Religion and State in Israel - April 11 and April 18, 2013

Religion and State in Israel

April 11, 2013 and April 18, 2013

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Editor – Joel Katz

Religion and State in Israel is not affiliated with any organization or movement.

Special edition on Women of the Wall coming soon

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Former Chief Rabbi Yisrael Lau poised to run for second term

http://www.haaretz.com/

Twist in race for Chief Rabbinate

http://www.jpost.com/

Race for Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi job shows tensions in nationalist camp

http://www.israelhayom.com/

The inclusive David Stav, once a long shot for Chief Rabbi, seeks changes in Haredi stronghold

http://www.thejewishweek.com/

Torah, gefilte fish, and the road to the Rabbinate

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

David Stav Aims To Oust Haredim From Israeli Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Post

http://forward.com/

Chief Rabbi Metzger: Another term? Not relevant… yet

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Candidates for Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Express Opinions on the Rabbinate and State Authority

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/

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Separate but (un)equal: Gender segregated bus lines of Jerusalem

http://www.e-ir.info/

Opinion: A woman of the wall sings protest songs at Israel’s gate

http://www.haaretz.com/

Ruth Calderon in the wonderland

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Opinion: Break monopoly on Judaism

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Kotel compromise notwithstanding, Israel facing uphill battle over religious pluralism

http://www.jta.org/

Anat Hoffman urges Princeton audience to support pluralism

http://www.njjewishnews.com/

VIDEO: Dr. Kalman Neuman on Religion and Territorial Compromise in Israel

Dov Lipman, First American-Born Member of Israeli Parliament in 30 Years, on U.S. Speaking Tour

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

Gendered Rites/Gendered Rights: Sex Segregation, Religious Practice, and Public Life

http://www.brandeis.edu/

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Deputy Religious Affairs Minister lauds 'gets' ruling

http://www.jpost.com/

Rabbinical courts given leave to lock up recalcitrant husbands indefinitely

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

NCJW Board Calls for Civil Marriage in Israel

http://www.ncjw.org/

NCJW call on Israel to create civil marriage system seen as landmark

http://www.jta.org/

Rachel Levmore and How To Be A Pioneer In Get-Getting

http://www.jewishpress.com/

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'Jews should be able to pray on Temple Mount'

http://www.jpost.com/

MK Miri Regev to tour Jerusalem's Temple Mount to examine resumption of Jewish prayer

http://www.haaretz.com/

Temple Mount: Jews Strip-Searched to Avoid Israeli Flags

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

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Family of fallen soldier: Jewish status shouldn’t have mattered in memorial ceremony

http://www.haaretz.com/

Editorial: Israel must mourn without discrimination

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Educ. Minister Piron to Haredi schools: No Math, English, Civics, no funding

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Minister Piron to Appoint an Advisor on the Chareidi Community

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/

Opinion: Independence from benefits - to education

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Haredi enlistment: 'In 6 weeks we will have a historic law'

http://www.ynetnews.com/

IDF says it's ready to draft haredim, gradually

http://www.israelhayom.com/

New committee convenes to tackle universal draft

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Haredi enlistment committee meets for first time

http://www.jpost.com/

Israeli ministers take on challenge of devising historic ultra-Orthodox draft and integration plan

http://www.haaretz.com/

Open letter calls for female Israelis to join committee for drafting Haredim to IDF

http://www.haaretz.com/

Balancing needs of women, ultra-Orthodox men in Israel's military

http://articles.latimes.com/

Gov’t to discuss haredi enlistment legislation

http://www.jpost.com/

IDF backtracks: Last fallen soldier will be honored in ceremony, regardless of Jewish status

http://www.haaretz.com/

Yeshiva to honor fallen haredi soldiers

http://www.jpost.com/

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Why did MK Moshe Gafni single out Hiddush in the Knesset?

http://hiddush.org/

Haredi op-ed proposes their own autonomous region

http://www.jpost.com/

Hiddush calls on government coalition to cease funding of ultra-Orthodox organizations that deny the legitimacy of the State of Israel

http://hiddush.org/

Video Blog: Haredi denial of Israel's legitimacy

The Haredi MK Fighting Religious Separatism: An Interview with Rabbi Dov Lipman

http://www.jewishpress.com/

‘Ultra-Orthodox employment more important than draft’

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Bennett: Ultra-Orthodox scholars can boost Israeli high-tech

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Opinion: Netanyahu is no Thatcherite

http://www.haaretz.com/

[Netanyahu] pays lip service to Israel’s sense of entrepreneurship, but in reality no prime minister has done more to isolate the ultra-Orthodox community from the workplace as Netanyahu has through his alliances with Shas and United Torah Judaism.

