יום שני, י״ג אב תשפ״וMonday, July 27, 2026
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Jerusalem Jews protested having to endure the loud sound of the Islamic call to prayer, even during their sleep.
The Arab teen who murdered an Otniel mother of six has been sentenced to life in prison. Six children are still orphans.
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It remains to be seen which way Netanyahu will cleverly evade this crisis, and whether or not he is prepared to either arm wrestle the high court or put down a rightwing rebellion in his own party.
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This story would be difficult to comprehend by readers who enjoy the benefits of the First, Second and Fourth Amendments.
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A third of the evacuees still live in temporary housing, 14% are unemployed and a third still see themselves as Gush Katif residents.
Tzohar 'Praying Together' attendees all receive the same prayer book to make it easier to follow along.
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Habayit Hayehudi is facing an existential dilemma these days, as many of its voters have said they'd rather see their elected representatives leave government than participate in the decision to uproot the Amona residents.
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The High Court continues to take notice of Shaked, and has been noticeably mindful of the need to avoid unnecessary friction with a Justice Minister who is probably the most popular minister in Israel.
"Shimon's story is ... the story of a people who, over so many centuries in the wilderness, never gave up on that basic human longing to return home."
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"The court will rule on the severity of his action," says the subheadline on the cover, "but there's no doubt that the single bullet he shot at the terrorist ignited the stormiest debate in Israel's society this year."
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"Israeli tourists by now have figured that every place is dangerous, which is why economic considerations overcome security concerns."
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Deri's staff has also been instructed to craft an atomic solution, to be used only if the coalition is certain to collapse.
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Amsalem suggested that the clash over the railroad works over the past two Shabbat days was mostly about politics.
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Israeli courts maintain skeletal Shabbat and Holiday shifts to respond to the most urgent needs, like police requests for injunctions to prevent the smuggling of children.
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As soon as they became public, those railroad projects turned into a ticking bomb.
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The daily Yated Ne'eman cited MK Moshe Gafni (UTJ) who accused Katz of acting out of revenge rather than caring for the services of his ministry.
The Global School Twinning Network was awarded the Jerusalem Unity Prize for its work in promoting unity between worldwide Jewish communities and Israeli society.
When the first pioneers came to Kedumim 40 years ago, there was nothing. "The conditions were very hard," they said... but they came because it was "the land of our forefathers."
Israeli archaeologists will present to the public the new evidence recently uncovered of the truth of the Biblical kingdom of David.
Israel's prime minister and education minister agree on the need to instill comprehensive Zionist values in the nation's school curriculum.
The Zionist Federation in Sweden held its fifth annual rally under the theme, 'Taking Back Zionism.'
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The rightwing parties could possibly combine their numbers to boycott either Kahlon or Lapid, or both, from the future coalition government.
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"Dear Rabbi, how are you? We here hope and pray that we'll get a bronze medal. Yarden Gerbi's bout is in halaf an hour, we deserve to get a medal and hear the national anthem."
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According to the union, the Shabbat protocol will permit landings of already scheduled flights from abroad, but no takeoffs.
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Among the Jewish respondents, only 4% strongly believe in peace between Israel and the Palestinians. 16.1% believe it moderately. 35.4% moderately do not believe it. 41.1% do not believe it at all.
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It should be noted that those Haredi schools that rejected the government-imposed of a Core Curriculum did so not necessarily because they object to teaching their students many of the subjects on the list.
The young men "shared" their lives on Facebook, proving they were not living Chareidi lives, as they had claimed to the IDF.
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Needless to say, B, who doesn't eat kosher, never mind knows much about the intricate laws of Kashrut, was surprised at the HR decision.
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Viewing this plotting session of a murder, one is reminded of similar scenes involving mobsters and Hamas terrorists, except the godfather is in a talit and the gangsters wear shtreimlach.
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"Reform Jews in the US don’t have a single mikvah. All of a sudden they need a mikvah over here?"
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Rabbi Mark's daughter, Orit, an active member of Im Tirtzu’s Youth Division, participated in the conference.
