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Israel no longer has chief rabbis after ministry fails to hold timely elections

The Religious Services Ministry failed to hold elections in time to reinstate the tenure of chief rabbis.

 ASHKENAZI CHIEF Rabbi David Lau (left) and Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef: The silence of our two chief rabbis is thunderously indicative of the abject state of these once meaningful and relevant positions, the writer argues.
 Al Jazeera presenter Abdelkader Aiad works during a live newscast at a studio, in Doha, Qatar, May 5, 2024.

Al Jazeera’s Jerusalem bureau chief on shutting site in Israel: 'There are no security reasons'

 Israeli couple tries to smuggle iPhones into country to avoid taxation

Beersheba couple attempts smuggling 173 iPhones into Israel, arrested

 ORN AND raised in Jerusalem, 48-year-old Dana Shemesh has been Israel's top female professional bodybuilder for almost two decades.

Israeli bodybuilder Dana Shemesh back and as good as ever


Mouthwatering State Cup quarterfinal postponed due to rain

Maccabi currently leads the standings by two points.

Maccabi Tel Aviv striker Eden Ben-Basat

Buoyant Mac TA has no plans to ease up

With zero losses in 2015, yellow-and-blue hosts Berlin hoping to keep pressure on Real atop Euroleague group

Maccabi Tel Aviv forward Devin Smith

Did Brian Williams exaggerate claims of nearly being hit by Hezbollah rocket?

According to "The Washington Post," Williams “gave varying accounts” of his wartime coverage, at times suggesting that he was in danger while in other instances omitting mention completely.

Television news anchor Brian Williams

Ashdod recovery gathers pace with win at Hap TA

Ashdod had just three wins from 16 games when Sherf took charge, but has since claimed two victories from three games and finally climbed off the bottom of the standings on Saturday.

Maccabi Ashdod’s James Nunnally had 25 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists in his team’s surprise overtime win at Hapoel Tel Aviv last night.

In national abuse probe, leading Australian rabbi decries Orthodox community’s ‘cover-up culture’

Gutnick asserted that those who reported abuse were labeled mosers (“informers”), and subjected to social ostracism, according to The Guardian.

Manny Waks

Thousands bid farewell to 8 women killed in tragic Negev bus accident Wednesday

The victims, all of them grandmothers in their 50s and 60s, were on their way back from attending prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem when the collision happened.

Thousands bid farewell to 8 women killed in tragic Negev bus accident Wednesday

Debate champion pushes for debate between candidates

Yoni Cohen-Iduv built a website at http://israeldebate.com/ and Facebook page in an effort to encourage a debate in Israel.

An Israeli flag is seen in the background as a man casts his ballot for the parliamentary election

Making music at Masada

The marvelously melodramatic Tosca by Puccini and Carl Orff’s imposing Carmina Burana. To celebrate its 30th birthday the Israel Opera is offering these two works for its 5th Opera Festival at Masada

Opera at Masada

850 bromine workers strike over planned lay-offs

Israel Chemicals (ICL) sent letters for dismissal hearings to some 140 workers Monday, part of a planned restructuring of the company.

Bromine

History made as possible first all-female mosque opens up in US

Male imams traditionally lead prayers and Quran teachings but the Women's Mosque of America aims to present an alternative by creating an alternative by creating an all-female space for prayer.

All-female mosque in LA