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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 466

Adina Bar-Shalom

Attendees at the second annual Smol Emuni conference gather in Jerusalem's Heichal Shlomo building on February 28, 2024. (Gilad Kavalertchik/Smol Emuni)
March 1, 2024, 11:27 am
Under shadow of war, conference of left-wing religious Jews grows its numbers
Seeking to offer an alternative to religious right-wing politicians, organization representing Israel’s ‘faithful left’ focuses on Gaza war, hostage deal at second annual gathering
By Charlie Summers
Polly Bronstein speaks at the Ben Gurion Home on Sept. 10, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Guy Anto)
September 12, 2023, 10:06 am
Fearing crisis, secular and devout unveil new Israeli manifesto at Ben Gurion’s home
The document, authored by prominent individuals from both sides of the religious divide, seeks to address what it means to have a Jewish state
By Canaan Lidor
Hundreds of religious, left-wing Jews attend the Smol Emuni conference in Jerusalem on January 23, 2023. (Gilad Kavalerchik/Smol Emuni)
January 25, 2023, 12:41 pm
Eyeing their community’s rightward shift, left-wing religious Jews form new movement
Grassroots group ‘Smol Emuni’ — literally the left-wing faithful — holds its first conference in Jerusalem, attracting hundreds of people from across the religious spectrum
By Judah Ari Gross
Adina Bar-Shalom, the daughter of the late Shas spirtual leader, Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. (Flash90)
October 29, 2019, 6:38 pm
Ovadia Yosef’s daughter awarded NIS 20k after rabbi calls her ‘Reform’
Adina Bar-Shalom sues Beit Shemesh Rabbi David Benizri for saying she’s an ‘accursed, wicked woman’ over her support of female political candidates in the Haredi city
By ToI Staff and JTA
Ehud Barak in Tel Aviv on April 3, 2019 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
June 24, 2019, 12:45 am
Ehud Barak said looking to partner with ex-general Yair Golan to form new party
Former PM and deputy chief of staff trying to recruit a team of veteran politicians, including Tzipi Livni, to run together in September 17 elections
By ToI Staff
Ehud Barak in Tel Aviv, on April 3, 2019. It is not the first time Barak, 77, has considered a political comeback. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
June 21, 2019, 10:22 pm
Ehud Barak confirms looking at new party ahead of elections, denies Labor return
Former PM says the center-left has to unite in one bloc to defeat Netanyahu, won’t say whether he’d insist on leading it
By ToI Staff
Ehud Barak in Tel Aviv on April 3, 2019 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
June 16, 2019, 3:03 am
Report: Barak meets former deputy IDF chief as he mulls new party
Former prime minister once again said to be looking at prospect of reentering politics with new slate, would seek to form bloc with Labor
By ToI Staff
Ehud Barak and Tzipi Livni, pictured in 2009 (Photo credit: Gil Yohanan/Flash90)
June 5, 2019, 6:37 pm
Ehud Barak said to rule out forming new party, but may make election run
Former PM hoping to team up with Labor and other prominent politicians on center-left in effort to oust Netanyahu
By ToI Staff
Adina Bar-Shalom attends a Shas faction meeting at the Knesset on July 6, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90/File)
February 27, 2019, 8:07 am
Adina Bar-Shalom rules out election run, out of ‘responsibility toward voters’
Ahi Yisraeli, party founded by daughter of the late Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, says it will continue to work in education, society, health and coexistence
By ToI Staff
Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid (L) and Israel Resilience party chief Benny Gantz. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90, Hadas Parush/Flash90)
February 20, 2019, 8:18 am
Gantz, Lapid meet in last-ditch bid to unite against the right
Leaders of Israel Resilience and Yesh Atid speak overnight amid effort to reach elusive agreement on leadership of joint centrist ticket
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid (L) and Israel Resilience party chief Benny Gantz. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90, Hadas Parush/Flash90)
February 19, 2019, 11:31 pm
Gantz calls on Lapid to put Israel first, form centrist alliance in election
At party event, Israel Resilience leader makes public appeal for Yesh Atid chief to put aside other considerations and not ‘weaken the opportunity for a historic change’
By ToI Staff
Reform female and male rabbis pray together at Robinson's Arch, the Western Wall site slated for future egalitarian services, on February 25, 2016. (Y.R/Reform Movement)
December 23, 2018, 10:27 am
In Israel, calling someone ‘Reform’ may get you sued for libel
Adina Bar-Shalom — a daughter of former Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel Ovadia Yosef — sues Rabbi David Benizri, asking that court recognize the term as a slur
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Adina Bar-Shalom attends a Shas faction meeting at the Knesset on July 6, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90/File)
March 11, 2018, 11:33 pm
Ovadia Yosef’s daughter lashes Shas leader, hints at new party
Adina Bar-Shalom says Aryeh Deri straying from ‘father’s legacy,’ looks to a new party that will ‘unite the people of Israel’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Students in the Haredi College of Jerusalem (Screen capture: YouTube)
November 3, 2016, 9:57 pm
Trailblazing ultra-Orthodox college to close amid massive debts
Celebrated Haredi College of Jerusalem, founded by Israel Prize laureate Adina Bar Shalom, runs out of money and students
By ToI Staff
Actress Liora Rivlin will read her poems at Holon's Women's Festival, three days of events celebrating women's identity (Courtesy Oscar Avosh)
March 8, 2016, 11:29 am
To empower and appreciate: Women’s Day across the land
Take a stand for gender equality with a selection of tours, reading and eating in honor of international annual event
By Jessica Steinberg
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