iPhone Owner Can’t Be Chazzan
Someone with an iPhone sins regularly.
New Bill Legalizing Downloading Music and Movies
The halachic position of such downloads has been debatable until now.
Banning the Rabbanut from Performing Weddings
The proposal is to teach the Rabbanut a lesson in customer service and customer retention.
Beit Shemesh Affecting Million Man Rally Schedule and Vice Versa
Sure enough, the mayoral challenger's song was quick to draw criticism from his opponents and detractors.
Locals Protest Haredi College Program in Netanya
Netanya City Hall says that the new program will not be in a new, separate, building.
Nes Gadol Haya Poh (video)
Uninvited on Chanukah...
Modern Orthodox Have No Business Voting for Moshe Abutbol for Mayor
Abutbol's city government does everything it can to avoid helping schools that are not the mainstream Haredi.
New Extremist Hechsher Causing Family Fights
I wonder in what way they were being "more machmir" when making grape juice...
100 Years to Tekhelet Research
The conference was in part a commemoration of Rav Herzog.
Double Taxation on Empty Apartments in Israel
Any apartment that sits empty for 9 months out of the year will be taxed double the normal rates.
Protest March of Soldiers Planned in Bet Shemesh
There is going to be a march in Bet Shemesh, protesting that charedi soldiers are being harassed.
Israeli Rabbinate Patrolling Stores’ Pre-Shabbat Closing
The Rabbanut is going out on an initiative to prevent stores from staying open past the entry of Shabbos.
Pope Might Allow Investigation into Holocaust-Era Papal Behavior
The Catholic Church was behind nearly two thousand years of antisemitism and murder of Jews.
Picture of the Day
Let the best man win!
Proposed Law: No ‘Mehadrin’ Kosher Food to Imprisoned Get Refusers
Lipman's proposal was crafted in coordination with Chief Rabbi Dovid Lau.
No Christmas Tree in the Knesset
The Speaker of the House does not think the idea of installing a Christmas tree is appropriate.
Enlisting Got Him Arrested
As soon as he stepped out of the country, he was officially AWOL.
Thanksgivukkah
One last Thanksgivvukah video..
Quote of the Day
Minister of the Interior Gideon Saar.
Bill to Help Hasten Haredi Expansion in Israel
The proposal is facing secular opposition.
Family Trip: Tel Soche, Givat HaTurmusin, Lupine Hill
This past Friday afternoon we took a short break from Shabbos preparation to do a short tiyu.
Saar Exempts Shmitta-keepers from Arnona
The government is renewing a law exempting shmitta-observant farmers from arnona payments.
Fight Over Summer Camp and the Conflict bet. Haredim and Everyone Else
They are arguing specifically about summer camps, but the arguments apply to all the differences between them.