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IDF officers allow rabbi and aide to meet soldiers in Syria without proper approval

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 18:25:20 +0000

Military counters report suggesting civilian hikers allowed into Syria, but says Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, 82, was permitted to meet with soldiers earlier this month, ahead of Passover

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Prominent rabbis protest planned designation of far-right Lehava as terror group

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 23:49:55 +0000

Leading spiritual leaders say the organization, which works to stifle intermarriage and LGBT rights, 'must be allowed to continue its important activities'

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When Shin Bet warns of political violence, Israel’s history requires we listen

Sun, 06 Jun 2021 10:40:27 +0000

25 years after the Rabin assassination, the man charged with protecting Israel and its leaders from internal security threats fears a repetition. His warning must be heeded

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Rabbis join call to cut single-use plastic, starting with religious holidays

Sun, 29 Sep 2019 10:44:36 +0000

Ben-Gurion University student persuades 30 religious leaders to sign letter citing dangers of plastics to health and environment as Israelis gear up to celebrate Jewish New Year

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Little rascals, big problems: 8 things to know for July 5

Fri, 05 Jul 2019 10:57:15 +0000

A rabbi decides politics should be a he-man girl haters club; the right finds itself in Liberman's vise and Hamas frets over another wayward son

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Shaked rejects rabbi’s comments: Women can do everything, including lead a party

Fri, 05 Jul 2019 07:06:01 +0000

Former justice minister responds after prominent Rabbi Shlomo Aviner says politics has 'no place for the female role' in explaining opposition to her leading the religious right

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Rejecting rabbi’s comments, Jewish Home says it backs women in politics

Thu, 04 Jul 2019 15:43:53 +0000

Prominent Rabbi Shlomo Aviner says politics has 'no place for the female role' in explaining opposition to Ayelet Shaked leading the religious right

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Rabbi: Shaked can’t lead party, because politics is ‘no place for a woman’

Thu, 04 Jul 2019 10:32:28 +0000

Shlomo Aviner says ex-justice minister 'really great,' but must not be named URWP chief even if it costs right-wing votes

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Radical rabbi says Notre Dame fire retribution for 13th-century Talmud burning

Wed, 17 Apr 2019 20:52:06 +0000

Shlomo Aviner, who moved to Israel from France in the 1960s, suggests fire that gutted iconic church may have been divine retribution for burning of Jewish manuscripts in 1242

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200 Israeli rabbis slam LGBT rights groups for ‘turning perverts into heroes’

Fri, 27 Jul 2018 05:40:57 +0000

Letter from Orthodox clerics in defense of Jerusalem Chief Rabbi Aryeh Stern says children raised by gay couples have 'strange and unnatural lives'

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Western Wall egalitarian area used daily for gender-segregated Orthodox prayer

Thu, 19 Jul 2018 12:22:33 +0000

Students from two Old City yeshivas bring in temporary 'mehitza' dividers for Orthodox crowds of up to 100 at site set aside for pluralistic prayer

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Rabbi who opposes female service claims ‘war’ being waged with IDF

Thu, 01 Feb 2018 00:16:42 +0000

Shmuel Eliyahu says army agenda on women's integration is 'unhinged'; 100 rabbis write to defense minister in support of Eliyahu, Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef

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Liberman lets IDF chaplain meet with chief rabbi on women’s enlistment row

Wed, 24 Jan 2018 18:10:40 +0000

Defense minister says army wants to express displeasure at comments by prominent rabbis against integration of female soldiers, demands they take back statements

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Amid women’s enlistment row, army nixes meet with chief rabbi

Mon, 22 Jan 2018 11:43:30 +0000

Chief of staff reportedly orders IDF chief rabbi to cancel scheduled sit-down with Israel's Sephardi chief rabbi over criticism of mixed-gender units

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Liberman bans chief rabbi from IDF events over anti-women comments

Sat, 20 Jan 2018 09:34:10 +0000

Defense minister says there's 'no place' for statements by three top rabbis against female integration in military

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