Religion and State in Israel - July 30, 2012

Religion and State in Israel

July 30, 2012

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Editor – Joel Katz

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

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'Tal Law set to expire, draft for all must begin'

http://www.jpost.com/

Approved: Legal separation [between] Zionist and Haredi yeshivas

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Opinion: There are free meals - for the Haredim

http://www.haaretz.com/

By Nehemia Shtrasler

Haredim: 'No one will drag us into IDF'

http://www.ynetnews.com/

IDF awaits instructions with Tal Law set to expire

http://www.jpost.com/

Israel Draft Crisis: As Deadline Looms, Draft Still Unresolved

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

Opinion: Haredi draft bill: An historic missed opportunity

http://blogs.jpost.com/

By Isi Leibler

Behind dispute over military service, two very different views of Israel

http://www.miamiherald.com/

New recruits join Haredi battalion

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Exposed: Haredim registered in yeshivas, working on the sly

http://www.ynetnews.com/

An insider's guide to IDF's Haredi regiment

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Israel Supreme Court Decision Invalidating the Law on Haredi Military Draft Postponement

http://www.loc.gov/

AUDIO: A brief history of Haredim and military exemption

http://www.abc.net.au/

AUDIO: Haredi military draft in Israel

http://www.abc.net.au/

Moshe Ya’alon recommends creating more infantry battalions for the religious

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Backer of protests for universal IDF draft derides activists for being too appeasing

http://www.haaretz.com/

Opinion: The Hypocrisy of Selective Bitachon (Security)

http://www.rationalistjudaism.com/

By Rabbi Natan Slifkin

Opinion: Our Own Worst Enemies - Haredim and the IDF

By Jonathan Rosenblum

http://www.jewishmediaresources.com/

Soldiers barred from praying in protest of draft

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Opinion: Mandatory IDF Conscription from a Hiloni Perspective

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/

By Safra Turner

Opinion: Mandatory IDF Conscription from a Haredi Perspective

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/

By Varda Epstein

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Opinion: Imagine - Women of the Wall

http://www.myjewishlearning.com/

By Rabbi Amy Joy Small

Nobody was arrested today...Rosh Chodesh Av with Women of the Wall

http://www.har-shalom.org/

Opinion: From Jerusalem to Maple Lake – My Experience at URJ Camp George

www.irac.org

By Anat Hoffman

Opinion: Laying the Groundwork for Future Generations of Jews

http://blogs.rj.org/

By Rabbi Rick Jacobs

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Who is a Jew? It’s less obvious than you might think

http://www.economist.com/

Opinion: Jewish Youth Activism: A Model for Leadership Development?

By Aharon Horwitz

http://zeek.forward.com/

Is Birthright really apolitical?

http://www.haaretz.com/

Aliyah Circa 1972

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/

Opinion: Who owns Zionism?

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/

By Stuart Schoffman

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A Prominent Rabbi’s Take on Jewish-Christian Relations

http://www.thejewishweek.com/

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Circumcision: Safeguard or hazard? [Premium article]

http://www.jpost.com/

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Nice To Meet You - Forward Editorial

http://forward.com/

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Police bar Jews from Tisha B’Av visits to Temple Mount, fearing disturbances

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Rabbis call for social responsibility on Tisha Be’av

http://www.jpost.com/

Police close Temple Mount to Jews on Tisha Be'av

http://www.jpost.com/

Tisha B'Av: Temple Mount closed to Jews

http://www.ynetnews.com/

VIDEO: Temple Institute’s Rabbi Chaim Richman on Tisha BAv 2012

Thousands attend Tisha B’Av prayer service at Western Wall

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

VIDEO: Jews mark Tisha Be'av at Western Wall

VIDEO: Tisha B'Av 5772 - Jews Unite to Remember the Holy Temple

Photo Gallery: Jews mark Tisha Be'av at Western Wall

http://www.jpost.com/

Opinion: A progressive Jewish perspective on Tisha Be’av

http://www.jpost.com/

By Rabbi Stephen Lewis Fuchs, World Union of Progressive Judaism

‘Active’ Temple mourning on Tisha B’Av -  Interview with Chaim Richman, Temple Institute

http://www.haaretz.com/

AUDIO Interview: ‘Active’ Temple mourning on Tisha B’Av -  Chaim Richman, Temple Institute

