Leaked: Minister Kahana’s Reform Bill Allows Conversions Outside Chief Rabbinate’s Reach

The new law allegedly sets mitigating threshold conditions for rabbis who will convert outside the framework of the Chief Rabbinate.

Myopic AP Report Equates Precarious Reform Deal with the Kotel’s Future

A decisive majority of American Jews support the adversaries of Israel.

Bennett Destroys Homesh for the Third Time

"The Israeli government has lost its compass."

Yamina MK’s Ultimatum: No Improvements for Jewish Outposts – No Electricity to Illegal Arab...

The Taha version of the new bill allows dwellers whose homes had been slated for demolition to go ahead and connect to the grid.

IDF Plans Recruiting Religious Female Combat Soldiers Despite Rabbinic Objection

The move has been shepherded by Aluma, an association that was established by the Religious Kibbutz movement.

Kahana’s Kashrut Reform Launched on Sunday, Opposition Group Launched ‘Kashrut Snitch’

The two chief rabbis accused Kahana of looking to please non-Orthodox sectors in Israel and abroad.

2 Weeks after the Murder, Military Siege on Homesh Continues

A company of IDF soldiers and a Border Police force were stationed at Homesh at the end of Yehuda's Shiva.

Chief Rabbi Launches Nuclear Option Against Kahana’s Giur Reform

MK Yulia Malinowski (Israel Beiteinu), Chairman of the Knesset Religious Services Committee, is about to submit her version of a conversion bill to a preliminary vote.

Samaria Regional Council Advises Parents on Explaining Chaim Walder’s Suicide to Children

"Remember – an inclusive and safe response will help children process content in a beneficial way."

Arab Who Stabbed 2 Haredim Gets 11 Months; Judge: They Didn’t Look Scared

In the future, if you want compensation, let your Arab assailant hurt you more seriously, and, for heaven's sake, do not hit back…

Ombudsman, Reform Movement, Demand Impeaching Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef

It comes down to whether or not individuals in appointed high office are at liberty to go out of their way to criticize the government from which they draw their power.

Court Acquits Jews Who Prayed on Temple Mount Disguised as Muslims

In the Channel 13 report, one of the activists was asked what he would do if he's discovered, and his answer was very practical: "I'd beat a heck of a run out of there…"

Solidarity in the Storm: Images from the Homesh Rally

At the head of the procession was Yehuda's widow Ettia Dimentman.

Jerusalem Churches Launch Christmas Blood Libel Claiming They Are Persecuted by Jews

Yes, Virginia, Church leaders in the Land of Israel often turn a blind eye when the people pushing their flock around are not Jewish.

Lapid-Bennett Government Razed Homesh Structures, Rewarding Yehuda Dimentman’s Murderers

"They will be met by thousands and tens of thousands of lovers of the land who are determined to fight this unfortunate decision and defeat them."

Rabbi Eliezer Waldman Ztz’l, President of Yeshivat Nir Kiryat Arba, Passed Away at 84

Rabbi Waldman was one of the founders and leaders of Gush Emunim, and one of the founders of the Tehiya Party.

Hundreds at Yehudah Dimentman’s Funeral in Homesh as Leaders Deliver Their Eulogies

"This terrorist who hit you wants to hit each and every member of the holy group standing here."

Minister Matan Kahana Declares War on Two Centuries of Chassidic Tradition

Rather than attack Minister Kahana, let's examine Boyan's legal right to the ceremony.

Jews Who Prayed on Temple Mount Disguised as Muslims Arraigned Today – Are Israel...

If the court allows this to go on, it should make for a fantastic Supreme Court petition on the nature of prayer and the boundaries the state may impose on it.

Not a Book Club: 100 Women Complete Daf Yomi’s Tractate Taanit

"Knowing that so many others were doing it with me created a sense of excitement and encouraged me to continue until the finish line.”

PM Bennett Rebukes Barlev, Calls Settlers ‘Our Protective Wall’

Meanehile, on Tuesday, Minister Barlev toured southern Mount Hebron following the 'settler violence' but didn't meet the local Jewish settlers.

IDF to Offer Haredim Professional Tracks to Coincide with Yeshiva Studies

The IDF HR is hoping that taking any of their proposed tracks would appeal to the recruits who wish to attain good jobs after the army.

Yamina Won’t Touch the Egalitarian Kotel, Israel’s Third Rail of Religious Politics, But Its...

Meanwhile, the right-wing parties have discovered that the Kotel is a surefire issue to get the masses out.

Survey: 64% of Israelis Who Left Haredi Society Remained Religious

Some 3,000 men and women leave Haredi society every year, and some 35,000 thousand young men and women ages 20-39 have left Haredi society in recent years.

Bennett Cabinet Wants Haredim to Join Labor Market at 21 – But Haredi Parties...

Even when the exemption age will be raised to 22 and 23, Haredi young men will be released from compulsory IDF service at age 21.

Explosives Lab Captured in Jerusalem Haredi Neighborhood

In their interrogation, the two brothers revealed that they intended to sell the explosive device to criminals for thousands of shekels.

Ben Gvir Pushing to Revert Law of Return to Include Only Halachically-Recognized Jews

According to Ben Gvir, the biggest threat to the Jewish character of Israel is the fact that the legislator has yet to define the word "conversion" in the Law of Return.

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