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Israel News Rabbi’s Death Could Splinter Ultra-Orthodox
When Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, Israel’s most revered rabbi, died on July 18 at the age of 102, he left his community at a crossroads. Elyashiv, broadly accepted as the leader of the “Lithuanian” Haredi community — meaning all Ashkenazi Haredim who aren’t members of a Hasidic sect — took this important post from another consensus…
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Breaking News Kadima Quits Coalition Over Draft Dispute
Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister and chairman of Kadima Shaul Mofaz announced on Tuesday that his Kadima party is leaving the governing coalition following disagreements over a universal draft law. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu submitted early Tuesday afternoon what he termed a new and far-reaching legislative proposal intended to resolve the quarrel between Likud and Kadima…
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Israel News For Now, American Enclave Feels No Fear
As the girls made their way home from Beit Shemesh’s Orot Banot school late last month, they appeared relaxed and carefree. Among the students was the strikingly blonde second-grader Naama Margolese, heading confidently home accompanied by her friend. For Hadassa Margolese, who waited at home for her daughter to arrive while cuddling her youngest child,…
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Breaking News Talks on New Israel Draft Law Collapse
A meeting of a committee convened for the purpose of creating new IDF draft legislation, focusing on ultra-Orthodox recruits, broke down as an intense argument between Kadima MK Yohanan Plesner and Deputy Prime Minister Moshe Ya’alon erupted on Wednesday. The two plan to submit the bill on Monday for a first reading in the plenum,…
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Opinion Father’s Lament for Son Who Should’ve Served
My oldest son, now 19, studies in yeshiva full time. I ask him, almost every day: “When will you do army service?” I say: “A person with an iPhone or laptop should be in the army!” This is my common refrain, one my children have heard so many times at the table on Saturday afternoons…
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Breaking News Israeli Protest Demands Equal Service
Thousands of protesters marched in central Tel Aviv on Saturday to demand ultra-Orthodox and Arab sectors share the burden of military and civilian service. Kadima leader Shaul Mofaz and his predecessor Tzipi Livni also attended the rally, as did “Yesh Atid” chairman Yair Lapid. According to Police estimates 20,000 persons arrived at the Museum Plaza….
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The Schmooze Haredi Urban Legends to Scare Kids Straight
Crossposted from Chakira At a time when American Haredi controversies are blossoming, from stadium-filling Internet protests to molestation charges, there are apparently still offenses lurid enough to shock. One such transgression, perpetrated by a Bnos Yaakov Elementary School, was reported by the community blog The Lakewood View. If you were following the Internet protests, you…
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News Haredi Draft Could Cause Gender Issue
After six decades of exempting ultra-Orthodox from the army, the Israeli government appears resolved to draft them. But the plan, widely popular among secular Israelis, may have unintended negative consequences for the tens of thousands of women serving in the military. The planned Haredi draft — a product of the recent deal that Israeli Prime…
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