Religion and State in Israel - June 25, 2012

Religion and State in Israel
June 25, 2012
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Editor – Joel Katz
Religion and State in Israel is not affiliated with any organization or movement.

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Jerusalem police detain woman at Western Wall for wearing prayer shawl 'incorrectly'
http://www.haaretz.com/

Why Are Israeli Police Stopping Jewish Women from Praying?

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/

Woman detained at Kotel for wearing tallit

http://www.jpost.com/

VIDEO: Women Of the Wall Rosh Hodesh Tamuz: WOW Supporter detained by police

PHOTOS: Women of the Wall confronted by police on first of Tamuz - Jerusalem

http://www.demotix.com/

Open society shut down at the Western Wall

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/

Praying in Israel

http://www.interfaithfamily.com/

VIDEO: WOW Rosh Hodesh Tamuz: Detainment, Police Station and Explanation, June 2012

The Sivan Situation: by WOW Intern Gaby Mervis

http://womenofthewall.org.il/

A victory of principle

http://www.jpost.com/

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Rabbi Ovadia Yosef signs petition against funding of non-Orthodox rabbis

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Chief rabbis urges Orthodox leaders: Don't let Israel recognize Reform, Conservative rabbis

http://www.haaretz.com/

Chief Rabbi Amar: Stop recognizing of non-Orthodox rabbis

http://www.jpost.com/

See also: translation Chief Rabbi Amar’s letter

“NO TIME FOR SILENCE” A Letter Addressed to all Rabbis in Every Part of the Country, May God be With Them

http://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/

See also: original Chief Rabbi Amar letter http://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/

Chief Rabbi Yonah Metzger comes to Paramus, New Jersey

http://jstandard.com/

Jewish Federations Condemn Reported Statement from Rabbi Shlomo Amar

http://www.jewishfederations.org/

US Federations slam chief rabbi’s criticism of funding for non-Orthodox rabbis

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

A Crack in the Dam

http://iengage.org.il/

Why I Don’t Want the Israeli Government to Consider Me a Rabbi

http://www.jewcy.com/

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Israel’s Freedom Riders

http://www.tabletmag.com/

Film festival posters depicting a drawing of a woman vandalized in Jerusalem

http://www.haaretz.com/

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'Haredi schools need to meet minimum standards'

http://www.jpost.com/

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No alternative to unity

http://www.jpost.com/

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Anna Sverzhinsky’s personal account: Reform conversion in FSU and Aliyah

http://wupj.org/

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VIDEO: Bnei Menashe kids singing in India

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Chevra Kadisha to compensate woman for funeral

http://www.ynetnews.com/

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The Jewish Agency and the Blackberry: Two Peas in a Pod?

http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/

Promote aliya now!

http://www.jpost.com/

The Jewish Agency Board of Governors Live from the Assembly: The Jewish Peoples Studio

http://www.jewishagency.org/

Diaspora continuity

http://www.jpost.com/

Jewish leaders discuss the challenge of being Jewish in the Diaspora

http://www.haaretz.com/

What do Israelis want from Diaspora Jews? EVERYTHING

http://www.jewishjournal.com/

See also: Tables here and here.

http://www.jewishjournal.com/

Immigration to Israel from the establishment of the State in 1948 until 2010

http://www1.cbs.gov.il/

Maryland mom of rising Israeli political star to make aliya

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Jewish Agency’s Global Jewish Forum to Explore ‘Being a Free People in Our Land’

http://www.sfgate.com/

Under the Lens: Israel-Diaspora Relations

http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/

Straddling The World: Israeli and American Jewry

http://jerusalemjournal.israhost.co.il/

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A JTS Pashkevil

http://menachemmendel.net/

A tiny drop in a vast bucket

http://www.jpost.com/

The thinking man vs. the theocrat

http://www.haaretz.com/

Religion and state cannot be bedfellows

http://www.haaretz.com/

For the Love of Israel

http://www.thedailybeast.com/

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Haredi growth absent in talk on Jewish future

http://www.jpost.com/

The Haredi World Wide Web

http://zeek.forward.com/

Three ultra-Orthodox men arrested for vandalizing Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial

http://www.haaretz.com/

Beit Shemesh: Woman attacked for dressing 'immodestly'

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Haredi extremists stone female driver in Beit Shemesh

http://www.jpost.com/

J'lem counter-protesters douse haredim with water

http://www.jpost.com/

New haredi twist to Beit Shemesh supermarkets war

http://www.globes.co.il/

A man who remembered when Hasidim waved the Israeli flag

http://www.haaretz.com/

Female soldier harassed by haredim becomes model

http://www.jpost.com/

New leaders take reins of  ‘Yated Ne’eman’

http://www.jpost.com/

Israeli banks eye haredi customers

http://www.ynetnews.com/

VIDEO Haredim in Israel (via Makom)

Haredi woman gives birth during vow of silence, hides newborn under dress

http://www.haaretz.com/

When rabbis are turned into saints

http://www.haaretz.com/

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J'lem: 5,000 protest plans to draft haredim

http://www.jpost.com/

See also: VIDEO - J'lem: 5,000 protest plans to draft haredim

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox protest in Jerusalem against Tal Law replacement

http://www.haaretz.com/

Haredim rally against IDF enlistment

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Yishai: Drafting haredim 'incest, idolatry'

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox protest in Jerusalem against Tal Law replacement

http://www.haaretz.com/

The State, Hellenism & Hate for Torah Jewry

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/

Barak: 50% haredim to IDF, rest to national service

http://www.jpost.com/

Committee: 80% of haredim to join IDF, national service

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Haredi integration ideas connect enlistment, money

http://www.jpost.com/

Advice for the Plessner Committee: Minimize confrontation

http://www.jpost.com/

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Religious battle looming at Mt. Meron: Walkways for kohanim face demolition

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Waqf tells UK student to remove kippa on Temple Mount

http://www.jpost.com/

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May women read from the Torah?

http://www.jpost.com/

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VIDEO: Herzl Museum Presents: The 1st Interactive-Zionist Wall

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Gay pride, but where's your Jewish pride?

http://www.ynetnews.com/

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The Africans in Tel Aviv and Jewish Values

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/

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"Kashrut, strict safety add to high food prices"

http://www.globes.co.il/

Agriculture Ministry seeking to move all of Israel's pig farms to country's south

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Archeology Quarter construction begins

http://www.jpost.com/

Great excavations: Israel's Antiquities Authority head won't cave in just yet

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Onward, Christian tourists

http://www.haaretz.com/

Vatican to Palestinians: Stance regarding Israeli occupation not changed

http://www.haaretz.com/

Aramaic classes help Maronites in Israel understand their liturgies

http://www.catholicnews.com/

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Religion and State in Israel
June 25, 2012
Editor – Joel Katz
Religion and State in Israel is not affiliated with any organization or movement.