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In late 2015 the military was about to appoint him Head of the Operations Division, a senior position in the IDF command.
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No one is allowed to stand where the parade is going, the sidewalks will be kept deserted by heavy police guard.
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Shira's father said that "such a clear, strong, firm, and public official statement calling for moderation, tolerance, and acceptance of others is something that the State of Israel needs today maybe more than anything."
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The last straw in Galatz's elitist load was the station's movie critic Gidi Orsher who posted a particularly offensive Facebook status in which he described Jews from Muslim countries as superstitious savages.
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"...this artistic tactic poses with feigned innocence in the likeness of a 19th-century pilgrimage, in which the Holy Land is portrayed through misty eyes."
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"If these were [rightwing organization] Lehava activists there is no doubt they would have been held in jail until the end of the proceedings."
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"I feel humiliated, they were actually saying they're not recognizing my being Jewish. I love Rabbi Lookstein, he is my rabbi, he brought me into the Jewish world."
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Many, if not all these "controversial" responses by Rabbi Krim can be easily explained within the context in which they were provided.
“The history of the Jews of the Middle East and North Africa is sadly overlooked, even though every other Jew in Israel comes from this region.”
Not really Sundays, but 6 long weekends a year.
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The judges were severely critical of police for failing to learn the lesson from the 2005 Gay Pride parade in which Schlissel had been arrested for attempted murder.
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Nir said he couldn't understand why the taxes Israelis pay are not enough to sustain IDF soldiers.
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Orthodox authorities are concerned not only about the proper execution of the halakhic dipping, but also about the push to permit unmarried women to dip, which the rabbis view as an invitation to lechery.
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"It's time to expose the truth behind this shocking episode, an episode that is a black stain on the history of the State of Israel."
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The mixed service is now a retaliation against Jerusalem Chief Rabbi's division of the designated mixed-prayer area.
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The Bennett solution resolves the conflict in a peaceful way, which is not something the Reform and Conservative movements want.
The 2 religious boys heard the blind Arab man say he couldn't pay for his medicine. Watch what happens next...
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Last week, a Knesset committee debated a bill proposed by two ultra-Orthodox coalition partners determining that use of public mikvahs will be conducted strictly according to halakha.
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Popular linguist Avshalom Kor on Thursday morning offered an explanation, siding with the reporters and chiding their editors.
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"I very quickly abandoned the ambition to achieve only rabbinic expertise, and moved on to the more important initiative of promoting you as creative scholars, with integrity, sensitivity and courage."
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Using the US' enormous economic clout, FATCA bullies the world's financial institutions into reporting on their American clients to Uncle Sam.
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MK Bezalel Smotrich (Habayit Hayehudi) said it was "refreshing to see a conservative approach on the part of the Supreme Court."
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The overall fertility rate (average number of children a Jerusalem woman is expected to bear in her lifetime) in Jerusalem is 3.91, far higher than the national average of 3.08.
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On Friday morning, a Kulanu politician, Environment Minister Avi Gabbay, announced his resignation on account of the Lieberman appointment.
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Glick also said "there should be clear instructions as to how to conduct a wedding ceremony, and just as you don't have to have a rabbi at a circumcision, under the chupah you don't need a rabbi either."
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The Haredi rabbis referred to "stupid" statements by senior officials in government and the military which, they said, dishonor the nation of Israel and the IDF soldiers.
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Was the defense minister calling on his officer to rebel against the political class? Probably not, although he sounded dangerously close to saying just that.
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66% of Israelis believe in God. An additional 20% believe in a higher power, but prefer not to use the G word.
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Half the leftists feel ill at ease about expressing their views in Israel, while absolute majority of right-leaning Jews feel very or quite comfortable.
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It is a very serious matter that police do not permit Jews to protest the police own racist actions."
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Minister Bennet twitted that the deputy chief of staff made a mistake and he must correct it "One minute before the Holocaust deniers turn these erroneous words into a flag."
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"I'm not ashamed of what I do, should I apologize for representing Judaism in the IDF?"
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The chain offers its year-round condiments, declaring that they are not kosher for Passover, and letting the customer decide whether or not to use them.
