Editor –
Joel Katz
By Rabbi Seth Farber
What’s at stake here is not simply the rights of a number of
single women. Who holds the power at the mikve is emblematic of who controls
Jewish life in Israel. The time has come for the state to allow people to live
full Jewish lives and not to put up obstacles in their way.
High Court
judges require religious services minister, chief rabbi to explain why women
visiting ritual bath are asked personal questions about their marital status
Interview
with Tzohar’s Rabbi David Stav
Tzohar rabbi says Chief
Rabbinate failed in its duty to bring secular, religious Jews closer together
By Rabbi
Yisrael Rosen, Dean of the Zomet Institute
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| Hiddush poster |
By Anat Hoffman
One
day, riding home from school on a public bus, Ariella took a seat in the front
of the bus. A few ultra-Orthodox men also boarded the bus and stood next to
her.
Then
the bus driver asked her to move from her seat in the front to the back of the
bus where she had to stand for the duration of her journey.
Seeing
the sign posted on the bus saying that passengers could sit wherever they want,
Ariella was outraged. She decided to fight for her rights.
Dov Lipman
was catapulted to national prominence on the back of Beit Shemesh's sectarian
violence. Now he has started a new political party to unify the disparate
ethnic ... The violence in Beit Shemesh was quickly seized upon by the media
... Beit Shemesh comprises several ethnic and religious groups
In 2011,
the entire world descended on Beit Shemesh as a drama played out on the border
between two neighborhoods, one populated by the
By Elana
Sztokman
Interview
with Deb Houben, Women of the Wall
http://www.reform.org.il/
By Rabbi
Nardy Grun
The Tal Law, which granted yeshiva students exemption from military
service,expired
over a month ago, but army and political
figures don't seem to be
in any...
By Merav
Michaeli
What could
have been an amazing opportunity to reorganize Israeli society and reduce its
internal tensions remains a ticking bomb of the type from which not even
America can save us.
By Shani
Boianjiu
As a female
soldier, the so-called burden equality issue has a flip side: It would mean
having to accept the burden of serving alongside thousands of individuals who
see me as less than equal. For them, I could never be a soldier first; I would
always be a woman, whose actions may spell danger to their most deeply held
beliefs.
How
exemption from conscription for ultra-Orthodox Jews is exposing Israel's
faultlines.
Shorashim
says difficulties in proving Jewishness, failure to convert Soviet Israelis of
Jewish descent threatens Israel.
When
visiting holy sites or religious neighborhoods, ensure you blend in and avoid
causing offense by wearing suitable attire.
Lipman vs the mayor (Premium content article)
Dov Lipman
was catapulted to national prominence on the back of Beit Shemesh’s sectarian
violence. Now he has started a new political party to unify the disparate
ethnic groups in the city.
In the
first of a three part series, Judy Maltz checks in on alumni of Young Judaea,
America's oldest Zionist youth movement, which has proven to be a breeding
ground for major Israeli movers and shakers.
Nochi Dankner and Rabbi Yaakov Ifergan ("The X-ray
rabbi")
Hundreds
of worshippers flock to famous rabbi's tomb in Bulgaria. Their leader, Rabbi
Yoshiyahu Pinto, compares Jewish victory over Persia in Book of Esther to
current threats faced by Israel
Book Reveiw: The Political Philosophy of Zionism: Trading
Jewish Words for a Hebraic Land, by Eyal Chowers. Cambridge University Press
A
political scientist examines the ways the Zionist project looked at language
and time. Is there something inherent in Hebrew that made it unsuitable for
building a state?
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Joel Katz
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