Religion and State in Israel - July 4, 2014 (Section 1)

Religion and State in Israel

July 4, 2014 (Section 1) (see also Section 2)

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Editor – Joel Katz

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Eyal, Gilad and Naftali

Opinion: The first time I heard a woman say kaddish

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/

By Kobi Arieli

(This article was first published in Hebrew on the Mako website. Translated by Shira Pasternak Be’eri.)

PHOTO: Rachel Fraenkel, right, at the funeral of her son Naftali. Photo by AFP

And then the master of ceremonies announced: “Kaddish.”

The thousands of people in attendance and tens of thousands of viewers at home looked at the bereaved father, Avi Fraenkel, expecting him to stand up and walk to the microphone and recite the Kaddish prayer for his murdered son.

But then they saw his living son stand up with him, and his wife too. Racheli. Mother of Naftali. A mere minute after she had delivered a beautiful and heartbreaking eulogy for her son. Everyone thought that she and her son were walking together to stand next to Avi, to flank him as ornaments during the Kaddish prayer that he was about to recite.

But then the three of them, in unison, started to chant the Kaddish prayer: “Magnified and sanctified may His great Name be.” And all those present answered: “Amen.”

Heartbreaking, Influential Moment: Rachel Fraenkel Says Kaddish For Son Naftali

http://www.jewcy.com/

New York, Los Angeles bid their own farewells to Shaer, Fraenkel and Yifrah

http://www.jpost.com/

Former Chief Rabbi Amar: Don’t take the law into your own hands

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Bnei Akiva secretary general calls for 'blood of enemy,' subsequently apologizes

http://www.jpost.com/

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, His Murdered Students and a Call to Action

http://www.algemeiner.com/

Chief Rabbi Lau: Murdered boys are sanctification of God's name

http://www.jpost.com/

‘It feels like they were our sons’

http://www.jpost.com/

Opinion: True morality from a bereaved mother

http://www.haaretz.com/

World Jewry mourns deaths of kidnapped teens

http://www.jpost.com/

Chief Rabbi Lau: Teens were murdered simply because they were Jews

http://www.jpost.com/

Leading Haredi Rabbi Kanievski: Prayers for slain teens not in vain

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

Opinion: Rabbis and politicians should watch what they say

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Opinion: Israel campaigned on false hope to rally Diaspora support

http://www.haaretz.com/

Opinion: In the wake of tragedy, tweeting as prayer

http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.602971

Rabbis call for special Yom Kippur Katan prayers for kidnapped boys

http://www.jpost.com/

Religious Zionists start pin campaign for kidnapped teens

http://www.jpost.com/

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RELIGIOUS PLURALISM

Opinion: The Reform Jewish movement is the key to change in Israel

http://www.haaretz.com/

Opinion: To Rivlin and Shafran: No, Judaism never stands still

http://www.haaretz.com/

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AGUNOT/MARRIAGE/CIVIL MARRIAGE

Opinion: Israeli marriages: More Ottoman than Jewish

http://www.haaretz.com/

Opinion: The art of control – good for the ruler, bad for the ruled

http://www.jpost.com/

Hiddush celebrates world Jewry's growing support for marriage freedom in Israel

http://hiddush.org/

Religious Zionists of America critiques JFNA marriage equality push

http://www.jpost.com/

Opinion: Civil Divorce should be for the civil courts

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

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ABORTION

Abortion: The Illusion of Choice in Israel

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

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BRIT MILAH/CIRCUMCISION

High Court takes circumcision decision away from rabbinical courts

http://www.jpost.com/

High Court overturns rabbinical court's forced circumcision ruling

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Israel's High Court voids rabbinical ruling ordering woman to circumcise son

http://www.haaretz.com/

Opinion: The Israeli High Court’s anti-circumcision ruling is a victory against religious coercion

http://www.haaretz.com/

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CONVERSION

Conversion bill scheduled to come to vote in committee Monday, coalition tensions likely

http://www.jpost.com/

Opinion: Is Another Conversion Crisis Coming to a Theatre Near You?

http://www.jewishjournal.com/rosnersdomain/

Former chief rabbi in Oz, Australia

http://www.jewishnews.net.au/

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GENDER SEGREGATION

A-G orders end to gender inequality in buses, eulogies

http://www.jpost.com/

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GAY/LGBT COMMUNITY

Angry Israelis demand ouster of education minister over anti-gay remarks

http://www.jpost.com/

Education minister says gay couples 'not a family,' raises calls for his resignation

http://www.haaretz.com/

Offended gay Israelis blast apologetic education minister: 'We ARE family!' 

http://www.haaretz.com/

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ALIYAH/ISRAEL-DIASPORA RELATIONS

Most Israeli Jews want gov't to consider Diaspora Jewry in its decisions

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Israeli Views of Diaspora Jews - 2014 Survey

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

Jewish Media Survey: Israeli Views of Diaspora Jews [pdf]

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

Opinion: 'Take Us Seriously'

http://www.thejewishweek.com/

Jewish journalists plead with Israeli government not to treat them like PR operatives

Hartman: More content needed for Diaspora Jewish continuity

http://www.jpost.com/

Judy Maltz wins B’nai B’rith prize for Diaspora journalism

http://www.haaretz.com/

JNF gets 60-day extension to contest move making it more accountable

http://www.haaretz.com/

'French Jews belong in Israel,' Minister of Immigration and Absorption Landver says

http://www.jpost.com/

From Tahiti to Israel, With Love

http://www.jewishagency.org/blog/

Jewish family secretly smuggled into Israel from Syria

http://www.ynetnews.com/

First International Dialog on the Israel Educator

http://www.wzo.org.il/

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Religion and State in Israel

July 4, 2014 (Section 1) (see also Section 2)

Editor – Joel Katz

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

All rights reserved.

