Religion and State in Israel - July 4, 2013

Religion and State in Israel

July 4, 2013

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Editor – Joel Katz

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

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Western Wall

Family of the Wall

http://blogs.forward.com/

Comedian Sarah Silverman is known for her outrageous shtick. But her sister, Rabbi Susan Silverman, and niece, Hallel, have become leading members of the Israeli activist group Women of the Wall, which fights for women’s rights to pray as they see fit at the Western Wall.

The Silvermans are well known for their involvement in the Kotel protests. But Susan Silverman’s husband, Yosef, is himself an activist for green solar technology in Israel.

Recently, videographer Harvey Stein travelled with the family to the monthly prayer protests under threats of violence.

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VIDEO: A Day at the Kotel

The Jewish Forward editor Jane Eisner spent a day at the Western Wall, observing and documenting the rhythms and flows of the people who visit the Kotel.

See articles:                                                                                                                                      

• Part 1: Rhythm of Day at Western Wall Driven by Timeless — and Disputed — Tradition
• Part 2: Why Are Some Spots at Western Wall More Holy Than Others?
• Part 3: As Sun Drops on Western Wall, Pondering the Difference Change Could Make

Benjamin Netanyahu Strongly Backs Kotel Plan in Meeting With American Jews

http://forward.com/

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The Reform and Conservative Movements in Israel: A Profile and Attitudes

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

How Many Reform and Conservative Jews are there in Israel?

The first question we examined was "Do you feel that you belong to one of the denominations of Judaism, and if so, to which one?

The findings show that 3.2% of respondents see themselves as affiliated with the Conservative movement, 3.9% affiliate with the Reform movement, 26.5% affiliate Orthodox, and the rest do not feel that they belong to any denomination (9.7% said that they did not know or declined to answer the question).

In other words, Reform and Conservative Jews together constitute 7.1% of the Jewish Israeli public, and their demographic weight is thus a quarter of that of the Orthodox community.

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Religion and State in Israel: A Modest Proposal

http://mosaicmagazine.com/

By Moshe Koppel

VIDEO: Rabbi Uri Regev debates Rabbi Shlomo Riskin at the 2013 AJC Great Debate

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Opinion: The Self Destruction of the Jewish People

http://rabbihammer.wordpress.com/

VIDEOS: Conference on the Future of Religious Zionism: Integration, Separation, or Leadership? (Hebrew)

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

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Secular Judaism

VIDEO: Jerusalem Secular Yeshiva - Part 1

VIDEO: Jerusalem Secular Yeshiva - Part 2

Group tries to keep young and secular in Jerusalem

http://www.jpost.com/

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Tel Aviv and Shabbat

Tel Aviv mayor vows to keep city businesses open on Shabbat

http://www.haaretz.com/

Click here for CARTOON

http://www.haaretz.com/

Opinion: How Tel Aviv keeps the Sabbath

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Opinion: Keeping Shabbat Jewish and free

http://www.haaretz.com/

‘Saturday closures will cost supermarkets NIS 160m’

http://www.jpost.com/

Saturday shopping ban will slash AM:PM, Tiv Taam sales

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

Opinion: Shuttering shops on Shabbat: Hypocrisy and the rule of law

http://972mag.com/

Opinion: Victory for mom and pop

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Opinion: Sabbath in sin city: Keep the shops open

http://972mag.com/

Coercive Shabbat Enforcement In Tel Aviv?

http://www.thedailybeast.com/

"Tel Aviv's character won't change"

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

Opinion: Don't touch our Shabbat

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Most Tel Aviv councilors want shops to stay open on Shabbat

http://www.haaretz.com/

Supreme Court bans Saturday shopping in Tel Aviv

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

Opinion: A Fine Kosher Pickle

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/

Opinion: Why secular Jews need Shabbat

http://www.israelhayom.com/

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Chief Rabbinate

Habayit Hayehudi MKs back controversial cleric for Israel's chief rabbi

http://www.haaretz.com/

Editorial: Eliyahu is unfit to be chief rabbi

http://www.haaretz.com/

Attorney General pledges hearing if allegedly racist rabbi runs for top post

http://www.haaretz.com/

If Eliyahu runs for chief rabbi, AG will call him for hearing

http://www.jpost.com/

AG: Chief rabbi candidate Eliyahu must explain derogatory comments

http://www.jpost.com/

Chief rabbi candidate to be grilled over ‘racist’ comments

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Opinion: Purge the racist rabbi from Israel's governance

