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Tablet Magazine
April 14, 2018
“The more we adapt to the rigor [the Israeli rabbis are requiring], the more our Judaism creaks under the blows inflicted by a rigidity to which Italian Judaism has never been accustomed.” Not every decision of the rabbis, he warned, should be regarded as the ultimate law of the Torah. How is it possible,Ãâà...
RT
April 11, 2018
Roman Jews and Israeli rabbis are 'at war'... over artichoke. Published time: 10 Apr, 2018 15:23 Edited time: 11 Apr, 2018 10:02. Get short URL. Roman Jews and Israeli rabbis are 'at war'... over artichoke. A centuries-old Italian way of cooking artichokes is apparently not to the taste of Israel's top religious authority, as it hasÃâà...
Genetic Literacy Project
April 2, 2018
Prominent Israeli Rabbi Yuval Cherlow says meat from a cloned pig would be considered kosher under Jewish dietary laws. Cherlow, who is a leading scholar on modern interpretations of Kashrut, is advocating for rabbinic approval of cloned meats in order to reduce animal suffering, decrease meatÃâà...
CTech
March 26, 2018
Pork meat would be kosher if it were “grown” in a lab, Israeli Modern Orthodox Rabbi Yuval Cherlow told Calcalist on Sunday. Mr. Cherlow addressed the issue at a panel on kosher food and genetic modification on Thursday at Bar-Ilan University near Tel Aviv. According to Mr. Cherlow, existing kosherÃâà...
Daily Sabah
March 26, 2018
A boy takes part in a protest against the Israeli government's plan to deport African migrants, in Tel Aviv, Israel March 24, 2018. (Reuters Photo). Related Articles. MidEast Netanyahu refers to African migrants as 'worse than terrorists' Ãâ÷ MidEast Israel closes migrant facility in mass expulsion plan. One ofÃâà...
Newsweek
March 23, 2018
Prominent Israeli Rabbi Yuval Cherlow says meat from a cloned pig would be considered kosher under Jewish dietary laws. Cherlow, who is a leading scholar on modern interpretations of Kashrut, is advocating for rabbinic approval of cloned meats in order to reduce animal suffering, decrease meatÃâà...
ABC News
March 23, 2018
Israel's Sephardi chief rabbi Yitzhak Yosef is the subject of sharp criticism today, following his last weekly sermon when he compared black people to monkeys as he explained the blessing of blooming trees during the Hebrew month of Nisan. Footage of his sermon was posted by the Israeli news site Ynet.
RT
March 22, 2018
Israeli rabbi slammed for calling African-Americans 'monkeys'. Published time: 21 Mar, 2018 17:01 Edited time: 22 Mar, 2018 07:23. Get short URL. Israeli rabbi slammed for calling African-Americans 'monkeys'. Chief Sephardic Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef (left) meeting with Pope Francis. / Reuters. A civil rights group dedicated toÃâà...
Haaretz
March 15, 2018
In honor of the recent International Women's Day, the Israel Air Force released a video celebrating the women in its ranks and mocking the rabbis who have tried to stand in their way. The video went viral within a matter of days, but then suddenly disappeared. It is not clear whether the decision to remove itÃâà...
The Guardian
March 12, 2018
Israeli rabbi will not supervise Malka Leifer if she's given house arrest. Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid ... An Israeli rabbi no longer wants the former Melbourne school principal and accused child abuser Malka Leifer to be released under his supervision while she awaits an extradition outcome. Victorian police wantÃâà...
HackRead
March 10, 2018
Israeli police have arrested a 41-year-old man for allegedly hacking into the security surveillance camera system of a high-profile women's boutique in northern Tel Aviv, and spying on undressed customers and recording footage of them while they tried on bathing suits. The victims include Israeli singerÃâà...
Haaretz
March 9, 2018
A rabbi who lives in a settlement in the West Bank was arrested on suspicion of distributing nude video clips of an Israeli singer and model. Over the past week, videos of singer Eden Ben Zaken and model Neta Alchimister trying on bathing suits in Alchimister's swimwear store in Tel Aviv were leaked onlineÃâà...