Opinion: Mourning the destruction in the rebuilt Jerusalem

http://www.jpost.com/

By Rabbi Shimshon Hakohen Nadel

Opinion: Tisha B’Av: Moving beyond tears

http://www.haaretz.com/

By Rabbi Marc Angel

Opinion: Stop Islamic Wakf’s work on the Temple Mount

http://www.jta.org/

By Rabbi Chaim Richman

VIDEO: The Children are Ready (The Temple Institute)

Tisha Be’av video gets hostile reception from Egypt

http://www.jpost.com/

Opinion: An Underground Temple Mount Situation

http://myrightword.blogspot.co.il/

By Yisrael Medad

Jewish Home MK Orlev calls for a Third Temple in Jerusalem

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

See original article - Hebrew [pdf] [pg. 10]

http://www.olam-katan.co.il/all_gilyonot/360.pdf

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Jerusalem man detained over death threats at gay pride film screening

http://www.haaretz.com/

Opinion: Reconcilable differences - Orthodox Judaism and homosexuality

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/

By Asher Zeiger

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Book Review: Rereading Herzl's Old-New Land – Religion and State

http://www.jewishreviewofbooks.com/

By Prof. Shlomo Avineri

In God we don't trust: Five Israeli atheists bare their souls

http://www.haaretz.com/

VIDEO: Rabbi Sivan Maas - Israel’s first female secular humanistic rabbi

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To some Jerusalemites, the secular vs. Haredi paradigm is passe

http://www.haaretz.com/

Sikrik Arrested for Assaulting Nachal Chareidi Soldier

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/

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Rabbi Elyashiv, 'the religious figure of his generation,' dies at 102

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, Leader of Charedi “Yeshivish” Community, Dies at 102

Opinion: A look at how Elyashiv transformed Yeshivish Judaism

http://www.unpious.com/

Rav Elyashiv's Mixed Legacy

http://www.jewishideasdaily.com/

VIDEO: Kevura of HaRav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv ZT"L - הלווית הרב אלישיב זצ"ל

Opinion: Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv: The reward of diligence

By Jonathan Rosenblum

http://www.jpost.com/

A window into the Jewish soul - Desire to understand God’s will through Talmud leads thousands to seven-year study odyssey.

http://www.jpost.com/

Over ten thousand celebrate worldwide completion of Talmud cycle in Tel Aviv

http://www.haaretz.com/

VIDEO: Talmud Study Cycle Celebrations

Women Join Talmud Celebration - As the daf yomi cycle of Talmud learning concludes this week, a Jerusalem study group breaks a barrier

http://www.tabletmag.com/

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Religious woman proud to serve in police

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Seven years after Gaza pullout, settlers' faith in God has changed

http://www.haaretz.com/

Israeli researchers race to document the Jewish heritage of Galilee Druze village before last Jew dies

http://www.haaretz.com/

Haredim flock to museum exhibit about hassidim

http://www.jpost.com/

Religious Extremism on the Screen at the Recent Jerusalem Film Festival

http://israelfilm.blogspot.co.il/

VIDEO: Mass Tanach Study in Gush Etzion

VIDEO: Bnei Akiva Presents: The Jerusalem Tent of Unity and Dialogue

VIDEO: Rabbi Yuval Cherlow, Tzohar - Rabbis and Educators Study & Teach in Memory of Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda Kook

Missing Hebrew manuscript is focus of growing legal battle

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Religious ensemble combines prayer and dance

http://www.ynetnews.com/

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Religion and State in Israel

July 30, 2012

Editor – Joel Katz

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

All rights reserved.