http://www.haaretz.com/

AG to summon chief rabbi candidate

http://www.ynetnews.com/

A-G to vet chief Sephardi rabbi candidate over 'racist comments'

http://www.israelhayom.com/

10 Women Appointed to Chief Rabbinate Voting Body

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/

Rabbi David Lau’s Bid for Chief Rabbinate Vote Rejected

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/

Dayan HaRav Igra Officially Enters Chief Rabbinate Race

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/

In sudden move, Chief Rabbi Amar extends visit in Spain, makes Shas sweat

http://www.haaretz.com/

Cabel to A-G: Ban Eliyahu from running for chief rabbi

http://www.jpost.com/

MK moves to block 'racist' Safed rabbi from chief rabbi race

http://www.haaretz.com/

Stav to JTA: Get ‘corrupt politicians’ out of the rabbinate

http://www.jta.org/

Chief Rabbi Candidate David Stav Lashes Back at Ultra-Orthodox

http://forward.com/

Attorney Challenges the Legitimacy of Chief Rabbinate Voting Body

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/

New Secretary for Chief-Rabbi Elections Committee

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

Is Shas Trying to Force Dayan Boaron Out of Chief Rabbinate Race?

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/

Opinion: A rabbinate begging redemption

http://www.jpost.com/

Opinion: What is this rabbinate to you

http://www.haaretz.com/

Editorial: Assaulted rabbi deserves to win Chief Rabbi race

http://www.thejc.com/

Opinion: Not all rabbis are created equal

http://www.israelhayom.com/

By Dr. Aviad Hacohen

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Shabbat

Opinion: Shabbat: Day of rest

http://www.jpost.com/

Sunday's off pilot proposal gains steam

http://www.jpost.com/

Any given Sunday? Israel mulling changes to working week

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Agunot

JOFA Articles

https://www.jofa.org/

Time To Act on Agunot

The New York Jewish Week, July 3, 2013

Agunah Summit Pushes for Answers

by Jillian Scheinfeld JTA, June 27, 2013

Historic Agunot Summit Pushes for Jewish Divorce Court

by Elana Sztokman Forward Sisterhood Blog, June 27, 2013

Finding Solutions to Free Agunot

by Elana Maryles Sztokman eJewishPhilanthropy, June 27, 2013

The Bonds--and Shackles--of Jewish Marriage

by Orli Santo The Times of Israel, June 26, 2013

Agunah Summit Revisits Plan to Create Liberal Religious Courts

by Jonathan Mark The New York Jewish Week, June 26, 2013

JOFA and the point of no return: Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance's Teaneck-based president talks about change

by Joanne Palmer New Jersey Jewish Standard, June 21, 2013

Seeking Justice For Agunot: As agunah summit nears, a call to resolve crisis of chained women

by Blu Greenberg The New York Jewish Week, June 18, 2013

Women's prayers answered

by Miriam Shaviv The Jewish Chronicle Online, June 17, 2013

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Women

Editorial: Marriage equality still missing here

http://www.haaretz.com/

Get Detective: Meet the Elusive, Intrepid P.I. Who Frees Chained Jewish Women

http://www.tabletmag.com/

Rabbinate won't let women in the kitchen -- as kashrut supervisors

http://www.israelhayom.com/

On the road to religious leadership, Orthodox women in Israel don’t stress over titles

http://www.haaretz.com/

Halachic ruling: Women may say Kaddish

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Policy Paper: On the Status of Women in Rabbinical Courts

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

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VIDEO: Rabbi Donniel Hartman: Covenantal Anthropology