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Religion and State in Israel - July 4, 2014 (Section 2)

Religion and State in Israel

July 4, 2014 (Section 2) (see also Section 1)

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Editor – Joel Katz

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SHABBAT AND COMMERCE

Tel Aviv supermarkets receive warning municipal notices against opening on Shabbat

http://www.jpost.com/

Tel Aviv threatens to shutter stores open on Shabbat

http://www.haaretz.com/

Click here for CARTOON

http://www.haaretz.com/daily-cartoon/1.602303

Interior Minister Gideon Sa'ar declares war on 24/7 supermarkets.

Tel Aviv to enforce Shabbat closure of stores, will appeal ruling

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Tel Aviv convenience stores to remain closed Saturdays

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Editorial: In Sabbath store-hour law, another loss for secular Israelis

http://www.haaretz.com/

Israeli official closes Tel Aviv shops on Sabbath

http://www.washingtonpost.com/

Interior Minister Saar nixes bylaw that would let Tel Aviv businesses open on Sabbath

http://www.haaretz.com/

Herzog calls on Sa'ar to permit grocery stores to open on Shabbat

http://www.jpost.com/

Opinion: Keep your hands off Tel Aviv, Mr. Minister

http://www.haaretz.com/

Interior Minister Gideon Saar jeopardizes accessibility to Tel Aviv convenience stores on Shabbat

http://hiddush.org/

Jerusalem's Independence Park to get new cafe open on Shabbat

http://www.haaretz.com/

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SHABBAT AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Ministers reject calls for public transportation on Saturdays

http://www.haaretz.com/

Click here for CARTOON

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

Shabbat-enforcer Gideon Sa'ar meets Shabbat-public-transportation-bill-torpedoer Tzipi Livni.

Haaretz Daily Cartoon by Eran Wolkowski

Meretz Runs Free Shabbat Buses Yet Again

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

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SHABBAT AND WEEKEND

Israel’s Justice Minister pushes to make Sunday a day off

http://www.haaretz.com/

Livni backs proposal for Saturday-Sunday weekend

http://www.timesofisrael.com/

Opinion: Shabbat in Israel: An Island in Time

http://www.reformjudaism.org/blog/

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RABBINATE

20 percent of local rabbinates circumventing law abolishing marriage registration zones 

http://www.jpost.com/

Opinion: The Rabbinate is not why we’re here

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/

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RELIGIOUS SERVICES MINISTRY

Marriage registration discount to be given to female religious seminary students

http://www.jpost.com/

Girls can’t get discount on marriage registration fees that boys are entitled to, NGO finds

http://www.jpost.com/

When is a woman studying Torah worth less than a male yeshiva student?

http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/routine-emergencies/

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HAREDI SOCIETY AND EDUCATION

Shas head’s anti-education message for women judged unlikely to stop growing trend

http://www.haaretz.com/

Opinion: Is higher education immodest?

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Ultra-Orthodox women fight for their right to Higher Education

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

Changing the Equation for Orthodox Women Studying Math and Science

http://www.tabletmag.com/

Education Ministry backpedals; will foot bill for summer camps

http://www.haaretz.com/

Rabbi's ban on women's studies embarrasses Shas

http://www.ynetnews.com/

Hiddush slams Shas leader's attack on women's higher education

http://hiddush.org/

Report: Adina Bar-Shalom’s Chareidi College in debt for NIS 6 million

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/

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IDF AND HAREDI DRAFT

Haredi enlistment down 40 percent in 2014 following passage of new conscription bill

http://www.jpost.com/

IDF: Number of Haredi recruits down 50%

http://www.ynetnews.com/

IDF Yeshiva Leader Demands: 'Cancel Enlistment Law'

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

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HAREDI SOCIETY

Ultra-Orthodox integration: It takes two to tango

http://www.ynetnews.com/

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HABAD/CHABAD

20 years after the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Chabad is thriving

http://www.haaretz.com/

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KASHRUT/RITUAL SLAUGHTER

“Kosher with no certificate”

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

Rabbinate to boost kosher milk imports

http://www.ynetnews.com/

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RELIGION AND SOCIETY

Rabbi Pinto files $30m defamation suit in NY against Israel TV company, journalist

http://www.jpost.com/

VIDEO: Actor Michael Douglas visits Western Wall Tunnels for son’s Bar Mitzvah

Meditation with a Jewish twist offers Israelis a respite from reality

http://www.haaretz.com/

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RELIGIOUS ZIONISM

The Rav Kook Exchange, Part 3: On Orthodoxy

http://www.jewishjournal.com/rosnersdomain/

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WOMEN

NCJW to Present Annual Jewel Bellush Award to Lesley Sachs

http://www.ncjw.org/

Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari Elected for Third Time to Prestigious UN Committee

http://www1.biu.ac.il/

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TEMPLE MOUNT

Jewish visitors to Jerusalem's Temple Mount besieged, taunted by hundreds of Muslims

http://www.jpost.com/

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Religion and State in Israel

July 4, 2014 (Section 2) (see also Section 1)

Editor – Joel Katz

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

All rights reserved.

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