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Purim Shpiel: Chabad reveals decades-old human-alien shidduch service
Purim Shpiel: The following is a satirical article from The Jerusalem Post's annual parodic Purim page, The Jerusalem Roast. Enjoy!
Knesset advances bill granting Chief Rabbinate authority over Western Wall prayer
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
Israel could permit sale of wine in Israel after 11 p.m. on Thursdays
The new legislation will ease Shabbat and holiday preparations for consumers, particularly those who are busy working and studying.
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."
