The rabbinic sermons are often funny, cheerful and incomprehensible to many.
Orthodox Jews
There is more to the strife and hostility in Tel Aviv than just hatred of religious Jews and segregated prayers on Yom Kippur.
Religious Jews say they just want to pray at the holy site, situated inside a monastery, just as Christians pray at Jewish holy sites like the Western Wall.
A glimpse into the one of the most cloistered but influential streams of ultra-orthodox Judaism
But such legislation is certain to be held aloft as “evidence” that the Netanyahu government is flirting with fascism.
As preeminent Orthodox rabbi passes away, secular leaders remember him mostly for leadership during COVID pandemic.
Orthodox lawmakers warns his party “will not remain coalition partners with people who bring an entire sector of society into disrepute.”
Top rabbis in the past ruled that those who turn to the Supreme Court, rather than Torah courts, have no place in the world to come.
Israel’s Orthodox Jewish population is growing rapidly, and is far more cohesive and disciplined than “secular” society.
A look at the biblical rift at the heart of the internal divisions that pose the biggest threat to Netanyahu’s government.