Tag: Aliza Lavie
Knesset Passes Bills Punishing Prostitution Clients, Compelling Security Cameras in Old Age Homes
The bill's authors did not consider the option of permitting prostitutes to work in secure environments, where they are examined for venereal diseases and where their income is taxable.
Parliamentarians from Cyprus, Greece, Israel in Athens Trilateral Meeting
The previous meeting was hosted by the Knesset in 2017.
Knesset Committee Hears Israel Must Adjust Policy to Comply with US Jews’ Politics
Alon Friedman of the Hillel organization waxed philosophical: 'A Jew is not someone whose grandfather was a Jew but someone whose grandson would be a Jew.'
The Council of Europe Condemns Israel over Gaza – But Who Is The Council...
It should be noted that the Council of Europe is distinct from the 28-nation European Union (EU), although many confuse the two.
Knesset Committee Hears Diaspora Jewish Students Won’t Support Israel in US, Europe, Fearing Anti-Semitism
Canada's former Justice Minister, said the current level of anti-Semitism 'is the highest in 40 years, and includes the rejection of Israel's right to exist at all, and the portrayal of Israel as a monster and enemy of mankind.'
Knesset Speaker to Set Up Team to Reexamine Dress Code
MK Trajtenberg took off his shirt at the Knesset entrance, cautioning that "tomorrow all of you will have a burqa."
Bennett Touts Education Ministry’s Service to Kindergartners, Special Ed
Bennett pledged that his ministry would combat ethnic discrimination in the enrollment process of all educational institutions, particularly the ultra-Orthodox.
Knesset Passes Law Assigning Running State Mikvahs to Chief Rabbinate
"Reform Jews in the US don’t have a single mikvah. All of a sudden they need a mikvah over here?"
New Israeli Law Compels Couples to Undergo Counseling Before Divorce
The process of having the therapeutic and/or mediation meetings before being able to file for divorce will take 45 days.
EU Counter-Anti-Semitism Czar: Our Goal to Allow Jews Fear-Free Life in Europe
A Rabbi of the Rabbinical Center of Europe told the EU official she cannot constantly undermine the foundations of Judaism: brit milah and kosher shechitah, and talk about wanting to eradicate anti-Semitism.
Israeli Chief Rabbinate Issues Restrictions on Mikvah Attendants
Israel’s Chief Rabbinate issued restrictions on the extent to which mikvah attendants may question and interact with women visiting the ritual baths.
According to a...
Aliza Lavie: Discovering A Legacy Of Jewish Women’s Prayers
It was erev Yom Kippur 2002. Earlier that day, Aliza Lavie had read an interview in an Israeli newspaper with Hen Keinan, who lost her mother and baby daughter in a suicide attack in Petach Tikvah the previous May and had since moved to the United States.