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Once it was F-15s on Shabbat; now, hametz: The religious issues that end...
Bennett's coalition clings to life, knowing conflicts over Jewish identity have caused governments to fall over the past 70 years
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Daily Briefing April 26: Not the first time religion causes coalition crisis
Religions correspondent Judah Ari Gross looks back at issues of religion and state in Israel, while deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan discusses a major archaeological find
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Religious services minister quietly tries to fix broken municipal rabbi system
Matan Kahana updates method of selecting city rabbis in bid to make the process more efficient and less corrupt, and have greater female involvement
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Kohavi denounces barring of female officer from leading Western Wall ceremony
Military chief calls incident a 'violation of our values,' says commanders can't let decisions be influenced by 'parties outside the chain of command'
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Court rules online civil marriages valid, upending Israel’s religious status quo
Interior Ministry now obligated to register as married Israeli couples who wed in online ceremonies through the US state of Utah
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Israel’s official rules limiting Shabbat activity increasingly ignored —...
Though 70% of Jewish local authorities ban cultural sites from opening on day of rest, 58% of such centers and 82% of museums operate; over a quarter of shopping malls also open The post Israel’s...
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Israel poised to have its most religious government; experts say no theocracy...
Anticipated coalition likely to have major impact on religion and state issues, with reforms on kashrut certification, conversion and LGBT rights expected to be rolled back The post Israel poised to...
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Daily Briefing Nov. 8: What’s in store on religious matters and rental prices
Diaspora and religion reporter Judah Ari Gross looks at US Jews' reaction to Israeli election results, as real estate editor Danielle Nagler discusses rental market and hotels The post Daily Briefing...
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Few Israelis support religion-and-state blitz mulled by incoming coalition –...
Less than one-third back changing the Law of Return, revoking recognition of Reform conversions, or permitting gender segregation at public events, survey finds The post Few Israelis support...
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Haredi party demands end to Shabbat train work, in first test for coalition
Likud-held Transportation Ministry officials refuse, warning of service delays if maintenance is pushed to weekdays The post Haredi party demands end to Shabbat train work, in first test for coalition...
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Regev says Shabbat train work to be reduced, answering Haredi party’s demands
Transportation minister says work planned for Saturdays to be spread across weekdays, though key safety tasks will continue as planned; predecessor decries 'surrender to blackmail' The post Regev says...
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Coalition bill would ban mixed prayer anywhere at Western Wall, nix...
Legislation sets jail term for mixed-gender prayer, immodest clothing, criminalizes Women of Wall activity; amid outrage, PM says bill 'won’t come up right now,' status quo to stay The post Coalition...
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What Matters Now to religion and state activist Uri Regev: Averting a theocracy
The Israeli lawyer/Reform rabbi explains how the judicial overhaul package may affect religious freedom – and the lack thereof – in the Holy Land The post What Matters Now to religion and state...
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New bill could create jobs for 1,070 rabbis, cost taxpayers tens of millions...
Religious hardliners are among critics of the bill, which many see as part of a pact benefiting Shas and the Chief Rabbinate The post New bill could create jobs for 1,070 rabbis, cost taxpayers tens of...
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Ben Gvir, protesters plan rival Dizengoff prayer rallies, drawing broad rebuke
Right-wing politicians, including PM, urge lowering of flames after Yom Kippur fray, as Lapid tells activists to stay away; mayor threatens to bar future Rosh Yehudi services The post Ben Gvir,...
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Pressure mounts on Ben Gvir to ‘lower the flames,’ call off Tel Aviv prayer...
Many in coalition, including PM, urge minister to stay away following Yom Kippur clashes; Opposition Leader Lapid tells secular activists not to give him limelight by protesting The post Pressure...
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Facing wave of pressure, Ben Gvir cancels planned Tel Aviv prayer rally
Far-right minister says he is happy 'the extreme left' backed down from plans to protest future prayers; Gantz condemns 'both sides' of Yom Kippur clashes in city The post Facing wave of pressure, Ben...
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Sephardic chief rabbi claims secular Jews who eat non-kosher food ‘get stupid’
In latest inflammatory remarks, Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef also says non-religious Jews 'don't find fulfillment in life' and are 'jealous' of the ultra-Orthodox The post Sephardic chief rabbi claims secular...
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The High Court’s yeshiva funding ruling goes into effect today. What does it...
Starting this week, hundreds of yeshivas will see their budgets slashed, prompting leading rabbis to look abroad to raise the funds needed to continue operating The post The High Court’s yeshiva...
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New regulations would expand Haredi control over municipal rabbis, sideline...
After Knesset bill nixed, Religious Services Ministry pushes similar changes that critics say would 'emasculate local authorities and completely centralize role of municipal rabbi' The post New...
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