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Following inconclusive vote, AG demands second round in chief rabbi election
Call for runoff comes after a single miscast ballot left rabbis Micha Halevi and Kalman Bar with 40 votes apiece in last Sunday's Chief Rabbinical election The post Following inconclusive vote, AG...
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Shas chief Deri was aware state funds were going to party newspaper — report
AG probing Shas Minister Haim Biton after money meant for party-linked educational network allegedly went to pay for salaries at Shas mouthpiece HaDerech The post Shas chief Deri was aware state funds...
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Inside the year-long struggle to pass Shas’s controversial ‘Rabbis Bill’
Critics say legislation that would allow the religious services minister to allocate additional funds to religious councils is 'essentially a jobs bill with a blank check' The post Inside the year-long...
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IDF rabbinate opposes asking troops to sign form ‘unchaining’ wives in case...
While conditional divorces can free women in case of a husband's disappearance or loss of mental faculties in battle, rabbis say pushing such a document on soldiers may hurt morale The post IDF...
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Feminist groups decry law setting quota for women in assembly that elects...
Billed as an effort to increase female representation, measure actually serves to disenfranchise female Torah scholars, say critics The post Feminist groups decry law setting quota for women in...
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Critics charge new regulations will hand Shas control over municipal rabbinates
'They will actually control all the local rabbinates, all the local rabbis in Israel,' says Rabbi David Stav from the liberal Tzohar rabbinic group The post Critics charge new regulations will hand...
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Treasury officials warn ultra-Orthodox draft exemption law will cost Israel...
Finance Ministry budgetary department says annual cost to economy due to current burden on reservists is $8 billion, but can be relieved by drafting more Haredi men to combat roles The post Treasury...
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After yearlong strife, Knesset passes Shas’s controversial ‘Rabbis Law’
New law on funding salaries of religious officials 'promotes the politicization of the rabbinate,' warns Rabbi David Stav of the liberal Tzohar rabbinic group The post After yearlong strife, Knesset...
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Arresting yeshiva students for draft dodging will backfire, cabinet secretary...
During debate on enlistment legislation, Fuchs says 'process that will lead to the Haredim enlisting is a gradual one' and must involve consensus The post Arresting yeshiva students for draft dodging...
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Poll finds Israel leads high-income countries in religious nationalism
PEW study shows that religion is significantly more important to Israeli national identity than other states in similar economic category The post Poll finds Israel leads high-income countries in...
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Shas’s Deri gives government two months to pass law exempting ultra-Orthodox...
If the status of yeshiva students is not settled by March 'we'll go to elections,' he warns; Shas MK Taieb says his son will go to jail rather than enlist in IDF The post Shas’s Deri gives government...
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After Shas ultimatum, Smotrich rejects ‘concessions’ on Haredi conscription bill
Recruiting currently exempt ultra-Orthodox men is 'an existential national security necessity,' minister declares; Haredi party members seek to downplay threat to tank coalition The post After Shas...
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Likud lawmakers hold conference calling for Haredi draft, sanctions on dodgers
Edelstein says passage of potent enlistment law would allow him to look wives and mothers of soldiers 'in the eye'; Chikli calls for breaking Haredi 'taboo' against IDF service The post Likud lawmakers...
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Edelstein: Haredi enlistment bill will include individual sanctions on draft...
'The effectiveness of the sanctions are what will make this law real or not,' deputy AG tells key Knesset committee deliberating law The post Edelstein: Haredi enlistment bill will include individual...
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Shas MK dismisses UTJ threat to torpedo government if no law exempting...
'There is no holy date for the conscription law. On the other hand, if the budget is not passed by the end of March, there will be no government,' says Avraham Betzalel The post Shas MK dismisses UTJ...
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