Israel to subsidize job training for Arab women, Haredi men, people with disabilities

http://www.haaretz.com/

How Kemach Is Tackling Israel’s Socioeconomic Problems Head On

http://www.jewishtimes.com/

Opinion: Haredi Reflections on Israel's Independence Day

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

Opinion: Needed, Israeli dialogue of mutual gratitude

http://www.jpost.com/

Meretz bill would give Haredim who leave the fold financial aid

http://www.haaretz.com/

Day care center rejects national-religious

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Rabbi's aide indicted for alleged sexual assault

http://www.jpost.com/

Haredim protest Tiberias excavation; 5 detained

http://www.jpost.com/

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Using the dead to make a statement

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Opinion: Stop the secular jihad against the Orthodox on Holocaust Remembrance Day

http://www.haaretz.com/

Haredi to court: Limit Remembrance Day siren

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Chief Rabbi Metzger pans ultra-Orthodox who revel on Holocaust Day

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Haredi barbecue on Holocaust Day sparks uproar

http://www.jpost.com/

Opinion: Judaism: A Movement of Rebellion throughout History

http://en.idi.org.il/

http://www.jpost.com/

Haredi weekly censors female Holocaust victims

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Opinion: Even Women of Holocaust Get Blurred

http://blogs.forward.com/

When even the women of the Warsaw Ghetto are erased

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/

Hareidi PR Man Defends ‘Yesh Atid’

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

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Israel's Attorney General backs move to cut funding of West Bank yeshiva due to violence against Palestinians

http://www.haaretz.com/

Tag Meir activists visit victim of racist attack

http://www.jpost.com/

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Peoplehood in the Age of Pluralism - How Do We Embrace Pluralism While Keeping Us Whole?

http://jpeoplehood.org/

The Pluralism of Pluralism in Israel: A Brief History

http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/

American Jewish Committee Cuts Israel Staff Amid Tensions

http://forward.com/

1,100 Young Israelis Chosen as Jewish Agency Camp Shlichim

http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/

Opinion: Why should Diaspora Jews fly the flag of Israel?

http://www.haaretz.com/

Opinion: Why Israelis should still feel like strangers, even when they're home

http://www.haaretz.com/

The Birthright Israel flip side: Fewer high school students traveling to Israel

http://www.jta.org/

Firestone named president of Genesis Prize Foundation

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Reform Rabbi Meir Azari reaching out to Israeli families

http://cjnews.com/

Opinion: Getting Zionism right

http://blogs.jpost.com/

Rabbi Eric Yoffie

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Two winners declared in Int’l Bible Quiz

http://www.jpost.com/

US teen wins Bible Contest together with Israeli

http://www.ynetnews.com/

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Teshome Solomon’s arduous, triumphant trek to the Knesset

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

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Jerusalem mayor shelves plan to name street after Yeshayahu Leibowitz

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Jerusalem mayor pulls proposal to name street after Professor Yeshayahu Leibowitz

http://www.haaretz.com/

Stop Yeshayahu Leibowitz!

http://www.tabletmag.com/

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Israel’s Own Doheny Glatt Kosher Scandal

http://www.jewishjournal.com/

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Settler politics as God's playing field

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Rabbi Yaakov Yosef, son of Shas spiritual leader Ovadia Yosef, dies at 66

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Religion and State in Israel

April 11, 2013 and April 18, 2013

Editor – Joel Katz

Religion and State in Israel is not affiliated with any organization or movement.

All rights reserved. 

Religion and State in Israel - March 28 and April 4, 2013

Religion and State in Israel

March 28 and April 4, 2013

Editor – Joel Katz

Religion and State in Israel is not affiliated with any organization or movement.

Special edition on Women of the Wall coming soon

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NGOs call for probe into rabbis’ ‘income’

http://www.jpost.com/

High Court: Rabbinical Court not authorized to address post-divorce matters

http://www.haaretz.com/

High Court: Rabbinical courts don't rule on post-divorce issues

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Bnei Akiva demands Zionist chief rabbi

http://www.ynetnews.com/

And now, appointing the Chief Rabbis...

http://www.jpost.com/

Chief Rabbi Candidates Discuss Judaism and State

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

Those lawless local rabbis

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/

Untying the knot: Rethinking the rabbinate's laws on marriage

http://www.haaretz.com/

Coalition truly could offer chance for civil marriage, expert argues

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Reform Wedding at the Knesset Pt. 2

http://www.reformjudaism.org/

Dmitry and Mariana's wedding - Never mind the rabbinate

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Opinion: How Can Israel Be Both Jewish And Democratic?

http://www.thedailybeast.com/

Hiddush election analysis shows impact of religion/state issues on voters' decision-making

http://hiddush.org/

URJ hopes gov't will stand for religious freedom

http://www.jpost.com/

The Future of Religion and State in Israel - The Tikvah Fund

http://forum.tikvahfund.org/

A Four-Part Symposium

Featuring Yedidya Schwartz, Yehoshua Pfeffer, Alexander Kaye, and Regev Ben-David

