The judge ruled that the state no longer has the power to force yeshivas to close for not teaching secular studies in a way that is “substantially equivalent” to education in public schools.
As we celebrate a half-century of The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, how might we hold on to our past in a way that helps us to move forward?
The Magazine spoke with nine English-speaking immigrants to find out where their open highways are taking them.
Hillel was studying in a hesder yeshiva in Kiryat Shmona and had recently completed his service in the Navy. Yagel was studying in a hesder yeshiva in Givat Olga.
In a conversation with his students, Rabbi Pinto stated: “It is not enough to just pray and say ‘I believe’. You need to live the faith every day and every hour.”
Ultra-Orthodox rabbis and educators are well aware of the depth of the crisis and of the problems faced by the young men; but they are afraid, and perhaps should be.
A Yesh Atid MK heckled Eichler by saying he would like it if Haredim would 'join the war' for the State of Israel.
We need to adapt to incorporate the new reality and to squeeze from it the very best possible outcome for the students to produce from them a generation of Jews.
The driver seriously injured while a passenger was also killed. * The US seminary student was Adira Koffsky of New York, studying at Midreshet Amudim.
Martin Handler was accused of overbilling the government for services, stealing funds and other crimes amounting to $2.8m in damages.