Religion and State in Israel

August 1, 2013

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Editor – Joel Katz

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

Special edition on post-Chief Rabbi elections coming soon.

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VIDEO: Anat Hoffman on Religious Pluralism and Women of the Wall 

By Shalom Hartman Institute

VIDEO: The Torturous Track to Marriage in Israel

Click here for VIDEO

VIDEO: Marriage without the Rabbinate (Hebrew)

Privatizing Religion in the Jewish State?

http://mosaicmagazine.com/

The Jews Will Take Care of the Rest - A video conversation with Moshe Koppel

http://mosaicmagazine.com/

How Not to Perpetuate Judaism in the Jewish State - A Reply to My Respondents

http://mosaicmagazine.com/

Where Israel Differs - Separating religion and state sends the wrong signal in principle, and could wreak havoc in practice.

http://mosaicmagazine.com/

Opinion: Jewish identity - it's no obsession

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Gender-segregation: Egged buses and Haredim

Beit Shemesh: Haredi arrested for telling woman to sit in back of bus; riot ensues

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Smashed windows and arrests: Haredi demand for woman to sit at back of bus gets out of hand

http://www.jpost.com/

Haredim throw stones, smash windows of bus in Bet Shemesh

http://www.jpost.com/

Ultra-Orthodox protesters shatter bus windows after female passenger refuses to sit in back

http://www.haaretz.com/

State to Insure Egged to Permit Poster Ads with Women

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/

See also article in Hebrew (Google translate here)

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

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Education

Yesh Atid MK files police complaint against Shas schools

http://www.jpost.com/

Nahari law cancellation approved for second and third readings

http://www.jpost.com/

Israel cracking down on mismanaged ultra-Orthodox schools

http://www.haaretz.com/

Sweeping out the stables

http://www.haaretz.com/

Education Minister Rabbi Shay Piron ‏(Yesh Atid‏) has chalked up a series of achievements which could only have been dreamed of when the ultra-Orthodox parties were in the government.

Education Ministry's funding for high schools favors state religious stream

http://www.haaretz.com/

Piron: Batei Medrash - the 'Pluralistic' Kind - to Get Money

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

Education Minister Piron: Hevron Still on List for School Trips

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

Israel caught between Haredim and a hard place - Higher education and gender-segregation

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/

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Marriage, Agunot

Israel divorce law traps women in marriages that died long ago

http://www.latimes.com/

Opinion: Between Adon Olam and Agunot

http://galusaustralis.com/

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Haredim

Israel Faces the Ultra-Orthodox Challenge: Why Now, and What Next?

http://jppi.org.il/

Lapid to Haredim: You give sector bad name

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Are Israel's Orthodox parties trying to inch back into coalition through yeshiva funding negotiations?

http://www.haaretz.com/

In dealing with ultra-Orthodox Jews, Israel’s 2013-14 budget is miraculous

http://www.haaretz.com/

As peace talks ramp up, Israel's religious Zionists face off against the ultra-Orthodox

http://www.haaretz.com/

Traveler: Haredi vacationers desecrated IDF monument

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Haredim caught bathing in memorial for fallen soldiers

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Parents of helicopter disaster victims: Our children spat on

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Israeli ultra-Orthodox women join workforce, men stay home and study

http://www.jpost.com/

Haredi women in Israel join workforce

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Opinion: Before we all burn in hell - A Tisha B’Av call for internal Jewish harmony and a return to the moral foundations of our faith

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Israel's Welfare ministry vows to prevent Haredim from living off child benefits

http://www.haaretz.com/

Opinion: A Mekarev Looks at Politics

http://nleresources.com/

Haredim get free bus ride after Shabbat

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Yaakov Eichler Files a Police Complaint Against Egged Spokesman

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/

Opinion: Mothers of Down Syndrome Babies Have Options in Ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem

http://forward.com/

When Haredi mothers give up their Down syndrome babies

http://www.haaretz.com/

Women-only paramedic course in J'lem

http://www.ynetnews.com/

New Haredi hit: IKEA summer sale

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Haredi Rabbi Karelitz: No need to return lost "non-Kosher" smartphone

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Ashdod: Haredi man spits on 15-year-old girl

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Shas Rav Shalom Cohen: Those Who Voted For Bayit Yehudi Destined for Gehenom

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/

Suspicion: Haredi man attacked for looking at pregnant woman

http://www.ynetnews.com/

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Haredim and the IDF

Senior IDF officers slam defense minister for expanding Hesder yeshiva program

http://www.haaretz.com/

Female Border Police member barred from eating in Haredi base

http://www.haaretz.com/

IDF to enlist 300 ultra-Orthodox soldiers into 2 new haredi units

http://www.jpost.com/

IDF survey: Most Haredi soldiers believe their contribution to army is 'vital'

http://www.haaretz.com/

IDF: Haredi volunteers highly motivated, join in record numbers

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Largest haredi enlistment: Proud in uniform

http://www.ynetnews.com/

400 Haredim to join new Haredi regiment

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Haredi soldiers show high motivation, army reports