Religion and State in Israel - July 23, 2012

Religion and State in Israel

July 23, 2012

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Editor – Joel Katz

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

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State to ban women's exclusion from bus ads

http://www.ynetnews.com/

They're back! How the Yerushalmim movement brought about the return of women’s faces to bus ads

http://www.jpost.com/

Putting women’s rights front and center

http://www.jpost.com/

Israel Museum to introduce sex-segregated visiting hours for ultra-Orthodox exhibit

http://www.haaretz.com/

Israel Museum to introduce sex-segregated visiting hours for Haredi exhibit

http://www.haaretz.com/

After the buses: gender segregation reaches shared taxis

http://www.hiddush.org/

Women's images removed from ad promoting Israeli film in Jerusalem

http://www.haaretz.com/

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A pioneer of the Israeli rabbinate: Reform Rabbi Miri Gold

http://www.jewishjournal.com/

Rabbi Amar is wrong. Now what?

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/

My First Trip to Israel as President of the URJ by Rabbi Richard Jacobs

http://blogs.rj.org/

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Why Israel Needs Limmud

http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/

Interns are the new kibbutznikim

http://www.haaretz.com/

Sheldon Adelson and wife give $13m. to Birthright

http://www.jpost.com/

We've Got Ruach, Yes We Do: More Than 1,000 Young Israeli Emissaries Bring The Israeli Spirit to North American Jewish Summer Camps

http://www.prweb.com/

Statistics: Aliyah to Jerusalem - 1990’s vs. 2000’s by neighborhood

http://jiis-jerusalem-eng.blogspot.co.il/

IDF magnet for US olim

http://www.ynetnews.com/

On living in the Jewish state

http://teachingisrael.wordpress.com/

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Op-Ed: Israel's moment of truth by Prof. Dan Ben-David

http://www.haaretz.com/

Messages for the prime minister from ‘silenced’ Haredim

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/

Haredim who swap Talmud for technology

http://www.haaretz.com/

Haredi website fighting back against 'biased secular media'

http://www.ynetnews.com/

IDF holds urban warfare drill in Meah Shearim

http://www.ynetnews.com/

More haredim to study in academia

http://www.ynetnews.com/

National Insurance CEO: Get Haredim off welfare

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

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Ya’alon proposal rejected by draft reform activists

http://www.jpost.com/

Netanyahu, Barak fall out over new IDF draft law

http://www.haaretz.com/

PM: 'Historic change' to come with new enlistment plan

http://www.jpost.com/

Netanyahu: Exempt haredim until age 26

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Ya'alon presents 'Tal Law' replacement to Kadima MKs

http://www.jpost.com/

Haredi enlistment will not reach Knesset this summer

http://www.jpost.com/

Rivlin, haredi moderates, Camp Sucker leaders meet

http://www.jpost.com/

MK Plesner: We've exposed Netanyahu's true colors

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Knesset votes down Lieberman's universal draft bill

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Liberman's bill to replace Tal Law defeated 74-20

http://www.jpost.com/

Mofaz: I hoped PM would go beyond 'petty politics'

http://www.jpost.com/

Kadima bolts over draft dispute, shattering coalition after only 70 days

http://www.haaretz.com/

Shas: Haredim in bad position following Kadima's withdrawal

http://www.jpost.com/

Op-Ed: Not by law alone by Moshe Arens

http://www.haaretz.com/

Op-Ed: The dead of north Tel Aviv (Part 2) by Nehemia Shtrasler

http://www.haaretz.com/

Shall your brothers go to war, and shall you sit here?

