Tzohar Founder Attacking Rabbinate Proposal to Revoke his Ordination

Posted on: November 7th, 2013

Rav Ovadia's son, himself never qualified to be a rabbinical judge, has proposed to get rid of Rabbi David Stav, one of the few learned men in Israel who are qualified.

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Lieberman Acquitted by All 3 Judges

Posted on: November 6th, 2013

The 3-judge acquittal may mean the beginning of the end for Attorney General Weinstein.

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MK Ohayon to EU Officials: ‘Don’t Let Antisemites Define Hate’

Posted on: November 5th, 2013

Many antisemites have been fighting against the ‘Working Definition of Antisemitism,’ so they can continue their attacks on Jews and the Jewish State.

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Minister Katz: Livni Should Give Back the Car Keys

Posted on: November 5th, 2013

She has no backing inside the government, nor does she enjoy a popular mandate to promote her own position.

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Committee Sends Conversion Reform Bill to the Knesset

Posted on: November 4th, 2013

See also: Brave New Nation: 30 New Rabbinical Courts to Process Conversions. A bill that would allow local rabbis to oversee conversions will be introduced to the parliament after passing a Knesset committee. Under the measure advanced Sunday by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation, a city rabbi could convene a beit din, or rabbinical court, […]

Brave New Nation: 30 New Rabbinical Courts to Process Conversions

Posted on: November 3rd, 2013

Stern's pending bill already appears to enjoy the initial, albeit tacit, support of Naftali Bennett's Jewish Home.

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Lieberman: A Pogrom against South Africa’s Jews only a Matter of Time

Posted on: November 3rd, 2013

Lieberman accused the government of South Africa of "fomenting an anti-Israel and antisemitic atmosphere."

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Interior Minister to Legalize Tyranny under Guise of Good Govt.

Posted on: October 30th, 2013

According to the Sa'ar memorandum, an accused elected official gets tossed at once, and should he or she survive their trial, they could return to their elected office.

Police Interrogate Son of Haredi MK on Beit Shemesh Election Fraud

Posted on: October 30th, 2013

A gag order has been imposed on reporting details of the investigation, which means police are making progress.

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Tzohar Rabbis Group Says New Law to Help Stop Assimilation

Posted on: October 29th, 2013

The new law that the Knesset passed Monday night to allow couples to register for marriages wherever they want will help prevent civil marriages abroad and stop a wave of assimilation, according to the Tzohar Rabbinical Organization “Local rabbinates functioned as mini-monopolies, causing widespread resentment among both religious and secular couples,” the Tzohar group said. […]

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Lapid Restores $14 Million for Foreign Yeshiva Students

Posted on: October 29th, 2013

Yair Lapid, chairman of  the Yesh Atid party and Finance Minister, has agreed to a request from a Jewish Home Knesset Member to cancel a scheduled budget cut of $14 million (50 million shekels) earmarked for foreign students studying in yeshivas in Israel. The funds will be for Haredi as well as national religious yeshivas […]

Revolutionary Marriage Reform Law Spells End to Haredi Domination

Posted on: October 29th, 2013

A seemingly minor law on where couples can register for marriage permits passed the Knesset and opens a new era in which Israelis will not be at the mercy of Haredi rabbis’ demands.

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Rally of 3,000 at Protests Release of Terrorists

Posted on: October 28th, 2013

Approximately 3,000 protesters, including Jewish Home party Knesset Members, protested at the Ofer prison near Jerusalem Monday night, where 26 terrorists will be freed during the night. Their “human chain” has no chance of stopping the release of terrorists, but the demonstrators hope their presence may add enough angry sentiment among Israelis to stop the […]

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Jewish Home Punched Out in Losing Bid to Keep Terrorists Jailed

Posted on: October 27th, 2013

The Jewish Home took a stand against freeing more terrorists. It knew it would lose. The Likud won the battle but may have lost the next war – the one that is fought at the election polls.

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Tzipi Livni Using Three Hats to Block Bill Against Terrorist Release

Posted on: October 27th, 2013

Tzipi Livni needs a law that says she can't release killer prisoners like she needs a hole in the head, but you can't say "hole in the head" in Israel – the term may be Rabinized.

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After Mayoral Loss, the Buzzards Are Flying over Lieberman’s Head

Posted on: October 24th, 2013

Failure is an orphan in the Shas-Lieberman campaign aftermath – and winners in Israel don't get the "gracious" thing.

Deri Loses 2 out of 3 Major Races, Jewish Home Wins Sephardi Enclaves

Posted on: October 23rd, 2013

In an election that failed to alter the top of the municipal map, all the important changes took place in small places.

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Bills in the Works for Homosexual Marriages and Buses on Shabbat

Posted on: October 22nd, 2013

The warped “Jewish and democratic” equation is about to be bent out of shape again with Yesh Atid bills to allow homosexual “unions” and public bus transportation on the Sabbath.

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Masochist Gov’t Set for More ‘Pain’ by Freeing PA Terrorists

Posted on: October 22nd, 2013

Israel insisted in July that it would release 104 terrorists in four stages as a test of Abbas’ willingness for peace. Three murders and two attempted murders later, Israel will bow to Kerry for stage two.

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Knesset Panel OKs ‘Peace Talk Buster’ Bill to Preserve Jerusalem

Posted on: October 21st, 2013

The “peace talks” would explode if the Knesset were to virtually eliminate the chance of dividing Jerusalem. Count on Netanya and Livni to force a Knesset panel to change a decision that could blow up the talks.

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