Israel Today
March 7, 2018
A prominent right-wing rabbi was invited to speak at an event organized by a faction within Education Minister Naftali Bennett's Jewish Home party, and promptly outraged most secular Israelis. Rabbi Yehoshua Shapira (pictured) is head of the Ramat Gan Yeshiva, and has often spoken out againstÃâà...
Israel Today
March 5, 2018
In January, a gang of Hamas terrorists brutally murdered Rabbi Raziel Shevach, a father of six young children who was widely loved in his small Samarian Jewish community. A month later, Israeli security forces tracked down the terrorist to his hideout in the PA-controlled town of Jenin. Ahmad NasserÃâà...
Israel Today
March 5, 2018
In January, a gang of Hamas terrorists brutally murdered Rabbi Raziel Shevach, a father of six young children who was widely loved in his small Samarian Jewish community. A month later, Israeli security forces tracked down the terrorist to his hideout in the PA-controlled town of Jenin. Ahmad NasserÃâà...
i24NEWS
February 7, 2018
The row between Bennett and Rabbi Yosef Kelner, who has later apologized, is the latest chapter in a war of words between prominent conservative Israeli rabbis and right-wing politicians such as Defense Minister Liberman and Bennett. Both Ministers have slammed calls from prominent Israeli rabbis notÃâà...
Forward
February 7, 2018
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A rabbi who teaches at a pre-military yeshiva in the West Bank told students that women are “weak minded” and “just babble.” Rabbi Yosef Kelner also said women have a “limited capacity” for spirituality in the footage broadcast Tuesday by Hadashot news taken at a class onÃâà...
Israel Today
February 6, 2018
A young Israeli rabbi was mercilessly stabbed to death by a Palestinian terrorist near the Jewish settlement of Ariel in Samaria (the so-called "West Bank") on Monday. Itamar Ben-Gal, 29, was waiting at a hitchhiking post while on his way to a brit milah - circumcision ceremony - for a nephew when theÃâà...
Jweekly.com
January 24, 2018
Last week, a group of Israeli rabbis led in part by author and activist Rabbi Susan Silverman called on all Israelis to hide African asylum seekers in their homes to prevent their deportation. Calling the effort Miklat Israel – Miklat means sanctuary in Hebrew — and informally the Anne Frank Home SanctuaryÃâà...
PRI
January 19, 2018
Hundreds of Israeli rabbis say they will personally hide African asylum-seekers in their homes. Global Security. PRI's The World. January 19, 2018 Ãâ÷ 6:00 PM EST. By Sarah BirnbaumÃâà...
The Independent
January 17, 2018
A group of Israeli rabbis have launched an "Anne Frank-inspired" activist programme to protect African asylum seekers facing forced expulsion from their homes. The sister of comedian Sarah Silverman is among those leading the movement which hopes to help around 40,000 African asylum seekers,Ãâà...
Haaretz
January 10, 2018
Demonstrators for and against expulsion of asylum seekers at a Tel Aviv protest, January 9, 2018. The sign says: "The rehabilitation of south Tel Aviv begins with the expulsion of the infiltrators."Moti Milrod. Netanyahu pushes for forced expulsion of African asylum seekers Ãâ÷ Rwanda, Uganda deny reachingÃâà...
Israel Today
December 31, 1999
US President Donald Trump's unabashed support for the Jewish state and his public recognition of Jerusalem as its capital have many Israelis electrified. The current American leader's positive attitude toward Israel seems nearly illogical, especially after decades of far more hostile trends. A prominentÃâà...
Forward
December 31, 1999
A prominent Israeli rabbi who is also a convicted sex offender was allowed during Passover to drive his car directly into the Western Wall plaza — an honor that is only permitted for the religion's greatest leaders. Rabbi Eliezer Berland, accompanied by dancing and praying followers running alongside him,Ãâà...
