Religion and State in Israel - September 12, 2013 (Section 2)

Religion and State in Israel

September 12, 2013 (Section 2) (see also Section 1)

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Editor – Joel Katz

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

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Women, Gender segregation

Group of Beit Shemesh women take on religious extremism

http://www.haaretz.com/

An End to Gender Segregation

http://www.reformjudaism.org/

Not Your Typical Story, Not Your Typical Cover Girl

http://lilith.org/

The modesty police now targeting women wearing 'slutty religious-style' clothing

http://www.haaretz.com/

Opinion: Do The Burqa Women Have It Right?

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/

Appointment of woman to local Religious Council irks MK Gafni

http://www.jpost.com/

Words Drove Hadassa Margolese Away

http://blogs.forward.com/sisterhood-blog/

Second Haredi woman gets threats over political candidacy

http://www.jpost.com/

Forced withdrawal of Haredi woman candidate from Jerusalem’s municipal elections

MK Ruth Calderon sticks up for females in politics

http://www.jpost.com/

See also VIDEO interview (Hebrew)

http://reshet.tv/

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Haredi society

Opinion: The ultra-Orthodox must tackle their extremists

http://www.haaretz.com/

Opinion: No Holds Barred: The extremists among us

http://www.jpost.com/

Ultra-Orthodox media, politicians livid over cuts to yeshiva stipends

http://www.jpost.com/

Cuts to Haredi sector yield mixed results

http://www.jpost.com/

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Rabbinate

Opinion: God’s Gatekeepers: Signs Of Progress On Israel’s Rabbinate

http://www.thejewishweek.com/

Rabbinate opposes marriage liberalization plan, but to no avail

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Chief Rabbinate opposes Bennett's marriage registry reform

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Chief Rabbinate voices opposition to Dep. Min. Ben Dahan on marriage registration

http://www.jpost.com/

Opinion: Fathers & Sons (Chief Rabbinate)

https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/

Tzohar bill delayed by government agreement with haredim over budget

http://www.jpost.com/

Amar comes in for harsh criticism from Ovadia Yosef

http://www.jpost.com/

Can the outgoing Sephardi chief rabbi regain his place at Ovadia Yosef's side?

http://www.haaretz.com/

New chief rabbis sworn in, commit to bringing Am Yisrael together

http://www.ynetnews.com/

It is extremely unusual for a woman to be among the speakers at the inauguration ceremony of the chief rabbis

http://www.jpost.com/

It pays to be a small-town rabbi in Israel

http://www.haaretz.com/

Editorial: Gouging the people in the name of religion

http://www.haaretz.com/

Opinion: A chief rabbi for the good of all Israelis

http://www.jpost.com/

Cost of religious Jewish services in Israel to leap dramatically starting next month

http://www.haaretz.com/

Israeli Politician Stirs Up The Religious-Secular Debate

http://www.npr.org/

Chief rabbis call on public to have children vaccinated

http://www.jpost.com/

Israel Marriage Registration Now Available Online

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

Female rabbinical court advocate added to committee for election of rabbinical judges

http://www.jpost.com/

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Education

Israeli religious schools balk at sex education

http://www.jpost.com/

Religious schools balk at sex ed

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Religious Israeli schools censoring human reproduction from textbooks

http://www.haaretz.com/

Analysis || Removal of chapter on reproduction from state religious school books speaks volumes

http://www.haaretz.com/

Israel orders school textbook publishers to remove sex education material

http://www.theguardian.com/

Click here for Cartoon

http://www.haaretz.com/daily-cartoon/1.542653

Finance Minister Lapid and Education Minister Piron help promote gender separation policy in state run religious elementary schools.

Opinion: Yesh Atid's religion of reverse psychology

http://www.haaretz.com/

Israeli group petitions High Court against state-sanctioned gender segregation in schools

http://www.haaretz.com/

300% increase in complaints of discrimination against Sephardic girls

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Two Chassidic Yeshivas Capitulate, Will Teach Core Curriculum

http://www.jewishpress.com/

A Message of Grave Concern from Chinuch Atzmai Leader Rabbi Lazerson

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/

Haredi girls are first to return to school

http://www.jpost.com/

Tekuma rabbis call on Bayit Yehudi to oppose cuts to ‘Torah World’