Parashat Matot-Masei by Rabbi Yehiel Wasserman

http://renaissance.jewishagency.org/

A Volunteer Army for Israel?

http://www.jewishmediaresources.com/

On Haredim, the Army and the Torah

http://myobiterdicta.blogspot.co.il/

Finding middle ground

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Op-Ed: Perhaps these things never happened by Yehuda Ben-Meir

http://www.haaretz.com/

Sparks ready to fly: Professor worries about forcing haredim into Israeli army

http://www.jweekly.com/

Divisive draft dogs Orthodox Jews, Israeli Arabs

http://www.dw.de/

Editorial: On Haredi Service, Half A Great Idea by Gary Rosenblatt

http://www.thejewishweek.com/

Haaretz CARTOON

http://www.haaretz.com/

Shay Charka CARTOON

Haaretz CARTOON

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Searching for Jewish community life in Israel

http://www.haaretz.com/

The West Bank's Rabbi Menachem Froman has the solution to the conflict

http://www.haaretz.com/

Reconstructing the Bible

http://www.haaretz.com/

Anglos ready to celebrate ending 7 yrs Talmud study

http://www.jpost.com/

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Israeli Lawmaker Destroys New Testament

http://blogs.forward.com/

MK Ben Ari rips up New Testament

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Knesset speaker condemns MK who tore up New Testament

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

US Jewish groups condemn MK Michael Ben-Ari tearing up New Testament

http://www.jpost.com/

Inside the Christians United for Israel rally: Unconditional support for Israel

http://www.haaretz.com/

Unholy alliance: evangelicals and pro-Israel campus groups

http://www.newvoices.org/

Israel-Vatican Relations 1948-1973: The Israeli Perspective, by Dr. Amnon Ramon

http://embassies.gov.il/

Pilgrim cities lead rise in hotel stays

http://www.haaretz.com/

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What Rabbi Elyashiv's eulogies didn't say

http://www.haaretz.com/

Rabbi Elyashiv's empty legacy [short-version]

http://www.haaretz.com/

Rabbi Steinman likely to succeed Rabbi Elyashiv

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Peres pays condolence visit to Elyashiv’s family

http://www.jpost.com/

Israel's Ashkenazi chief rabbi: Elyashiv's greatness was due to his modesty

http://www.haaretz.com/

Rabbi Elyashiv's Legacy of Women's Pain: Revered Leader Blocked Progress on Divorce and Equality

http://forward.com/

Elyashiv’s mantra: ‘I’m afraid to change’

http://www.haaretz.com/

Rabbi Elyashiv, venerated leader in ultra-Orthodox community, dies at 102

http://www.haaretz.com/

Haredi world in mourning for departed leader

http://www.jpost.com/

VIDEO: 250,000 mourn Rabbi Elyashiv at J'lem funeral

Rabbi Y. S. Elyashiv, Master of Talmudic Law, Dies at 102

http://www.nytimes.com/

Tens of thousands gather for Rabbi Elyashiv's funeral in Jerusalem

http://www.haaretz.com/

Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv's Death Could Splinter Ultra-Orthodox

http://forward.com/

250,000 mourn Rabbi Elyashiv at J'lem funeral

http://www.jpost.com/

Leading haredi Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv dies at 102

http://www.jpost.com/

Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, a giant among the ultra-Orthodox

http://www.haaretz.com/

Rabbi Elyashiv, a relentless Torah scholar whose strict rulings sought to resist modernity

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Death of a rabbinic giant

http://www.jpost.com/

Postscript: Rav Elyashiv

http://www.tabletmag.com/

PM on Rabbi Elyashiv: Nation lost a great rabbi

http://www.jpost.com/

HaRav Elyashiv z'l and the Haredi Mind

http://machonshilo.org/

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Snapshot: Celebrating the redemption of the first-born donkey in Jerusalem

http://www.haaretz.com/

Protect and defend

http://www.jpost.com/

Will auto-matchmaker help religious singles find love?

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Bnei Akiva demands apology from reality TV star

http://www.ynetnews.com/

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A-G: Israeli law is applicable on Temple Mount

http://www.jpost.com/

Attorney General and the Temple Mount: Getting too sensitive but not enough

http://blogs.jpost.com/

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Women Teaching Women – the Daf Yomi A Page a Day, concluding the Seven Year Talmud Cycle

http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/

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Religion and State in Israel

July 23, 2012

Editor – Joel Katz

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

All rights reserved