United Torah Judaism
Knesset advances bill granting Chief Rabbinate authority over Western Wall prayer
The bill passed by a margin of 56-47 and will now be discussed in Knesset committee meetings. It will still need to undergo three more plenum readings to become a law.
Knesset panel advances bill to expand rabbinical courts’ power over civil matters
High Court: Israeli gov't must explain why it funds haredi schools without core studies
Lapid warns opposition could lose to Netanyahu without unity, says Yesh Atid is ‘key’ to victory
Israel's Labor largely unaffected after Michaeli's resignation, election poll shows
While the votes for Labor almost doubled since last week, they would still not get enough to cross the threshold.
Israel is fighting a holy war on Judaism, ultra-Orthodox leader claims
MK Moshe Gafni launches a scathing attack on Israeli economists: 'Their war is not socio-economic or security-related, it's a war on religion.'
Ultra-Orthodox Jews are a cancer to Israeli society, radio presenter says
"Thirteen percent of the population is a cancer within Israeli society," radio presenter Ron Koffman claimed.
Coalition at risk as gov't struggling to agree on Draft Law outline
UTJ is now demanding that the new Draft Law include an override clause to protect it from the High Court.
Israel's 'religious' Jewish parties want to destroy democracy, morality - opinion
Religious and secular Jews need to work together to take back Judaism from the present institutional leadership’s destructive grasp.
Coalition divided on IDF conscription, rejects blanket yeshiva exemptions
Netanyahu has reportedly asked the haredi parties to soften their requests for a draft bill.
Netanyahu denies asking haredim to drop draft exemption
The haredi parties are threatening to dissolve the government if the new draft bill is not passed immediately following the summer Knesset break
Spiritual service cannot come at the expense of military service - editorial
“The Army of the People” cannot be a hollow slogan. It is important that Israel ease the haredi community’s path toward national service – with care, sensitivity, and respect for Torah study.
UTJ proposes Basic Law to equate Torah studies with IDF service
The first clause of the bill, called Basic Law: Torah Study, says, "Torah study is a supreme value in the heritage of the Jewish people."
Gantz's party leads, Netanyahu's coalition wanes - KAN News poll
A particularly contentious issue addressed in the poll was the passing of the reasonableness clause. The findings indicate that 46% of the respondents are against it, while 35% are in favor.
