Tag: Yisrael Meir Lau
Chief Rabbinate Condemns Supreme Court for ‘Severely Harming Shabbat’
"The fact that the judges' decision was based on their way of life expresses more than anything else that this is not a matter for trial, but a matter of their worldview."
Backlash Following Political Rabin Memorial
Speakers and participants at the event sharply criticized organizers, saying the gathering was a “cynical political rally” for the Zionist Union.
A Little Closure on an Unspeakable Tragedy
75 years after the obliteration of Kiev’s 33,771 Jews - in less than 36 hours – Ukrainian and Israeli officials teamed up to host an evening in their memory.
Everything You Wanted to Know About the Shabbat Train Coalition Crisis – and Weren’t...
As soon as they became public, those railroad projects turned into a ticking bomb.
Yad Vashem Leadership Mission Arrives in Israel
The Israel portion of the Mission begins with an private audience with Israel's President Reuven Rivlin.
Chief Rabbinate Bows to Pressure to Extend Rabbi Riskin’s Term
Chief Sephardi Rabbi: "'God has not made me a woman,' not like someone from Efrat who comes up with all kinds of new ideas, makes news and and wages wars."