support of five right-wing forces ranging from ultra-Orthodox Shas and United Torah Judaism groups to Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beytenu party and they have so far proven to be far less allies than they seemed to be.. ... He also took jab at..…
The complaint filed by Agudath Israel, Orthodox Jewish advocacy group, alleges that township officials passed ordinances banning school and construction violation of Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act. ... April 2019 Agudath Israel filed complaint arguing that..…
In reconstruction of neglected intellectual resources within Zionism and within Orthodox Judaism of Israel's Mizrachi, Jews, that the critics and in many cases the defenders of secularism and religion overlook the dialogue that both sides authorize and even require.. ..…
The ultra- Orthodox Agudath Israel of America has also spoken out against permissive approach to abortion, and the group has also opposed restrictive measures that do not allow for religious exceptions. ..…
The Jewish population of Israel has also been growing more rapidly than most people initially predicted, thanks in part to large family sizes among the Orthodox. Israel unilaterally withdrew from the Gaza Strip. And some number of Palestinian Arabs have decided simply to leave,..…
He also moved American Embassy to Jerusalem, withdrawn U.S from Iran nuclear deal and more recognized Israel's 1981 annexation of Golan Heights.. The site is controlled by Israel's Orthodox establishment, much to the consternation of the Conservative and Reform branches that..…
JERUSALEM - Ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties did well Israel's election and will bring hefty demands for more government payouts to coalition talks, making it harder for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to rein in budget deficit... ... Ultra-Orthodox Jews, known as Haredim, make up..…
The New York Times Op-Ed department has erred on Israeli circumcisions, ing that Jewish milah ceremony falls under the control of Israel's Orthodox Rabbinate.. ... While Orthodox Rabbinate does exert control over Jewish marriage, divorce and burials Israel, it's..…
NEW YORK — At the end of March, National Council of Young Israel, Orthodox association, will hold dinner hosted by Pete Hegseth, the co-host of. ..…
Prime Minister Netanyahu even said few weeks ago that in the future, the only people that we can on to help Israel are Orthodox Jews and Christians, Eckstein recalled.. That is pretty radical statement because of the in how Israel and Jewish people look at Christians Israel. ..…
After Israel's, David Ben Gurion, Israel's first prime minister, decided to subordinate important areas of life for Israeli Jews to the jurisdiction of Orthodox rabbinate, representing the strictest, most traditional and conservative stream of Judaism. ... Both the power and extremism of..…
After Israel's, David Ben Gurion, Israel's first prime minister, decided to subordinate important areas of life for Israeli Jews to the jurisdiction of Orthodox rabbinate, representing the strictest, most traditional and conservative stream of Judaism. ... Both the power and extremism of..…
So, for example, Ashkenazi of Israel refused to call the site of the murders synagogue because the worshipers were either Conservative or Reconstructionist Jews rather than Orthodox. And Israel's Minister of Education, Naftali Bennett, tried to tie the crime of White Nationalist..…
They include Orthodox Union and Agudath Israel, both Orthodox groups... ... Avi Shafran, director of public affairs at Orthodox Agudath Israel, told Jewish Insider. ..…
Then in 1989, Supreme Court ruled that anyone who converted to Judaism in non- Orthodox outside the State of Israel is included in Law of Return. Israeli Rabbinate, does not accept non- Orthodox converts as Jewish. ..…
Rabbi Nachman Kahana is Orthodox Rabbinic Scholar, Rav of Chazon Yechezkel Synagogue Young Israel of Old City of Jerusalem, Founder and Director of Center for Kohanim, and Author of the 14-volume. ... Rabbi Nachman Kahana is Orthodox Rabbinic Scholar, Rav of Chazon Yechezkel..…
This finding reflects, in part, the population of Orthodox Jews Israel, as does the pattern seen in weekly attendance.. ..…
And Orthodox Jews make up bigger share of adults among Israeli Jews than American Jews .. ... This gap is driven by differences between Orthodox Jews in both countries 60% of Haredim and Datiim Israel say their Jewish identity is about religion, compared with 46% of American..…
He's the mayor of this development town of 35,000, member of Sephardic Torah Guardians, the political party of ultra-Orthodox Jews of Arab and North Africa descent known as Shas.. The work of Shas operatives Israel exemplifies the strategy that has transformed Shas from one-issue,..…
The Jewish Agency supports Modern Orthodox Movement Israel. Read More... The Jewish Agency supports Reform, Conservative and Modern Orthodox religious streams Israel . ..…