Jerusalem Approves Tefillin Stands for Women on World Wide Wrap Day
The municipality, under new management—Haredi-aligned—decided to allow the women to place their stand in the open and invite female pedestrians to perform the mitzvah.
Cabinet Passes Revised IDF Draft Law, Lowers Exemption Eligibility Age to 21
“Integrating the ultra-orthodox sector into the employment market is a goal of the highest order, for all of us.”
MK Rotem Offers Full Apology to Reform Movement
Israeli lawmaker David Rotem offered a full apology for reportedly saying the Reform movement “is not Jewish.”
Shaked: Jewish Home Supports Civil Marriages for ‘Unweddables’
Shaked noted that her party intends to promote, in addition, a significant reform of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.
On Eve of Yom Kippur, Liberman Sends Netanyahu, Likud, to [Expletive]
"Today's Likud has nothing to do with the Revisionist movement. It is a collection of apparatchiks."
You Thought Tel Aviv Was Israel’s Most Non-Religious City? Nope. It’s Modi’in
If you view freedom as driving on Shabbat while devouring a ham sandwich on a date with a gentile to purchase a Christmas tree – this is the index for you.
United Right: Netanyahu Seeking Coalition with Gantz
It is important to note that without the Otzma Yehudit votes – estimated at 70,000 – the party of Rafi Peretz and Bezalel Smotrich would not have crossed the threshold in the April elections.
Barlev & Gantz Make Good on their Threats with Mass Arrests of Hilltop Youths
Ben Gvir: "I have a hard time remembering the last time the police carried out an operation to arrest Arabs who damage property."
UTJ MKs Condemn Arad Mayor’s ‘Incitement’ Against Haredim
Mayor Ben Hamo made curbing the Haredi settlement in Arad, particularly the Gur Chassidim, a top priority since he took office in 2015.
Bedouin Attacks on Israel’s Highway Become Left vs. Right Wedge Issue
According to Rogel, the frequent reports on Israeli media about those attacks on the road are part of the right-wing's effort to retake the government.
Thousands of Haredim Riot over IDF Draft (Video)
Haredim could turn hate into love by serving in the army and showing non-religious soldiers the Light of Torah,
Poll: 70% of Israeli Jews Support Death Penalty for Terrorists, Only 13% Strongly Oppose
Of the 500 Jewish respondents, 44% strongly supported, and 25.8% moderately supported the death penalty. 12.4% moderately opposed, and only 12.9% strongly oppose. 4.9% declined to answer.
PA Mourns Failure to Take over Rachel’s Tomb as Muslim Holy Site
Jews visit Rachel’s Tomb Tuesday to pray that she cries for them. Today, the anniversary of her death, the Palestinian Authority has failed to turn it into a Muslim holy site. Chalk up one for the truth.
Report: Zionist Rabbi Opposing Women in the IDF Dismissed from Reserves
Last Thursday, the IDF apparently had had enough with this iconoclast and informed him that he was being dismissed from reserve duty.
Goldknopf Ushering the Next Big Crisis over Train Works that Can Only Be Done...
Reporter Tali Ben Ovadia tweeted a video she shot of the Shabbat works, noting how hypocritical the right-wing and Haredi government was.
Homosexual Luxembourg PM Boycotts Israeli Event over Peretz’s Conversion Therapy Statement
Right or wrong, this thing isn't going away.
TAU Study Shows Facebook, WhatsApp, Altered Haredi Attitudes on Sexual Abuse
"The study's findings indicate a trend of significant change in the Haredi society's attitude toward sexual abuse."
Survey: More Israelis Light Hanukkah Candles, But More Americans Think It’s an Important Holiday
Most Israeli Jews partake in several Hanukkah activities, such as eating sufganiyot (doughnuts) and latkes (79%) and giving Hanukkah gelt (64%).
Islamist Party to Divert $32 Million of Its Budget to Poor Haredim in ‘Alliance...
Abbas met Monday night with several Haredi MKs and shared with them that "Gafni's speech touched my heart."
Haredi Hospital Sued for Refusing Fertility Treatments to Unmarried Woman
This is the first time an Israeli court has approved a class action against a hospital.
Liberman: An Indicted Netanyahu May Retire, Bennett Would Stick the Knife in his Back
"I do not rule out the possibility that Netanyahu will eventually go to a plea bargain like the one signed by former president Ezer Weizman – retirement to Caesarea in return for not being prosecuted,"
Final Polls Give Netanyahu Wide Edge Over Right-Wing Competitors But Not 61 Mandates
This would be a good opportunity for Bennett and Sa'ar to forge a brotherly pact worth between 18 and 20 mandates.
Should Israel Help Save America’s Jewish Community?
Israel has invested more than $125 million trying to bring young Jews to visit, with meager results.
Knesset Speaker: Rabin’s Assassination Had No Historical Effect
Edelstein said that if the murder "achieved any goals, then those goals were the opposite of what the despicable murderer had aimed to achieve."
EU Directive to Humiliate Israel on East Jerusalem and Settlements
The new EU directive, effective Friday, demands that all deals with Israel exclude disputed territories.
Getting Ready to Do Your Israeli Holiday Grocery Shopping?
The real news is that in nearly every Israeli supermarket chain this year, the price of groceries has dropped.
Report: Netanyahu Fears Losing Religious Zionist Voters
On the question of who should lead the New Right party, 57% said they wanted Ayelet Shaked, compared with 43% who chose Naftali Bennett.
Bennett Desperately Seeking Compromise with Abbas on Law Banning Arab Family Reunification
The solution currently being contemplated is that Ra'am would abstain in return for a public pledge of Interior minister Shaked to solve humanitarian problems in Arab society.
Lapid Inciting Municipal Mutiny Against Noam’s Educational Programs
Meanwhile, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Esther Hayut came out with her own disturbing statement.
Minor’s Attorney, Shin Bet, Clash over Conflicting Versions of Duma Plea Deal
The Shin Bet statement quite clearly either contradicts the earlier version of events as reported in the Israeli press, or alters the components of the story to produce a new, possibly misleading version.