Ya'acov Litzman

Protesters attack Construction Minister Goldknopf while demonstrating haredi draft law in Jerusalem

Demonstrators also reportedly burnt trash cans in violation of the law, and police officers worked to disperse the protesters. 

 Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protest following the Israeli Supreme Court ruling that requires the state to begin drafting ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary students to the military, in Bnei Brak, Israel, June 27, 2024.
 JERUSALEM AND Jewish Heritage Minister Meir Porush arrives for a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office. He says he was just ‘helping a hassid visit his rebbe.’

Abusing power to help predators - opinion

Malka Leifer, a former Australian school principal who is wanted in Australia on suspicion of sexually abusing students, walks in the corridor of the Jerusalem District Court accompanied by Israel Prison Service guards, in Jerusalem

The Malka Leifer case is symbolic of Israel's problems - editorial

 Health and Interior Minister Arye Deri at the handover ceremony for the Interior Ministry, January 1, 2023.

Arye Deri begins battle against obesity after nixing soda tax


Litzman, Bar Siman Tov spar over how the country handled coronavirus

In the last 24 hours, only 22 new patients were diagnosed with coronavirus. There were 3,114 patients, among them 42 who are ventilated. So far, 276 people have died.

A press conference on coronavrus held by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Health Minister Ya'acov Litzman and Health Ministry Director-General Moshe Bar Siman Tov

Grapevine May 10, 2020: Tennis, anyone?

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Tennis

Why is Ya'acov Litzman still the Health Minister?

The world over, politicians in prominent positions, connected to or leading the health system, are falling on their swords due to their own behavior and the decisions made by governments they sit in.

Yaacov Litzman

Who should succeed Litzman as Israel's health minister?

Litzman is leaving on his own volition, and his undisclosed reasons no longer matter. What matters is that the ministry he is leaving has suddenly become the public sphere’s most important spot.

Yaacov Litzman

Rivlin asks Litzman to allow family visits at disability hostels

The president explained that he is concerned that there may be severe psychological implications due to the coronavirus restrictions.

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin talks during a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, Cyprus February 12, 2019.

Letters to the editor April 30, 2020: Annexation Anxieties

Readers of the Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters

Why Litzman’s tenure in the Health Ministry came to an end

This last Friday, the grand rabbi summoned Litzman to his residence and told him that he should step down from his beloved Health Ministry and move over to the Housing Ministry instead.

Yaakov Litzman at the weekly cabinet meeting, March 2020.

Ya'acov Litzman requests position of Housing and Construction Minister

Litzman has come under fire over his handling of the coronavirus epidemic, including his initial disinclination to force ultra-Orthodox institutions to shutter.

UTJ leader Ya'aov Litzman attends the weekly cabinet meeting, January 2020.

Ya'acov Litzman leaving Health Ministry

Blue and White wants post for doctor

Yaakov Litzman at the weekly cabinet meeting, March 2020.

Is the proliferation of COVID-19 really the fault of the ultra-Orthodox?

So why this apparent contempt for Jews with side locks, black coats and hats?

A Haredi man walking with a mask in the neighborhood of Meaa Shearim