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Education Minister Nafatli Bennett in the West Bank on June 11, 2018. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
August 16, 2018, 2:35 am
Bennett lashes Lauder over ‘preposterous’ criticism of nation-state law
In New York Times op-ed, diaspora affairs minister pushes back against 'audacious' claim that Israeli government poses threat to the future of the Jewish people
By TOI staff and JTA
Chairman of the World Jewish Congress, Ron Lauder speaks during the 6th Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism conference at the Jerusalem Convention Center, on March 19, 2017 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 14, 2018, 7:46 am
Jewish leader Ron Lauder slams nation-state law, Orthodox hegemony
In second op-ed critical of government, former Netanyahu confidant writes that recent Israeli policies pose the 'greatest threat' to the future of the Jewish people
By TOI staff and JTA
Gil Steinlauf
July 22, 2018, 1:22 pm
Gil Steinlauf
A modern-day lament, this Tisha B’Av
Dear God, how can the Jewish state be undermining its own democratic and progressive values?
Rabbi Dov Haiyun in Jerusalem on July 19, 2018 (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
July 21, 2018, 8:31 am
Rabbi’s arrest signals Israel ‘no longer for all Jews’ — US Conservative leader
Steven Wernick says 'infuriating' detention of Dov Haiyun for performing weddings outside Rabbinate 'gives the impression of a religious police'
By Eric Cortellessa
Rabbi Dov Haiyun in Jerusalem on July 19, 2018 (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
July 20, 2018, 2:57 am
Israel’s detention of Conservative rabbi castigated by mainstream US Jewry
Umbrella group of Conservative rabbis calls pre-dawn move to question Dov Haiyun over weddings 'outrageous,' federations protest Israel's lack of commitment to non-Orthodox streams
By Joshua Davidovich
Mikie Goldstein
July 20, 2018, 12:22 am
Mikie Goldstein
The day the Jewish state became Orthodox
It only took a few hours: first, the nation-state bill was signed; then, a Conservative rabbi was detained by police
Yonatan Gher
July 19, 2018, 3:00 pm
Yonatan Gher
Arrest me: I too officiated at non-Orthodox weddings
They came for a Conservative rabbi. How much more will it take for liberal Jewish leadership to say enough is enough?
Natan Sharansky, the chairman of the Jewish Agency, at his office in Jerusalem (Hadas , on September 22, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
July 18, 2018, 4:56 pm
Sharansky: Many in Israel think Reform Judaism is some kind of hostile sect
Outgoing Jewish Agency chief laments communication failures and ignorance that complicate Diaspora ties, but speaks positively about rising aliya and strengthening Jewish identity
By David Horovitz
Incoming Jewish Agency Chairman Isaac Herzog with outgoing chairman Natan Sharansky, at the board of governors conference of the Jewish Agency, at the Orient Hotel in Jerusalem, on June 24, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
July 18, 2018, 2:00 pm
Stepping down, Sharansky pleads for ‘advisory Knesset’ to heal Diaspora ties
Israel and Jews abroad have different needs, and often don't understand each other. The asymmetry threatens 'our capacity to live as one people,' warns departing Jewish Agency head
By David Horovitz
A woman walks by Trump supporters at the opening of the campaign supporting the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Modiin on August 15, 2016. (Joe Davids/Flash90)
July 4, 2018, 6:37 pm
Israelis overwhelmingly prefer Trump to Obama — poll
Just 40% of secular Israelis want to see mass Jewish immigration from US, while 43% do not; most Israelis feel US Jews should not criticize Israel publicly
By TOI staff
Rabbi Gershom, second left, prepares to read the Torah during a Shabbat service among the Abayudaya Jewish community, in a village near Mbale, eastern Uganda, July 2, 2016. (AFP/Michael O'Hagan)
June 14, 2018, 11:42 pm
Israel’s Supreme Court temporarily blocks deportation of Ugandan Jew
Visa for Kibita Yosef expires Thursday, but court says state must first explain why it won't allow members of Abayudaya community to immigrate
By JTA
Noah Libson
June 13, 2018, 2:09 pm
Noah Libson
How dare Israel deny a Ugandan Jew citizenship!
When your community has been practicing Judaism for 100 years, nobody should question your right to make aliyah
Edmund C. Case
June 12, 2018, 3:20 pm
Edmund C. Case
A much better response to Michael Chabon
Instead of labeling intermarriage a threat, we need a 'radical inclusion' approach for interfaith families
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau (L) and Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef convene an emergency meeting against a new proposal to overhaul the conversion to Judaism system in the country on June 3, 2018 (Courtesy of the Chief Rabbinate spokesperson)
June 5, 2018, 3:02 pm
Chief Rabbinate appeals to European rabbis to oppose conversion reform
After slamming Nissim Committee recommendations to strip it of conversion powers, state rabbinical authority looks overseas for help
By TOI staff
A Ugandan Abayudaya Jew leans forward to touch a Torah scroll carried by Enosh Keki Mainah, 23, left, during Shabbat services at the synagogue in Nabugoya, Uganda, on March 3, 2002. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim/File)
June 3, 2018, 10:29 pm
Conservative movement to petition court after refusal to recognize Ugandan Jews
Rabbi Andrew Sacks accuses interior minister of 'placing political considerations above the law' and trying to block their immigration to Israel
By TOI staff
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