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Yeshiva students join IDF as paramedics

http://www.ynetnews.com/

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Haredim and the IDF Draft

VIDEO: MK Meir Porush Handcuffs Himself to Knesset Podium (English subtitles)

Ultra-Orthodox MK handcuffs himself to podium over Haredi draft

http://www.jpost.com/

AG to High Court: Ya'alon wants to push drafting Haredim until December

http://www.jpost.com/

Court refuses to block Ya'alon from deferring Haredi draft

http://www.jpost.com/

Ya'alon says no Haredi enlistment before December

http://www.israelhayom.com/

State cancels draft orders for thousands of haredim

http://www.ynetnews.com/

IDF to defer service of hundreds of Haredim because of legal limbo

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Israel defers conscription of ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students, pending draft reforms

http://www.haaretz.com/

Defense Ministry cancels army call-up for hundreds of haredim

http://www.jpost.com/

Click here for CARTOON: Haredi MK handcuffs himself to Knesset podium in protest over IDF draft bill

http://www.haaretz.com/daily-cartoon/

Haredi MKs mourn as enlistment bill passes first hurdle

http://www.jpost.com/

Haredi MKs mourn as draft bill passes first reading

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Haredi MKs mourn as enlistment bill passes first hurdle

http://www.jpost.com/

Draft for 18-year-old ultra-Orthodox youths to start in 2020 only

http://www.haaretz.com/

Haredi enlistment issue to face first Knesset vote

http://www.jpost.com/

The Ultra-Orthodox Draft: A Test of the New Israeli Politics

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

Haredi Integration: Not by Re-Education

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

Israel Democracy Institute researchers propose alternative plan for haredi enlistment

http://www.jpost.com/

IDI Scholars Present Plan to Resolve Ultra-Orthodox Draft Crisis

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

A Proposal for Integrating the Ultra-Orthodox into the IDF

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

A Framework for Ultra-Orthodox Conscription

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

Israel puts off decision on whether to draft 5,100 ultra-Orthodox Jews

http://www.haaretz.com/

Rabbi David Lau: Forced IDF draft wrong

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Sharing the burden? Ya'alon may rescind haredi draft summons

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Editorial: Haredi soldiers

http://www.jpost.com/

State weighs rescinding military conscription orders for Haredi yeshiva students

http://www.jpost.com/

Haredim, the IDF and a stronger society

http://www.jpost.com/

Assaulted Haredi soldier: This isn't the way of Judaism

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Opinion: Dawn of a new era

http://www.jpost.com/

The Peri proposal for the Ultra-Orthodox Draft: Equality in Sharing the Burden, without the equality

http://hiddush.org/

State says gov't will try to pass haredi enlistment law by August 15

http://www.jpost.com/

Opinion: Two wrongs don't make a right

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Defense Ministry launches first Haredi pre-military training program

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Deputy Defense Minister visits first Haredi Pre-Army Mechina

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/

Israel's Internal Battle Over Ultra-Orthodox Soldiers

http://www.npr.org/

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Attacks on Haredi IDF soldiers

For Haredi Soldiers, War On The Home Front

http://www.thejewishweek.com/

With Israel set to draft ultra-Orthodox Jews, those already in service face ire of their peers

http://www.washingtonpost.com/

Kibbutz program launched to protect haredi soldiers

http://www.jpost.com/

Leaflet seemingly calls for murder of haredi soldiers

http://www.jpost.com/

Let us learn from the past

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Ultra-Orthodox paper backs delegitimization of haredi soldiers

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Police: Religious soldier attacked by haredim in Jerusalem

http://www.jpost.com/

Religious soldier attacked in ultra-Orthodox neighborhood

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Peres meets with Haredi soldiers in Jerusalem

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Peres calls on Haredi leaders to support Haredi soldiers

http://www.jpost.com/

A pogrom in the heart of the capital

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Haredi soldier: Our life is a nightmare

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Indictment: Iron bars thrown at police who rescue Haredi soldier

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Opinion: The Haredim are afraid

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Second ultra-Orthodox soldier attacked by fellow Haredim in 2 days

http://www.jpost.com/

Second attack on Haredi soldier in Jerusalem this week

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Second Haredi soldier accosted in Jerusalem

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Haredi soldier allegedly attacked in Jerusalem

http://www.ynetnews.com/

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Shas leader and National Religious

Shas leader says National Religious ‘not Jewish’

