Religion and State in Israel - May 30, 2013

Religion and State in Israel

May 30, 2013

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Editor – Joel Katz

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

Special edition on Haredi IDF Draft coming soon

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Haredim and IDF Draft

Editorial: Draft and equality

http://www.jpost.com/

Why can a secular Israeli who dodges the draft be prosecuted as a criminal but not a haredi draft dodger?

While it is sagacious to avoid as much as possible a direct confrontation with the haredi community and its leaders, the government also has an obligation to its constituents and to the principle of equality before the law.

Analysis: For the Haredi world, a casus belli

http://www.jpost.com/

'Historic' Haredi draft bill ends coalition crisis

http://www.jpost.com/

Special edition on Haredi IDF Draft coming soon

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Religious Pluralism

Can Real Religious Pluralism Take Hold?

http://www.thejewishweek.com/

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Marriage

Groups worried over rabbinical judges c'tee

http://www.jpost.com/

Rabbinic body Beit Hillel touts prenups to avoid 'get' refusal

http://www.jpost.com/

Israel Chips Away at Orthodox Monopoly on Marriage

http://forward.com/

VIDEO Flashmob: Love & Respect - Prenuptial Agreements

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Rabbinate

Can Inclusive Candidate Be Elected Chief Rabbi?

http://www.thejewishweek.com/

Bayit Yehudi in talks with UTJ on Chief Rabbi

http://www.jpost.com/

Bayit Yehudi in disarray as Amar-Ariel deal dies

http://www.jpost.com/

Bayit Yehudi MK defies rabbis in backing Stav

http://www.jpost.com/

Groups worried over rabbinical judges c'tee

http://www.jpost.com/

When politics and religion mix, will a chief rabbi emerge?

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Rabbi Igra Back in Running for Chief Rabbi

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

Rabbis to Rabbi Stav: Withdraw from Rabbinate Race

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

Habayit Hayehudi drops push to amend law on Ashkenazi chief rabbi’s term

http://www.haaretz.com/

MK Kalfa withdraws Amar-Ariel bill for chief rabbi

http://www.jpost.com/

MK Zvulun Kalfa (Jewish Home) puts Chief Rabbi laws on hold

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Unholy alliances emerge in preparation for the election of the chief rabbi

http://www.haaretz.com/

Israel Chips Away at Orthodox Monopoly on Marriage

Are Rabbinate Reforms First Step to More Pluralism?

http://forward.com/

CARTOON: Religious Services Minister Bennett's reforms trigger holy wars over Israel's Chief Rabbinate

http://www.haaretz.com/

MK Stern’s bill on Chief Rabbi panel passes hurdle

http://www.jpost.com/

Knesset passes bill increasing number of women that elect Israel's Chief Rabbi

http://www.haaretz.com/

Jewish Home split over Chief Rabbinate vote

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

Bennett faces party dissonance over rabbinate law

http://www.israelhayom.com/

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Mikveh

Non-Orthodox Jews can use mikvaot for conversion

http://www.jpost.com/

Bennett deputy permits use of ritual baths for non-Orthodox Jews, then recants

http://www.haaretz.com/

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MK Rabbi Dov Lipman

Radio Interview: MK Rabbi Dov Lipman

http://www.nachumsegal.com/

The MK As Bridge Builder: Dov Lipman

http://www.thejewishweek.com/special-sections/israel-now/mk-bridge-builder

AUDIO Interview with MK Rabbi Dov Lipman (Yesh Atid)

http://www.jewishpress.com/

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The Jewish Identity Administration

The Jewish Identity Administration

http://www.jpost.com/

Opinion: The Jewish Identity Administration - Worse than a crime

http://www.haaretz.com/

Ronski Heads New Jewish Identity Administration

http://www.thedailybeast.com/

By Gershom Gorenberg

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New bill on Jewish character

