National religious

A hero's legacy: Remembering fallen IDF soldier Shlomi Shrem's faith, love, sacrifice

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS: An Efrat mother remembers her fallen soldier son as a 'soul that came down to earth with a purpose.'

|ByJOANIE MARGULIES
‘HE WAS always looking out for others – his brothers, his friends, even complete strangers.’ The Shrem family during happier times.
Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir.

53% of national religious public feels they are not properly represented in Knesset, survey reveals

A new study conducted by the Lazar Research Institute shows a new perspective on the division of opinion in the religious and ultra-Orthodox community in Israel.

|ByMOSHE COHEN
IDF SOLDIERS take part in an army stretcher drill. Israel’s population also needs to carry its share of the burden.

My Word: Wide awake in a war

Is IDF service suitable for every single young haredi man? No. But there can no longer be an excuse for mass exemptions.

|ByLIAT COLLINS
NEW ASHKENAZI Chief Rabbi Kalman Ber visits the Bnei David study hall, where Jewish philosophy is also taught.

Spirit of service in the IDF: Examining the DNA of the Bnei David ‘mechina’ in Eli

Bnei David in Eli, in the Binyamin region, is now in its 37th year, and its wartime popularity is growing. 

|ByMARION FISCHEL

Prominent National Religious rabbis applaud stance against gay adoption

“There is terror from LGBTs which is forcing itself upon the system against healthy thinking.”

JULY 26, 2017ByJEREMY SHARON
A rainbow coloured placard in the colors of the LGBT flag [Illustrative]

Walls of folly; Have we lost our moral compass?

I have been told that there is an official “rabbi of Ramot,” we have lived in that Jerusalem neighborhood for 23 years, yet never met him.

JULY 6, 2017ByRICHARD SHAVEI-TZION
A demonstration held on Saturday outside the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem against the overturning of the Western Wall agreement and the contested conversion legislation

National-religious rabbis: Cancellation of Western Wall deal 'courageous'

Municipal chief rabbis from Safed, Petah Tikva, Samaria, prominent yeshiva deans also back haredi conversion bill giving Chief Rabbinate monopoly on conversion in Israel.

JULY 2, 2017ByJEREMY SHARON
The Western Wall in Jerusalem