Religion and State in Israel: October 31, 2013

Essay from former Israeli Supreme Court Chief Justice Aharon Barak's forthcoming book, "Human Dignity: The constitutional Right and its Derivatives."

Justice Barak describes the ways in which Israel's marriage laws constitute a serious infringement on human dignity and human rights.

Former Supreme Court President: Israel's marriage laws violate basic human rights

http://www.haaretz.com/

Op-ed: The real revolution is for common-law partnership

http://www.jpost.com/

Yesh Atid's civil union bill to Knesset: 'Equal rights for all couples'

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Chief Rabbinate opposes bill for nationwide marriage registration

http://www.haaretz.com/

Deputy Religious Services minister to seek ban of independent Orthodox marriages and conversions

http://www.jpost.com/

The Demise of the Chief Rabbinate

http://www.myjewishlearning.com/

Op-ed: Outraged at Chief Rabbinate’s snub of Rabbi Avi Weiss

http://www.thejewishweek.com/

Op-Ed: Non-Orthodox Orthodoxy: Playing With Fire

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

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You may now kiss the bride, but only if she's 18

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Knesset prepares to raise legal marriage age from 17 to 18

http://www.haaretz.com/

Jewish Identity Administration

MKs approve funding for new 'Jewish Identity' body - without knowing budget

http://www.haaretz.com/

NIS 14 million approved for Jewish Identity Administration

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Lapid allocates NIS 52m to religious institutions

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

Lapid: Cuts to Foreign Yeshiva Students Still Stand

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

Foreign Yeshiva Student Budget to be Restored

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

Yeshiva funding for foreign students restored, but with a Zionist twist

http://www.haaretz.com/

Religion and State

The State and Synagogue Exchange, Part 1: Israelis and Israel’s Religious Establishment

http://www.jewishjournal.com/

Lapid: There won't be separation of religion and state in Israel

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Lapid: Israel's definition as Jewish and democratic is an unsolvable contradiction

http://www.jpost.com/

Which of these statements best represents your opinion of the role of religion in the State of Israel?

http://www.ajc.org/

Op-ed: Israel’s secular liberals should claim minority status

http://www.haaretz.com/

Israel-Diaspora relations

Op-ed: The ‘Prime Minister’s Initiative’ needs educational tree-planting, not firefighting

http://www.jpost.com/

Netanyahu halts distribution of 'loyalty' poll to U.S. Jews, Israeli expats

http://www.haaretz.com/

Op-ed: The Pew survey: Avoiding a Jewish identity crisis in Israel

http://www.jpost.com/

Op-ed: Making the Most of the JFNA General Assembly in Israel

http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/

From Tucson to Nahariya – women connect!

http://www.jpost.com/

Op-ed: The Failure of Zionism

http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/

Daylight Saving Time

Israel's Duel on the Sun

http://www.nytimes.com/

Haredi society

Piron Threatens to Stop Yeshiva Stipends Over Harassment of students for voting choices

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

City-run library in Jerusalem bars women

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Chabad in Tel Aviv: Like a cheeseburger stand in Bnei Brak?

http://www.haaretz.com/

Ultra-Orthodox singers defy stereotypes on TV reality show

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Singing ultra-Orthodox brothers who don’t own televisions become reality TV stars in Israel

http://www.washingtonpost.com/

VIDEO: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish brothers become rock stars on Israeli reality TV show 'Rising Star'

Benefits fraud rings steals nearly NIS 7 million from national insurance; military service exemptions fraud

http://www.jpost.com/

Haredi Male Employment Drops In 2012

http://www.haredianalysis.com/

Haredi fashion police outlaw everything from pink bras to leather jackets

http://www.haaretz.com/

Haredim to go to special IDF induction center

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Statistics show that some 75 percent of those leaving the city are young Haredi families looking for cheaper housing

http://www.haaretz.com/

see also: Jerusalem: Facts and Trends 2013

http://jiis.org/

Environment Ministry launches probe on Soglowek slaughterhouse after Kolbotek report documents abuse

http://www.jpost.com/

The Talmud: Why has a Jewish law book become so popular?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/

Kotel

Op-ed: The Small Wall

http://www.jewishpress.com/

Paula Abdul to get Kotel bat mitzvah

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Education

Vaccine for eighth-grade girls against STD virus? Haredim say no

http://www.haaretz.com/

Cervical cancer vaccine for Israeli schoolgirls meets religious opposition

http://www.haaretz.com/

Municipal Elections

First woman elected to Safed city council has ultra-Orthodox up in arms

http://www.haaretz.com/

Defeated mayoral candidate Eli Cohen calls on police to investigate Beit Shemesh elections

http://www.jpost.com/

Beit Shemesh’s Eli Cohen to JTA: ‘When I’m mayor…’

http://www.jta.org/

Beit Shemesh residents protest alleged election fraud

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Thousands in Beit Shemesh rally against election results

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Some 2,000 Beit Shemesh residents cry fraud over Haredi win in local elections

http://www.haaretz.com/

Contested election result in mixed Israeli city highlights religious divide in country

http://www.washingtonpost.com/

Ultra-Orthodox Win Elections In Beit Shemesh Amid Fraud Claims

http://www.al-monitor.com/

Yesh Atid MK calls for new vote in Beit Shemesh, calling Haredi win 'suspicious'

http://www.haaretz.com/

Eli Cohen set to appeal Beit Shemesh election result

http://www.jpost.com/

Deri accuses Yishai of failing to back Lion for mayor

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Leader of Israeli ultra-Orthodox party blames predecessor for failure in municipal polls

http://www.haaretz.com/

Who really won Jerusalem?

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Backers of failed secular challenger to Beit Shemesh's Haredi mayor cry fraud

http://www.haaretz.com/

Op-ed: Electile Dysfunction

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/

Beit Shemesh residents hit the streets amid claims of fraudulent election

http://www.jpost.com/

Separate in Beit Shemesh?

http://blogs.forward.com/

Calls raised to divide Beit Shemesh after tense elections

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Report: Saar Considering Splitting Beit Shemesh

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

The tribes of Jerusalem

http://www.haaretz.com/

Disappointment in Beit Shemesh: 'City is radicalizing'

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Two ultra-Orthodox operatives swung Jerusalem elections for Barkat

http://www.haaretz.com/

Not the 'Orthodox Jews can't be leftists' canard - again

http://www.haaretz.com/

Women of Wall become fashion icon

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Shas

Shas's Deri and Yishai shake hands after holding talks that reduce tensions

http://www.jpost.com/

Shas leaders Deri, Yishai meet to mend fences

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Op-ed: When a Torah sage proves all too human

http://www.njjewishnews.com/

Articles on Rabbi Ovadia Yosef

http://www.communitym.com/

Temple Mount

Police Tighten Restrictions on Jews at Temple Mount

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

Temple Mount Activist to Start Hunger Strike

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

Ancient Ritual Bath near Temple Mount to be Back in Use

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

Religion and State in Israel

October 31, 2013

Editor – Joel Katz

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