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.

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