MK submits bill to prioritize state’s Jewishness

http://www.jpost.com/

Likud seeks to anchor Judea and Samaria legal status in basic law

http://www.israelhayom.com/

MK submits bill to prioritize state’s Jewishness

http://www.jpost.com/

Lawmakers to debate proposal giving Jews 'unique' right to self-determination in Israel

http://www.haaretz.com/

Opinion: Separating the Torah from government

http://blogs.jpost.com/

Rabbi Andrew (Andy) Sacks

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Israel's Religious Zionist kids growing up in a world where females are taboo

http://www.haaretz.com/

The ‘Perplexed’ Turn To The Talmud

http://www.thejewishweek.com/

In Jerusalem, celebrating the desecration of the Sabbath

http://www.haaretz.com/

Polish man bar mitzvahed in Jerusalem after discovering he is Jewish

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Daylight Saving Time

Daylight Saving Time to be lengthened by a month

http://www.jpost.com/

Israel to extend Daylight Savings Time by one month

http://www.haaretz.com/

Daylight Saving Time to stretch till end of October

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Interior Minister Gideon Sa'ar: Daylight Savings Time to be extended this year

http://www.ynetnews.com/

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Education

First Haredi school to teach core subjects

http://www.ynetnews.com/

J'lem school denied funds for refusing Sephardim

http://www.jpost.com/

Jerusalem to withhold funds if school doesn't accept four Mizrahi girls

http://www.haaretz.com/

Charedi school budget cuts on hold

http://www.thejc.com/

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Opinion: Convicted Felon Leads ‘Extortionist’ Party

http://www.thejewishweek.com/

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Gender issues

Welcome To The ‘Feminist Revolution’

http://www.thejewishweek.com/

Jerusalem: Haredim destroy theater ads showing women

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Short shorts or all covered up: What’s an Israeli schoolgirl to wear?

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Haredim

Opinion: The Creeping Jewish Fundamentalism in Our Midst

http://forward.com/

Opinion: Memo to Haredim: Jewish pluralism won’t destroy your way of life

http://www.haaretz.com/

Modern Ultra-Orthodoxy: The Emerging Haredi Middle Class in Israel

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

Opinion: Haredi Leaders are Only Half Right (and Therefore Wrong)

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/

In the ultra-Orthodox world, a rare dance & an historic gesture

http://www.haaretz.com/

VIDEO: Hassidic wedding

Religious Labor - Israeli society debates the value of Haredi jobs, but Patrick Leigh Fermor saw the ultra-Orthodox hard at work

http://www.tabletmag.com/

PHOTOS: Secular Lens, Religious Vision

http://www.thejewishweek.com/

Haredi ad: Tight pants may seduce women

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Haredim advised to emigrate from Israel

http://www.ynetnews.com/

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Jerusalem Seeks A New Image - New amenities, including renovated train station, draw secular Israelis to the city of gold

http://www.thejewishweek.com/

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Rabbinate: Palestinian Coke not kosher

http://www.ynetnews.com/

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Forgotten history - Recent controversies shed light on an interesting background of conflicts over prayer at Western Wall

http://www.jpost.com/

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Diaspora and Aliyah

Life after aliyah: What does it take to make it in Israel?

http://www.haaretz.com/

Why is no Israeli minister in charge of relations with Diaspora Jews?

http://www.haaretz.com/

Opinion: Israel's have-nots will keep paying for Birthright, if Sheldon Adelson has his way

http://www.haaretz.com/

Opinion: Birthright crosses political lines

http://www.haaretz.com/

An Absurd Attack on Birthright, Sheldon Adelson, and Jewish Identity

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/

Reconsider VAT on tourists, American Jewish leaders urge Israel

http://www.haaretz.com/

Opinion: U.S. Jews need to decide if they are tourists in Israel, or extended family

http://www.haaretz.com/

Nefesh B'Nefesh up in arms over Israel's plan to revoke tax exemption for immigrants

http://www.haaretz.com/

Adelsons donate $40 million to Birthright

http://www.haaretz.com/

Opinion: American Jews need to overcome their insecurities about Zionism

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Haifa University adds Christian and Muslim holidays to vacation calendar for first time

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Revolution in the Church? - The Second Vatican Council, the Catholic Church, and The Relation of the Church to the Jewish People

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Religion and State in Israel

May 30, 2013

Editor – Joel Katz

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

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Religion and State in Israel - May 22, 2013

Religion and State in Israel

May 22, 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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Religious Services Ministry

Reform in religious services slammed

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Rabbi Gilad Kariv, executive director of the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism, said in response that "the only revolution that can cure the religious services crisis in Israel is annulling the Orthodox monopoly and giving the Jewish public in Israel a real option to choose between communities, circles and different denominations in Judaism."