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While leftwing groups are laboring on a multi-million dollar anti-settlement campaign for 2017, the folks at Hebron are working on a long gratitude list.
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Police interrogated with a warning two employees of the Haifa Religious Council, one of them senior.
“He was very quiet while running between marchers and stabbing them, not hollering like you would imagine.”
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"UNESCO’s heinous resolution was not born in a vacuum but is a direct result of Israel’s ambivalent, nebulous policy towards the Temple Mount."
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Bearded Jewish soldiers are not let into an institution dedicated to documenting the tragic fate of millions of bearded Jews.
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The parents of said schoolgirls said the gift is offensive to the girls as well as to their families.
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The Beit Hillel document is more interested in the treatment of gays by the individual Orthodox communities than it is with offering innovative solutions to Orthodox gays.
Lapid further lamented what he described as “the venom, violence, and crude wickedness of Israeli discourse that have become a national plague.”
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We are Jews, we are Zionists, we are happy — get used to it!
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The implication is that had the haredi parties left well enough alone, the high court would not have made its ruling.
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MK Meir Porush stated that if "Women of the Wall” would refrain from eating non-Kosher food, he would apologize to them.
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This thing will get much uglier before it becomes beautiful.
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When the left cite religious sources, they don't have to lie to make them appear outrageous — all they have to do is present them sans context and background.
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Tel Aviv was named the world's number one gay city by an American Airlines and GayCities.com survey of gay travelers.
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"This police harassment over Torah publications is reminiscent of the darkest regimes we have experienced in our history."
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What appears to be a bill driven by the urgent need to block Reform expansion in Israel may really be a land grab on the part of the Haredim.
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Over the past few weeks, IDF Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot has been systematically curtailing the authority of the Military Rabbinate.
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The chief rabbis concluded that a new outline altogether was needed for the Kotel, one which would not recognize the reform at all.
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MK Bezalel Smotrich (Habayit Hayehudi) on Thursday night tweeted that he would ask his faction to join the Haredi ultimatum to Netanyahu.
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"We must end the compulsory draft for men and women, regardless of faith or race. The Army shouldn't be obliged to recruit people whose loyalty it does not trust."
The vigil is intended to raise awareness and protest the deaths of Israelis at the hands of terrorists.
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The incident follows new rules adopted by the IDF which require submitting requests for growing beards to HR, rather than the military rabbinate.
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In a Channel 2 report, senior officials from the Haifa Rabbinate admitted that the denials were not substantiated.
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"Better to give up the Yiddish and let everyone understand the material, rather than maintain the tradition and lose the students' attention."
Israeli anti-religious organizations funded by Reform money are regularly invited by Knesset committees despite having no legal status.
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UTJ MK Israel Eichler turned their lemons into a kind of lemonade saying he wouldn't give the Reform the satisfaction by leaving government.
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Former Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein gave his approval to using severe interrogation techniques against the Duma suspects.
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Naturally, in a country without a constitution guaranteeing freedom of speech, the policeman is king.
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Burial societies that receive their funding form the state must arrive within three hours of receiving the request, even if the death occurred on Shabbat.
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The new plaza will be outside the control of the Kotel rabbi, and be governed by a new public committee.
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As of Monday morning, JNi.media has learned that the attempt to change the rules of selecting permanent rabbinic judges has been rescinded, due mostly to the stern response of the Justice Minister.
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Among the Arab interviewees, 60% agree that the Jewish groups perpetrating terror attacks are merely marginal in the national-religious camp.
“We are not ready to reveal more details yet, but all the materials we have, will be published within the next several weeks,” said Weiss.
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"...if the PA law provides the possibility (of killing brokers who sold land to Jews) then that's that."
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"The Zionist Camp is afraid of [Tel Aviv Mayor] Ron Huldai and is abandoning the values of socialism to gain the votes of Tel Aviv's residents."
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“The Zionist Camp is afraid of [Tel Aviv Mayor] Ron Huldai and is abandoning the values of socialism to gain the votes of Tel Aviv’s residents.”
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