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Chief Rabbi Clashing with Religious Services Minister on Kashrut Reform, Women Supervisors

Minister Kahana (Yamina) is laboring to replace both Haredi Chief Rabbis with Religious Zionist ones, but there's a serious catch.

First Responders Give Elderly Man New Lease on Life in Traumatic Respiratory Distress Call

After multiple rounds of chest compressions, the paramedic asked Yosef to call for backup.

Shas Dumps Ethiopian MK over Misogynistic, Racist Quotes

Like other non-Ashkenazi preachers in Israel, Rabbi Gazahi provokes intense reactions from secular Jews.

50 Years Late: Rabbinate Recognizes Ethiopian Jews in Israel, Many Ethiopian Jews Aren’t Impressed

Kes Maharat: "We have made sacrifices to keep our Judaism. For us to come to Israel only to be told it is doubtful we are a Jewish – there's nothing more humiliating than that."

Chief Rabbinate Forbids Using Origin, Skin Color, to Determine Jewish Status

The Li Bar workers protested this humiliation, and the management objected to the procedure, calling it "shaming parade."

Israeli Rabbis Clash over Women’s Pants

"Two problems arise in the wearing of trousers by women: the prohibition against women wearing men's cloths, and a lack of modesty."

First Elections Poll Is Out: Bibi Stays, Labor Sinking from 24 to 9

Habayit Hayehudi headed by Naftali Bennett receives 11 seats in the new poll, compared to 8 in the current Knesset.

National Religious Woman Defeats Haredi Mayor of Beit Shemesh

A significant part of Bloch's achievement is attributed to the success of her Haredi activists. Apparently, many of the Haredi residents of Beit Shemesh also sought a new direction.

Orthodox Businessmen Launching ‘Jews Only’ Housing Project in Arab Neighborhood

The reported cost of each luxury 1,335 sq. ft., 5-room apartment, will be only one million shekel – $276,000.

Israeli Religious Court Declares Woman Conceived From Sperm Bank Eligible for Marriage

Since the identity of the father is unknown, it could have imposed severe restrictions on whom the woman would be allowed to marry.

Netanyahu Plans Lowering Vote Threshold to Bolster Rightwing Parties, Rightwing Parties Enraged

Lowering the threshold would thus could give the rightwing block as many as 70 seats in the next Knesset—it now hovers around 65, and clip one or two Arab seats that would travel back to the Zionist leftwing parties.

Rav Ovadia Yosef’s Mythical Chair Auctioned, Asking Price $57,000

"It has gone through chuppas, bris millahs, public conferences and various other events, during which people who needed medicine, spouses, blessings and salvation sat on it."

Chief Rabbi: ‘An Arab who Came to Kill Jews Must Not Come Out Alive’

The Chief Rabbi was very critical of the fact that the terrorist attacker had not been eliminated at the scene of the crime.

Haredi Coalition Partners’ Kotel Compromise Also Tacit Recognition of Reform, Conservative

The deadline for government's response to the high court's order is next Sunday.

Aryeh Deri Slams Conviction of Shas-Linked Rabbi Avraham Yosef

Rabbi Avraham Yosef was convicted of violating the public trust for allegedly using his position as chief rabbi of Holon to further the interests of a family-run kosher certification organization.

Thirty-Six Little-Known Admirers of Rabbi Meir Kahane

In honor of Rabbi Kahane’s 26th yartzheit, let the truth be told.

Minister Ariel: Liberman’s 2-State Statement Nothing More than ‘Verbal Maneuvering’

"Last year MK Yoel Hasson (Zionist Camp) tried to pass the Arab initiative in the Knesset and the Likud rejected it."

Orthodox Rabbi Teaching Halakha Beyond the Shulkhan Arukh, Judaism Beyond the Commandments

"I'm sure that if Maimonides, or Rabbi Yosef Karo lived today, they would say: We never wrote our codifications for a time when the State of Israel would be established."

Israel Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef Visits Joseph’s Tomb (and Arabs Burn It Down...

The Sephardic Chief Rabbi visited Joseph's Tomb on Sunday night with IDF protection, but Arabs attacked his convoy and later torched the tomb, again.

Radio Host: Rav Ovadia’s Daughter Resembles Stabber Schlissel

"How can you live with the fact that Yishai Schlissel looks more like you than he does me?"

Bennett Likely to Get Foreign Ministry

Bennett is likely to be the next Foreign Minister, and the fight is now over the Ministry of Religion.

Understand Israeli Elections – Here’s a Primer, Part 1

With nearly a dozen viable parties, the president choosing the one who pulls together the pieces, Israeli elections are complicated.

Shas Party Appoints New Spiritual Leader

The Shas political party, founded and run by the late Rav Ovadia Yosef, has a appointed a new spiritual leader, according to a Galei...

‘Amalek’ Comment More an Expression of Shas Despair than Hate

The total failure of Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri to deliver on any of his promises bears serious ramifications for the party that relies on thousands of knitted yarmulke voters.

Eli Yishai to Not Run for Jerusalem Mayor

MK Eli Yishai, the former head of the Shas party has decided he will not be running for mayor of Jerusalem, according to a...

Shas’s Attacks on the Jewish Home and Religious Equality

Torah will probably flourish more with Shas out of the government and hopefully the Chief Rabbinate will revert back to a Rabbinate for all of Israel.

Shas Spiritual Leader Yosef: Jewish Home is for ‘Goyim’

Shas party spiritual leader and former Sephardic chief rabbi Ovadia Yosef is urging Israelis not to vote for the party headed by Naftali Bennett, the Bayit HaYehudi Jewish Home party, calling it not a home for Jews but a home for gentiles.

Q & A: Al Achilat Matza (Conclusion)

QUESTION: I have noticed that when we eat the matza at the Seder on Passover, we recite the blessing of Hamotzi lechem min ha'aretz, followed by Al achilat matza. Why don't we say Al achilat matza when we eat matza during the remainder of Passover?Moshe JakobowitzBrooklyn, NY

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