Tag: Gilad Kariv
Soon: MK Nir Orbach, Likudnik
Likud needs Orbach’s services not only through the demise of the 24th Knesset but during the months leading up to the 25th.
10K Seminary Women Block 100s WOW, Reform & Conservative at Rosh Chodesh Adar-B War...
Earlier this week, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met and supported the leaders of the Reform movement in Israel and the Diaspora.
Ministerial Committee Approves New Conversion Law; Reform & Conservative Conversions Protected
Reform & Conservative conversions gain tremendous legal ground under this bill.
Report: Israel Police Read People’s Email Using Creative Loophole
In 2020, Google turned over information on close to 1,000 users, compared to only 200 in 2015 – a 500% jump in 5 years.
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.
Israel’s Health Ministry Recommends Vaccinating Children Who Recovered from Corona
Nine MKs were instructed to enter quarantine after being exposed to a Knesset Channel reporter who was diagnosed with Corona, possibly the Omicron strain.
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.
Reform Movement Wins Shas’ Tender to Share Shabbat Experience with Israeli Youth
Turns out the Haredim are not the only religious Israelis who can game the system.
Women of the Wall Interject Political Darkness into Month of Lights
What's religious about holding up empty Torah covers by the Kotel? It's a purely political act.
Man of the Year 5781: The Indefatigable MK Itamar Ben-Gvir
Last spring, MK Ben-Gvir was not a commentator on the news – he was the news.
Yamina Minister to Haredi Leaders: When Did You Last Pray Lying Down in the...
The most combative among the incoming team was undoubtedly the next Minister of Religious Services (Bennett's old job) Matan Kahana from Yamina.
Lapid’s Coalition Deal Keeps Netanyahu Out, Handcuffs Bennett, Favors Arabs, Reform
The coming diaspora minister will be Labor MK Gilad Kariv who is both a Reform clergy and the executive director of the Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism.
On Mandate’s Final Day, Lapid Government Held Back by Shaked’s Judicial Appointments Ultimatum
The current breakdown of the Judicial Appointments Committee leans is in favor of the activists by 5 to 4 at best. Shaked is aiming to reverse this by replacing one leftist vote – Michaeli.
Shape of Things to Come: Reform Clergy and Labor MK Gilad Kariv Deplores ‘Discrimination...
In 1845 the Reform movement removed references to Palestine and a "Jewish State" from prayers.
JNF Approves $11.7 Million to Expand Settlements by Redeeming Lands
The final approval of the resolution, is conditioned on its approval by the organization's board of directors which postponed its vote until after the March 23 election.
IDF to Allow Reform Clergy to Officiate in Military Funerals
The state's representative, attorney Avi Milikovsky, added that it would be possible to hold a military funeral without religious symbols and to excise content such as reading the Kaddish and the Psalms, and adding alternative content.
Myriad Haredim Clash with Reform, Women of the Wall, on Rosh Chodesh Adar
WOW demanded the use of the PA system. Needless to say, the request – which was tantamount to asking firefighters for a light – was rejected by Rabbi Rabinovitch.
Reform Riot at Kotel, Condemn Netanyahu
For people who become mortally hurt when this or that Orthodox politician tells them they're not really Jewish, heaping on their heads advice as to how they should improve – US Jews are surprisingly unrestrained when it comes to meddling in the coalition politics of a foreign country.
Expect Huge Blowout at the Kotel as WOW, Reform, Conservative, Blow Shofars
If Jews had the ability to ignore religious provocation when they saw one, we'd still have the Second Temple, if not the First.
A Thousand Demonstrators in Front of Netanyahu’s Residence over Kotel Dispute
Alas, this dispute is not over a connection to God but over political turf, both regarding the Kotel and the conversions.
Reform Insulted by Haredi Walkout in Knesset Committee
Kariv called the MKs' behavior vulgar and said it undermines the principles of the legislative process, as well as the public and ethical obligations of MKs.
Why Ha’aretz is an Evil Newspaper
For sure, there is no "direct connection" between the book, Torat HaMelech, and the youth who carried out the vicious attack on an Arab in Zion Square although since the trial hasn't begun, we really do not know much, neither I nor the Reform Rabbi. A Rabbi, by the way, would steer clear of such an accusation, especially during the Ten Days of Penitence. But "concentration camps"?
Knesset Committee Ejects Top Reform Clergyman from Meeting
The head of the Reform movement in Israel was ejected from a discussion on state funding for non-Orthodox rabbis Tuesday.
Gilad Kariv, a Reform rabbi...