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Shas leader: Modern Orthodox in Israel is Amalek - enemy of the Jews

http://www.haaretz.com/

Shas rabbi calls Religious Zionists 'enemies of Israel'

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Shas leader: National Religious Jews ‘aren’t Jewish’

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Senior Shas rabbi says Religious Zionism should be abolished

http://www.jpost.com/

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Kashrut

Kosher Restaurant Revolt Brews in Jerusalem

http://forward.com/

Women: Let us be kosher supervisors

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Israel’s Prime Ministers: Not Kosher?

http://www.tabletmag.com/

Rabbinate Raid Finds Forged Kashrut Certificates

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

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Beit Shemesh

Campaign season starts early in 'war' over Beit Shemesh

http://www.haaretz.com/

Symbol of struggle against Haredi coercion bids farewell to Beit Shemesh

http://www.haaretz.com/

Opinion: Goodbye, Bet Shemesh

http://hadassamargolese.blogspot.co.il/

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Opinion: Revisiting “Reform”

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/

A Tisha B’Av Story

http://www.jpost.com/

A Troubling Tale of Jewish-Muslim Relations

http://www.hartman.org.il/

http://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/

See chart here

Talmudic Culture and its Discontents: The NLI’s Series on the Talmud and Israeli Society

http://thetalmudblog.wordpress.com/

Glove story: Two Orthodox girls' journey from religious school to boxing glory

http://www.haaretz.com/

In fight for the soul of a divided city, a religious woman steps into the ring

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Jerusalem landlord seeks religious tenant

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Religious women infuse modesty with style

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Atheists in closet: Rabbis who lost God

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Opinion: A sordid defamation of Judaism

http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.538733

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Aliyah and Diaspora

‘Teen told she can’t join Birthright without DNA test’

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Opinion: Let’s Not Lose Diaspora Jewry

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Maccabiah athletes to be offered incentives to move to Israel

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Israel aims to charm Maccabiah athletes into moving to the Holy Land

http://www.haaretz.com/

Knesset holds first meeting of Lobby for Strengthening the Jewish People

http://www.jpost.com/

Knesset forms Jewish world lobby

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Le'chaim! America's best kosher wine is about to make Aliyah

http://www.haaretz.com/

Religious and Secular Leaders Travel Abroad with Gesher to Reconcile Differences and Meet Diaspora Jewry

http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/

VIDEO: The Future of the Living Covenant OR Living Covenant Future Directions

http://www.hartman.org.il/

New immigrants to Israel hit brick wall with Foreign Ministry labor dispute

http://www.haaretz.com/

Jewish Agency solves aliya impasse

http://www.jpost.com/

Sharansky: ‘Anti-Semitism does not encourage aliya

http://www.jpost.com/

Bill to allow Jewish Agency emissaries abroad to vote in national elections

http://www.jpost.com/

Should Israeli Nonprofit Organizations and Their “American Friends of…” Affiliates Seek Christian Support?

http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/

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New group of 'Amazon Jews' arrives in Israel

http://www.haaretz.com/

IEC to offer 'kosher electricity' by 2014

http://www.ynetnews.com/

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Ethiopian Aliyah

VIDEO: Falash Mura Leaving Gondar

For Ethiopia's Jews, a long journey is over, a new one begins

http://www.haaretz.com/

The trials and tribulations of the Falashmura immigration, embodied by a 72-year-old Ethiopian woman

http://www.haaretz.com/

At an Israeli absorption center, new immigrants find a friendly face

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Women's Coexistence Pilot Program a Success

http://www.reform.org.il/

Reformist Think in Islamic Thought in Israel Today

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

How a ‘gentle’ American is shaking up Israel - MK Rabbi Dov Lipman

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/

Levi Eshkol against the mehitzah at the Kotel

http://menachemmendel.net/

Arab athletes at the Maccabiah: Going for gold, seeking recognition

http://www.haaretz.com/

VIDEO: Christian Arabs say: We are Israelis and deserve to serve Israel

VIDEO: Israel Channel 2 TV News on Organ donation

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Shabbat

Jerusalem Gets Very Different Kind of Kabbalat Shabbat

http://forward.com/

Israeli women's lacrosse team risks chance of medal to avoid playing on Shabbat

http://www.haaretz.com/

Why We're Forfeiting Our World Cup Playoff Game

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/

Israeli women's team looking to make net gains as it debuts in lacrosse World Cup - Shabbat scheduling may scupper hopes

http://www.haaretz.com/

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VIDEO: Judaism and Women's Equality - Mrs. Ruth Gavison

IN PICTURES: Women worshippers - pioneers or provocateurs?

http://www.haaretz.com/

Opinion: Israel will never be a 'normal' state

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Religion and State in Israel

August 1, 2013 

Editor – Joel Katz

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

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