Posts Tagged: Orthodox Jews Israel
I Fully Support Haredim — But They Must Find a Way to Contribute to Israel’s Defense
Two weeks ago, I was on stage at the Saban Theater in Los Angeles for a major Keren Olam HaTorah event. Rabbi Dov Lando and...
Learning the Right Lessons From Meron — and Punishing Those Responsible
Adeeb Joudeh Al Husseini is a Muslim Arab living in the Old City of Jerusalem. Descended from one of Jerusalem’s oldest Arab clans, Adeeb has...
Building a Reform Synagogue in Israel Is Not Easy
COVID-19 not only puts our own health at risk, but it is also a threat to the very fabric of our society and the values...
Is Haredi Refusal to Serve in the IDF Crippling Israeli Politics?
JNS.org - As Israel heads into its third round of elections in a 12-month period, one number continues to hold the political process hostage. Both...
State and Religion in Israel on Pesach
The return of a right-wing government in Israel, heavily reliant on religious parties, is a matter of some concern because of the increasing encroachment of...
Amalek: A Warning to Israel’s Chief Rabbinate
The Jews’ most formidable enemy in Biblical times was the nation of Amalek. Amalek was, and symbolically still is, the personification of evil, brutality, racism...
Why Netanyahu Did It: The Brutal Truth on Israel and the Diaspora
JNS.org - Non-Orthodox Jews are angry about the Israeli government’s decision to go back on its word, and reject the idea of a new egalitarian prayer...
‘Religious’ Jews Against Israel Are Anything But Religious
Last Sunday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, 20,000 supposedly "religious" Jews gathered to attack the State of Israel. The film used to promote the event...
Haredi Women Are Making Great Strides in Israel’s High-Tech Sector
JNS.org - Haredi, women, and high-tech: three words you never expected to exist harmoniously in the same sentence. And yet, in the Jewish state, these three...
The Kotel: Have We Gone Mad?
You, dear readers, must forgive me for asking this question, but: Have we Jews gone mad? Kotel mad? Have we lost it? Are we Jews,...
How Some Religious Leaders in Israel Are Disgracing the Torah
Last week, tens of thousands of Israelis were prevented from traveling on their normal roads to get home. Not because of a terror threat, and...
The Western Wall Is No Place for Political Posturing
JNS.org - Charlie Kalech is upset. Kalech is the Internet entrepreneur who broke Israeli law last year on behalf of the Women of the Wall (WoW),...
Charedim Gather Rapidly for Mass Rally to Demonstrate Preparedness for IDF Service (SPOOF)
JERUSALEM - Hundreds of thousands of Haredim gathered in Jerusalem this evening to demonstrate their rapid deployment capabilities ahead of the imminent army draft. "We...
