Religion and State in Israel - May 9, 2013

Religion and State in Israel

May 9, 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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Gender-segregation

Livni bill to criminalize discrimination of women

http://www.jpost.com/

AG: Women's exclusion from public sphere should be illegal

http://www.israelhayom.com/

A-G: Criminalize gender-based discrimination against women

http://www.jpost.com/

Israel's AG impels ministers to crack down on exclusion of women

http://www.haaretz.com/

Jerusalem's women have won some battles, but the struggle for equality is not yet over

http://www.haaretz.com/

Justice Ministry issues report on women's exclusion

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Israel Moves to End Gender Segregation in Public Spaces

http://www.nytimes.com/

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Chief Rabbinate

Agreement reached to expand chief rabbi election committee

http://www.jpost.com/

Bayit Yehudi: Choosing religious moderation or extremism

http://www.jpost.com/

Stakes for Chief Rabbi: Marriage, Converts, Peace

http://blogs.forward.com/jj-goldberg/

Bayit Yehudi issues ultimatum to Shas’s Yosef

http://www.jpost.com/

Bayit Yehudi: No deal with Shas on Chief Rabbinate

http://www.jpost.com/

Dissent in Habayit Hayehudi over candidate for Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi

http://www.haaretz.com/

Confusion around Chief Rabbinate race

http://www.jpost.com/

Opinion: Israel needs multiple Chief Rabbis

http://www.jpost.com/

Bayit Yehudi Pulls the Rav Amsellem Card

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/

Opinion: Privatize the Chief Rabbinate

http://www.jpost.com/

Then and now - The Chief Rabbinate elections: Lessons on religion and state

http://www.jpost.com/

Tel Aviv Rabbinate introduces mobile barcode scanning at kosher eateries

http://www.haaretz.com/

Ex-Chief Rabbi Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron fails in bid to evade fraud case

http://www.jpost.com/

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Religious pluralism

Opinion: The Old Game is over

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/

Opinion: In order to live together, both religious and secular Jews need to accept discomfort

http://www.haaretz.com/

Opinion: Jewish Pluralism: Alive and Well in Jerusalem.

http://www.hamirpesetsheli.blogspot.co.il/

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Marriage, conversion

Israel's spending on conversion to Judaism increased, as number of converts declined

http://www.haaretz.com/

Jewish marriage institution fraught with nepotism and cronyism, state comptroller says

http://www.haaretz.com/

Why Israel should be the next country to adopt same-sex marriage

http://www.haaretz.com/

We interrupt the discussion of the ketuba for this case, just received – a sarvan get finally relents

http://vatashardevora.blogspot.co.il/

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Shabbat

Hundreds protest J'lem Cinema City Shabbat closure

http://www.jpost.com/

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Haredim

New budget includes tough terms for haredim

http://www.jpost.com/

State-funded Haredi schools get free pass on core curriculum

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Hiddush criticizes the government for continuing to provide financial aid to yeshiva students who have deferred army enlistment under criteria determined by the Tal Law

http://www.israelhayom.com/

National Religious rabbis oppose imposing curriculum in haredi schools

http://www.jpost.com/

Lapid's plan will alienate haredim

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi Shteinman: No secular studies in Haredi education

http://www.jpost.com/

New budget includes tough terms for haredim

http://www.jpost.com/

Israel's much-criticized new budget may revolutionize ultra-Orthodox society

http://www.haaretz.com/

Habayit Hayehudi seeking to moderate budget cuts to ultra-Orthodox

http://www.haaretz.com/

Study: 70% of Haredim who do army service enter labor force

http://www.haaretz.com/

Editorial: Israel must help Arabs and ultra-Orthodox find work

http://www.haaretz.com/

Haredi author compares Lapid remarks to speech by Hitler

http://www.haaretz.com/

Op-ed in haredi daily compares Lapid to Hitler

http://www.jpost.com/

Sealed glasses against 'forbidden sights'

http://www.ynetnews.com/

The Black-Hat Underground

http://www.jewishideasdaily.com/

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Haredim and the IDF

The nuances behind the IDF’s new equitable draft plan

http://www.haaretz.com/

Bennett: Burden equality plan is doomed unless we can create jobs

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Between commander and commandment: Is the IDF becoming more religious?

http://www.haaretz.com/

As expected, Haredi rabbis refuse to cooperate with Knessed draft committee

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Opinion: So what if Herzl said it?

http://www.haaretz.com/

Haredi soldiers request exemption from uniform

http://www.ynetnews.com/

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MK Rabbi Dov Lipman

An Open Letter to the Baltimore Jewish Community from Dov Lipman

http://www.baltimorejewishlife.com/

VIDEO: MK ‘Rabbi’ Lipman Says Kosel Has No Halachos Of A Shul, And Men & Woman Can Daven Side By Side

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/

Dov Lipman an ‘apostate,’ head of MK’s old yeshiva fumes

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

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Opinion: Resisting Racism and Keeping the Light of Hope Alive

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

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Shas

CARTOON: Rabbi Ovadia Yosef names Aryeh Deri sole chairman of Shas, demotes Eli Yishai

http://www.haaretz.com/

Before prison, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef promised Shas to Deri

http://www.haaretz.com/

Yishai to stay in Knesset, ‘give Deri headaches’

http://www.jpost.com/

Opinion: Deri's unethical appointment

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Deri takes control of Shas with appointment as chair

http://www.jpost.com/

Deri appointed sole Shas chairman

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Analysis: Ready to roar

http://www.jpost.com/

A diminished Shas torch is passed to Deri

http://www.haaretz.com/

Aryeh Deri restored as Shas leader, Eli Yishai is out

http://www.israelhayom.com/

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Jerusalem

Interview with Jerusalem Mayor Barkat on Women of the Wall, Temple Mount, Haredim

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

VIDEO: Jerusalem Day

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Temple Mount

Religious Affairs Ministry to review Jewish prayer on Temple Mount

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Jewish Man Arrested for Bowing on Temple Mount

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

Feiglin suspends himself from coalition over ban

http://www.jpost.com/

Knesset committee cancels Temple Mount tour

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

VIDEO: Ascent to Temple Mount - Restrictions on Jews Only

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Women and Judaism

Opinion: Why do Jewish women still need to demand equality?

http://www.jpost.com/

Opinion: Can Feminism and Judaism Be Reconciled?

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/

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Ethiopians
Israel's absorption of Ethiopian immigrants rife with failures, comptroller report shows

http://www.haaretz.com/

Opinion: Israel doesn't have an Ethiopian problem, it has a social integration problem

http://www.haaretz.com/

State Comptroller: Absorption of Ethiopians a 'failure'

http://www.ynetnews.com/

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Immigrants celebrate their 'aliyahversaries’

http://www.haaretz.com/

Director of Orthodox gap-year program at Bar-Ilan fired for installing cameras in girls' dorms

http://www.haaretz.com/

The OU Flexes its Muscle in Jerusalem

http://www.koshertoday.com/

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Former Chief Rabbi Bakshi-Doron okays HIV-positive organ donation

http://www.ynetnews.com/

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Celebrating grandpa's bar mitzvah

http://www.ynetnews.com/

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The Commission of the Holy See and the Chief Rabbinate of Israel held its 12th meeting in Jerusalem

http://en.lpj.org/

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Religion and State in Israel

May 9, 2013

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