Opinion: Judaism: Thinking Big

http://cardozoacademy.org/

VIDEO: Rabbi Uri Regev debates Rabbi Shlomo Riskin at the 2013 AJC

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Haredim and IDF draft

AG: Reforms giving ultra-Orthodox shorter IDF service will add to inequality

http://www.haaretz.com/

By approving proposal for universal IDF draft, Israel's AG taking calculated risk

http://www.haaretz.com/

A-G: Proposed haredi IDF service law is legal

http://www.jpost.com/

AG: Haredi draft deferment to age 21 unjust

http://www.ynetnews.com/

IDF officer compares attackers of Haredi soldiers to Nazis

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

‘Ultra-Orthodox campaign against haredi soldiers similar to Nazi propaganda’

http://www.jpost.com/

IDF: Harassment of haredi soldiers reminiscent of Der Sturmer

http://www.ynetnews.com/

The "Hardak" Phenomenon and the next phase in the ultra-Orthodox service conflict

http://hiddush.org/

Haredim protest against IDF in Brussels

http://www.jpost.com/

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Temple Mount

Why Jews Should Be Allowed to Pray On the Temple Mount

http://www.thedailybeast.com/

Court: No Law Against Jewish Prayer on Temple Mount

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

Rabbi Meidan: Shabak Told Me to Bring Jews to Mount

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

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Burial

Vote on bill for burial of non-Jewish soldiers alongside Jewish comrades postponed

http://www.jpost.com/

Non-Jewish soldiers may be buried with Jewish comrades

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Israel Debates How to Bury Non-Jewish Soldiers

http://www.tabletmag.com/

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Opinion: Jewish before democratic

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Knesset committee approves longer Daylight Saving Time

http://www.jpost.com/

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Haredim

Fierce Haredi opposition to teaching basic studies in elementary schools

http://www.jpost.com/

Study: Haredi schools teach less than an hour a day of core studies

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Opinion: Haredim, Democracy And Women Of The Wall

http://www.thejewishweek.com/

Facing possible draft and reduced subsidies, Israel’s Haredim respond with prayer

http://www.jta.org/

Israeli Ultra-Orthodox women join workforce, men stay home and study

http://www.jpost.com/

4 Are Named in Scheme to Pocket Aid for Israel

http://www.nytimes.com/

Housing cabinet shrinks haredi benefits

http://www.jpost.com/

Non-Haredi parties in Beit Shemesh uniting to defeat ultra-Orthodox mayor

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Aliyah and Diaspora

Opinion: When it comes to Diaspora Jews, tread lightly

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Aliya on hold as Foreign Ministry strike expands

http://www.jpost.com/

Opinion: When it comes to Diaspora Jews, tread lightly

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Finding moving to Israel tough? Get an aliyah coach

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Latrun Monastery vandalism

Ultra-Orthodox man arrested in connection to Latrun Monastery vandalism

http://www.jpost.com/

Suspect arrested in Latrun Monastery arson

http://www.ynetnews.com/

In Arab Israel, a battle over Christian conscription

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

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Christian Arabs and IDF service

Campaign against Christian Arab conscripts condemned by Knesset

http://www.jpost.com/

A-G denies probe on Arab MKs for inciting against pro-IDF priest

http://www.jpost.com/

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Egged ads

Egged bars J’lem ads featuring aliens

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Bus company rejects 'extra terrestrial' ads in J'lem

http://www.ynetnews.com/

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Haifa: Statue of woman stirs rage of religious figures

http://www.ynetnews.com/

The Jewish-Argentinian savior of Israeli tycoon Nochi Dankner

http://www.haaretz.com/

Michael Leitman Rewrites the History of Kabbalah

http://tomerpersicoenglish.wordpress.com/

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Marijuana and kashrut

Israeli rabbi: Weed is kosher if it’s medicinal

http://www.jta.org/

Israeli Orthodox Rabbi Efraim Zalmanovich: Medical Marijuana Is Kosher

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

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In wake of controversial birth control claims, study finds lower birthrates among Ethiopian immigrants

http://www.haaretz.com/

Muslim Prayer Rooms Coming to Israeli Hospitals

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/

Israel's chief rabbis snub leader of Anglican Church

http://www.haaretz.com/

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Religion and State in Israel

July 4, 2013

Editor – Joel Katz

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

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