VIDEO: Finance Minister Yair Lapid supports freedom of marriage in Israel

Opinion: End Orthodox Monopoly on Jewish Marriage in Israel

http://forward.com/

By Nancy Kaufman, NCJW

Bennett introduces reform in religion services

http://www.jpost.com/

Bennett pushing vast reforms to pry Israel’s Rabbinate from ultra-Orthodox grip

http://www.haaretz.com/

The Tzohar bill: There is room for everyone under the chuppah

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Religious Affairs Ministry to promote wedding reform

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Religious Services Ministry announces marriage reform

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Holy wars in store for Bennett over reform of Israel's Rabbinate

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Jewish Identity Administration

Ex-IDF chief rabbi takes over Israel’s new Jewish Identity Administration

http://www.haaretz.com/

Editorial: The Jewish Coercion Administration

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Jewish Identity

Opinion: Why be Jewish when you can be Israeli?

http://www.haaretz.com/

Opinion: Don't tell me I'm not Jewish

http://www.ynetnews.com/

By Erica Shaps

Opinion: In defense of Jewish pluralism

http://www.haaretz.com/

Opinion: Defining Zionism: The belief that Israel belongs to the entire Jewish people

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Education

Lapid cancels funding cuts to all yeshiva high schools

http://www.haaretz.com/

Lapid won't cut funding for Shas schools

http://www.ynetnews.com/

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Rabbinate

Shas Rabbi Ovadia Yosef okays Amar-Ariel deal

http://www.jpost.com/

Rav Igra Shlita Bows Out of Chief Rabbinate Race

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/

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Rabbinical Court case

Court to review rabbinical court's social exclusion order

http://www.jpost.com/

City rabbis ostracize woman who dared petition civilian court

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Hiddush petitions to the Supreme Court against rabbinical courts' excommunication practices

http://hiddush.org/

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Women of the Wall

Degrading graffiti found on house of Women of the Wall member

http://www.jpost.com/

See also: Haaretz, Ynet, Israel Hayom, Times of Israel articles

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Gender-segregation

Opinion: Obsession with modesty killing us

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Justice Ministry Gender Segregation Report [Translation]

http://www.irac.org

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Haredim

Israeli economy unsustainable if Haredim, Arabs don't join workforce, experts warn

http://www.haaretz.com/

Haredim raising $100m fund to blunt budget measures

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

Aborted yeshiva cuts show Israel can’t wish its minorities away

http://www.haaretz.com/

Opinion: No alternative to integration

http://www.haaretz.com/

Naftali Bennett has transformed Israel's Trade Ministry, both in name and in agenda

http://www.haaretz.com/

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MK Litzman questioned on suspicion of breach of trust

http://www.haaretz.com/

Haredi smartphone in the works

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

Rabbi apologies for calling MK Lipman ‘wicked’

http://www.jpost.com/

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Haredim and IDF

Will Haredi draft dodgers be declared deserters?

http://www.israelhayom.com/

2 ultra-Orthodox soldiers attacked in Mea She'arim

http://www.jpost.com/

Ultra-Orthodox get unexpected support from ‘anarchists’

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Tens of thousands of Haredim protest IDF draft

http://www.haaretz.com/

See also: Times of Israel, JPost, Haaretz articles

Lapid ups the ante in war of words with Deri

http://www.jpost.com/

Israel's Education Minister rescinds support for extending IDF yeshiva program

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Myriad schemes for revamping the Western Wall Plaza have fallen by the wayside since 1967

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Burial societies slam Treasury on "graves tax"

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

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Temple Mount closed over ‘security concerns’

http://www.jpost.com/

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Religion and State in Israel

May 22, 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