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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 533

Aryeh Stern

Ultra-Orthodox Jews in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Mea Shearim on October 2, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 2, 2020, 6:47 pm
In call with Haredi leaders ahead of Sukkot, PM says no relief on restrictions
Netanyahu urges mayors to call on their residents to ‘strictly adhere’ to government health guidelines; ultra-Orthodox account for some 40% of new cases
By ToI Staff
President Reuven Rivlin (L) makes a visit to the home of Rabbi Shalom Cohen (R) on October 1, 2020 (Koby Gideon/ GPO)
October 2, 2020, 4:03 am
Rivlin makes ’emergency’ visit to top ultra-Orthodox rabbi as virus cases spiral
Several top rabbis urge Haredi public to obey lockdown rules over Sukkot holiday, amid fears of mass gatherings and defiance of prayer restrictions
By ToI Staff
Jerusalem Chief Rabbi Aryeh Stern, center, speaking to members of Iyad Halak's family during a condolence call on June 2, 2020. (Courtesy: Jerusalem Municipality)
June 3, 2020, 12:32 am
Jerusalem chief rabbi pays condolences to family of autistic man slain by cops
Public Security minister skips visit to East Jerusalem family after father posts video saying he doesn’t want Israeli government officials to come
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Aryeh Stern on May 10, 2015. (FLASH90)
May 27, 2019, 7:14 pm
Jerusalem chief rabbi urges mayor not to put up LGBT flags that ‘mar’ the city
But municipality says it will hang banners ahead of next week’s pride parade; committee blocks budget for LGBT rights group, sending matter to city council
By Michael Bachner
Illustrative: An areal view of a Muslim cemetery in East Jerusalem, 2015 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
November 16, 2018, 4:31 pm
Palestinian shunned for selling land to Jews to be buried in Jewish cemetery
Mufti rules East Jerusalem resident Alah Kirsh, killed in Route 90 crash that claimed lives of 5 others last week, is ‘not a member of the Muslim nation’
By JTA
Illustrative: Members of the LGBT community and supporters participate in a demonstration against a Knesset bill amendment denying surrogacy for same-sex couples, outside the supreme court in Jerusalem on July 23, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 27, 2018, 8:40 am
200 Israeli rabbis slam LGBT rights groups for ‘turning perverts into heroes’
Letter from Orthodox clerics in defense of Jerusalem Chief Rabbi Aryeh Stern says children raised by gay couples have ‘strange and unnatural lives’
By Michael Bachner
Rabbi Aryeh Stern (Screen capture: Channel 2)
June 25, 2018, 4:25 pm
Jerusalem chief rabbi calls for canceling Eurovision to ‘prevent disgrace’
Rabbi Aryeh Stern says Israel should give up the right to host the music competition rather than desecrate Shabbat
By ToI Staff
Elor Azaria in a live online broadcast, his first public comments about his trial and sentencing, on August 3, 2017. (Facebook)
August 3, 2017, 2:54 pm
In first public statement, Elor Azaria thanks supporters, says he ‘loves this country’
Twelve years on, right-wing leaders return to evacuated West Bank settlement; Netanyahu rejects ‘witch hunt’ amid reports he is suspected of bribery, fraud, breach of trust
By ToI Staff
President Reuven Rivlin meets with Jewish and Muslim leaders at his Jerusalem residence on November 29, 2016. (Mark Neiman/GPO)
November 29, 2016, 9:21 pm
Rivlin decries bill to muffle mosques, urges interfaith dialogue
President hosts Jewish, Muslim leaders to discuss so-called muezzin bill; sheikh says legislation gives sense ‘our freedoms are vulnerable’
By AFP and ToI Staff
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