http://www.jpost.com/

Treasury Commits to 65 Million NIS for Yeshivos

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/

Haredim, Arab communities have lowest matriculation passing rates

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Daylight Saving Time

New Daylight Savings guideline: Religious workers can arrive half hour late

http://www.haaretz.com/

Pray you're not late for work

http://www.israelhayom.com/

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Beit Shemesh - Connecticut on the outskirts of Jerusalem

http://www.haaretz.com/

Am Shalem party leader preparing for death of Shas spiritual mentor Yosef

http://www.jpost.com/

‘Hidden Jews’ of Poland visit Israel

http://www.jpost.com/

'Hidden Jews of Poland' visit Israel

http://www.ynetnews.com/

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Uman

Fewer Hasidim fly to Uman this year

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Pilgrims on way to Uman riot after flight delayed

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Pilgrims leave Uman amid reports of heavy damage to property

http://www.jpost.com/

Hasidim on plane to Uman arrested for unrest

http://www.jta.org/

Cross Defaced in Ukraine Hasidic Pilgrimage City

http://forward.com/

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Haredi society

Peres: Haredi community is a vital factor in Jewish life

http://www.jpost.com/

Temporary premises for Haredi kindergarten in Jerusalem inappropriate

http://www.jpost.com/

Opinion: Israel Must Bring Ultra-Orthodox Into the Fold

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/

Rabbi Shteinman: Yair Lapid – 'Amalek'

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Ultra-Orthodox and Left-Wing Israelis Join Forces in Opposition

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

Will Eda Haredit go for synthetic shtreimel?

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Rabbi Shlomo Pappenheim Says Traditional Shtreimel Fur Hats Desecrate God's Name Due To Animal Cruelty

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

Ultra-Orthodox bigwig calls for synthetic fur hats

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Haredi Leader: Wearing a Shtreimel Is Chilul Hashem

http://www.jewishpress.com/

Dirty Dancing? || Haredi rabbis ban all-female Zumba classes

http://www.haaretz.com/

Move over 'Downton Abbey,' true romance is in Mea Shearim

http://www.haaretz.com/

Love at second glance: Marriage, Haredi style

http://www.haaretz.com/

Haredim combat smoking epidemic

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Top Haredi rabbis decry 'worthless' ultra-Orthodox radicals in Beit Shemesh construction row

http://www.jpost.com/

Feud finally ends in Beit Shemesh; haredim reach agreement

http://www.jpost.com/

Opinion: From now on, wishes for a happy new year need to include the entire spectrum of Israel’s citizens - including Arabs and ultra-Orthodox Jews

http://www.haaretz.com/

Beit Shemesh grave protests resume; 6 haredim wounded

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Head of Jerusalem 'sadistic cult' convicted

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Jerusalem Hasidic cult leader convicted of raping, torturing his six wives

http://www.haaretz.com/

Jerusalem court convicts leader of ‘sadistic cult’

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

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Holidays

Join quorum, get $700 in cash

http://www.ynetnews.com/

                                

Forget Miley: The rage is Rosh Hashanah videos

http://www.haaretz.com/

Mistreating a chicken during kapparot would be a mitzvah through a sin says Lau

http://www.jpost.com/

Chief Rabbi David Lau: Prevent animal suffering

http://www.ynetnews.com/

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New Generation of Jewish Sect Takes Up Struggle to Protect Place in Modern Israel

http://www.nytimes.com/

Hotline lets callers inform on Jewish-Arab couples

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Lehava 'Hotline' to Help Prevent Intermarriage, Assimilation

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

Beard-Friendly 'Bardas' Gas Masks Demanded By Israeli Orthodox Jews

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

Thou shalt cover up - in style

http://www.haaretz.com/

A musical secret, hidden away at an Ethiopian convent in Jerusalem

http://www.haaretz.com/

Israeli 'Jewish heritage' TV channel gets green light

http://www.haaretz.com/

Police Chief Calls to Renew his Shiurei Torah

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/

Chief Rabbi: No to Bothersome Airplane Prayers

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

Government to infuse NIS 16 m. into east Jerusalem’s City of David park

http://www.jpost.com/

Jerusalem municipality approves budget for East Jerusalem neighborhood

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Temple Mount

Temple Institute to offer Temple Mount tours on Succot

http://www.jpost.com/

See also: Halachic tour of the Temple Mount

http://www.templeinstitute.org/

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Religion and State in Israel

September 12,2013 (Section 2) (see also Section 1)

Editor – Joel Katz

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

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