Edited by Yair Rosenberg

16th Annual Marc and Henia z”l Liebhaber Prize for the Promotion of Religious Tolerance in Israel 2013 (5773)

http://www.schechter.edu/

See also: Israeli Friends of Schechter

https://www.facebook.com/

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Opinion: Sa’ar’s summer time opportunity

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Sex segregation on the rise in Israel's religious state schools

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Israel Vows To Draft Haredim, But Major Hurdles Remain

http://forward.com/

Bennett presents Haredi share in burden plan

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Opinion: How to Draft Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox

http://forum.tikvahfund.org/

By Yehoshua Pfeffer

New government coalition agreement will grant close to 50,000 exemptions for yeshiva students from the Israeli army

http://hiddush.org/

Rabbi: Hareidi Enlistment ‘Not a Czarist Decree’

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

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Jerusalem mayor vows to battle women's exclusion

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Women excluded from performing in Jerusalem festival

http://www.ynetnews.com/

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Ultra-Orthodox families in Israel to lose NIS 6,000 a month in benefits, paper claims

http://www.haaretz.com/

Panic and anger over ‘anti-Charedi’ coalition

http://www.thejc.com/

Lapid targets haredim but not settlers

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

UTJ MK Gafni: Lapid is a megalomaniac

http://www.jpost.com/

Ovadia calls on Peres to protect ‘Torah world'

http://www.jpost.com/

What does it take for a woman to accuse her rabbi of sexual harassment?

http://www.haaretz.com/

A New Sex Manual Gives Ultra-Orthodox Jews the Facts of Life

http://www.theworld.org/

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Secular Israelis search for authentic kosher food in Bnei Brak

http://www.haaretz.com/

Jerusalem approves, then revokes, grant to combat secularization of girls

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Outgoing ultra-Orthodox deputy minister: I was boycotted for having a beard

http://www.haaretz.com/

Opinion: Paradise lost: When ultra-Orthodox yeshivas taught Jewish pluralism

http://www.haaretz.com/

Opinion: The Renaissance of Pluralistic Judaism in Israel

http://forum.tikvahfund.org/

By Regev Ben-David

Opinion: Yair Lapid's strange choice

http://www.haaretz.com/

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J'lem Protest: 'Eatery shut because not kosher'

http://www.jpost.com/

Opinion: Save Restobar, save Jerusalem

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Chief Rabbinate Concerned Over Changing Trend Regarding Selection of a Mohel

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/

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Rabbi appointed to work with Bnei Anousim in Italy

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

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What does it take for a woman to accuse her rabbi of sexual harassment?

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Website of Jewish culture launched

http://www.jpost.com/

http://www.tarbut.cet.ac.il/

NIF Announces Grants to Women of the Wall, Other Religious Pluralism Groups

http://www.nif.org/

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Rabbi Menachem Froman redux: Are religious extremists better peacemakers than secular liberals?

http://www.haaretz.com/

Torah-based help for porn addicts, free and confidential

http://www.haaretz.com/

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If I forget thee, O Tel Aviv

http://www.haaretz.com/

African Hebrew Israelites reenact Exodus in Passover tradition

http://www.haaretz.com/

Israeli ambassador formally invites pope to visit

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

VIDEO: Interview with Micha Feldman on Operation Solomom, Ethiopian immigration

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Hiddush offers a Passover supplement for your seder

http://hiddush.org/

Israelis get kosher cigarettes for Passover, despite Chief Rabbinate's disapproval

http://www.haaretz.com/

VIDEO: Kosher cigarettes for Passover: Chief Rabbinate angered as Israelis get kosher smokes

Kitniyot Liberation Front wages Facebook war over Passover customs

http://www.haaretz.com/

VIDEO: Birkat Kohanim, Western Wall, Pesach 5773

Back to Bread: Israelis celebrate Mimouna

http://www.jpost.com/

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Haredi man petitions court against Remembrance Day siren

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

IDF launches 'kosher' version of in-house magazine

http://www.ynetnews.com/

IDF rabbi dismissed for watching porn receives new post

http://www.ynetnews.com/

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Blunder of the Reform Movement, Orthodox stagnation

http://www.jpost.com/

By Elad Uzan

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Sacred soil and ethical statecraft

http://www.haaretz.com/

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VIDEO: Year in Review - Beit Hillel Attentive Spiritual Leadership

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Bnei Akiva, Ariel Consider Reuniting

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

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Pres. Shimon Peres: Shabbat launch of Tamar gas flow 'a mistake'

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Peres: Starting Tamar field gas flow on the Sabbath 'was a mistake'

http://www.haaretz.com/

Peres: Mistake to announce gas flow on Sabbath

http://www.jpost.com/

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Temple Mount activists detained for attempted animal sacrifice

http://www.jpost.com/

Likud MK denied entry to Temple Mount

http://www.jpost.com/

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Religion and State in Israel

March 28 and April 4, 2013

Editor – Joel Katz

Religion and State in Israel is not affiliated with any organization or movement.

All rights reserved.