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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 435

Degel HaTorah

Rabbi Kalman Ber attends a vote for the new Chief Ashkenazi rabbi, at the Chief Rabbinate headquarters in Jerusalem, October 31, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 31, 2024, 8:02 pm
Ultra-Orthodox-backed Kalman Ber chosen as Ashkenazi chief rabbi in runoff
Top Netanya cleric beats out Rabbi Micha Halevi, who drew anger from religious Zionists by reneging on promise to stay out of race, after initial balloting ended in tie
By Mati Wagner and ToI Staff
Shas chairman Aryeh Deri speaks during an event of the Shas party ahead of the municipal elections in Jerusalem, February 19, 2024. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
February 29, 2024, 5:00 pm
In first, ultra-Orthodox parties win majority on Jerusalem city council
‘We don’t want to turn Jerusalem into Bnei Brak,’ says Deputy Mayor Eliezer Rauchberger, adding ‘we’re here to demand our share’ in an equitable manner
By Sam Sokol
Residents of the mixed Modern Orthodox-Haredi neighborhood of Ramat Beit Shemesh Aleph on April 27, 2020. (Sam Sokol)
February 26, 2024, 4:43 pm
In Beit Shemesh election, the ultra-Orthodox are looking to regain power
Religious conflict no longer solely defines the city’s politics but some worry that a victory for Shas’s Moshe Abutbul could spell a return to the violence of his last term
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf, right, arriving for a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 27, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 11, 2024, 8:47 am
Ultra-Orthodox party pans Netanyahu for issuing credit rating statement on Shabbat
Housing minister Goldknopf of United Torah Judaism calls PM’s response ‘inappropriate’; Finance Committee chair says it was ‘totally unnecessary’ and a colleague laments ‘disgrace’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A close-up of a rat on a wall. (Sophie Gordon/Flash 90)
August 20, 2023, 5:00 pm
How a rat infestation in ultra-Orthodox Bnei Brak could reawaken its democracy
Upcoming local election could be a real race for the 1st time in years, as Shas candidate Uriel Buso takes on the United Torah Judaism machine and vows to mop up sanitation issues
By Tal Schneider
United Torah Judaism leader Yitzchak Goldknopf at a conference in Tel Aviv, December 7, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
July 20, 2023, 9:53 pm
Key Haredi newspaper questions wisdom of continued backing of judicial overhaul
Editorial in ‘Yated Ne’eman,’ aligned with United Torah Judaism party, suggests that the harm – including greater vitriol toward ultra-Orthodox – outweigh benefits of planned laws
By Canaan Lidor
Degel Hatorah MK Moshe Gafni leads a Finance Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on May 8, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 18, 2023, 4:45 pm
Prominent Haredi MK urges Netanyahu to stop Knesset members visiting Temple Mount
Chair of UTJ’s Degel HaTorah faction Moshe Gafni says diplomatic, security fallout must be taken into consideration; pans visits to holy site as sacrilege, not sign of sovereignty
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, shakes hands with United Torah Judaism MKs Yisrael Eichler, center and Meir Porush in the Knesset, January 25, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)
May 2, 2023, 11:40 pm
Netanyahu’s Haredi allies turn up heat, reiterate demand for military exemption law
UTJ minister Porush tells PM to go home if he can’t keep coalition deal vow to pass law before budget approval; fellow MK threatens party may avoid voting for crucial state budget
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Right-wing Israelis march with the Torah at a rally in support of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government plans to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, March 30, 2023. (Ariel Schalit/AP)
April 27, 2023, 9:32 am
Key Haredi newspaper calls on readers to ‘stay away’ from pro-overhaul rally
Yated Ne’eman, affiliated with the Degel Hatorah faction in United Torah Judaism, says those who attend the Jerusalem demonstration are ‘not one of us’
By ToI Staff
UTJ MK Moshe Gafni speaks at a Degel HaTorah faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, January 9, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 10, 2023, 11:47 am
Gafni vows to ‘get even’ with authorities who opposed funding private Haredi schools
United Torah Judaism MK says that party will ‘not turn the other cheek’ during upcoming municipal elections to 170 local leaders who signed letter
By ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visits the Temple Mount, January 3, 2023. (Courtesy Minhelet Har Habayit)
January 4, 2023, 10:56 am
Degel Hatorah coalition faction mouthpiece pans Ben Gvir for Temple Mount visit
Yated Neeman calls move ‘futile and great folly,’ says it helps provoke Palestinian terror; publications aligned with Agudat Israel less critical but note halachic ban on visits
By ToI Staff
Likud party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu, right, shakes hands with United Torah Judaism party leader Yitzhak Goldknopf in the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem on November 21, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
December 28, 2022, 9:16 am
UTJ inks coalition deal with Likud, ending internal squabbling ahead of swearing in
Agreement says Haredi party will get Housing Ministry and newly rebranded Jerusalem and Jewish Tradition Ministry, 3 deputy ministers and chairmanship of 4 Knesset committees
By Michael Bachner
United Torah Judaism party chief MK Yitzchak Goldknopf at a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 5, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 26, 2022, 7:56 pm
UTJ’s Goldknopf withdraws demand for security cabinet seat after protests
Bid by Haredi party leader who did not serve in military for seat on high level defense panel drew fire from partners, opposition
By ToI Staff
Likud leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu (left) speaks with Religious Zionism party head MK Bezalel Smotrich during a vote in the Knesset, December 20, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 26, 2022, 8:04 am
Knesset legislative push resumes as clock ticks for Netanyahu to swear in coalition
As January 2 deadline approaches, the new government could be formed as early as Thursday; next phase of legislation demanded by parties expected to pass Monday
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
MK Moshe Gafni, right, and MK Yitzhak Goldknopf speak during a meeting of the United Torah Judaism party at the Knesset in Jerusalem on December 5, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 23, 2022, 11:56 am
Haredi faction balks at agreement with Likud, demands reopening of talks
Degel HaTorah, one of UTJ’s 2 factions, decries deal with 2nd faction Agudat Yisrael as ignoring crucial issues, opposes party chair Goldknopf serving on security cabinet
By ToI Staff
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