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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 339

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Col. Asaf Hamami, the commander of the Gaza Division's southern brigade who was killed on October 7, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 2, 2023, 8:05 pm
IDF says head of Israeli brigade on Gaza border was killed Oct 7, body held by Hamas
Col. Asaf Hamami, commander of Gaza Division’s Southern Brigade, recognized as ‘a fallen soldier held by a terror group’
By Emanuel Fabian
Head of ITIM Rabbi Seth Farber. (Courtesy)
November 24, 2023, 9:20 am
What Matters Now to Rabbi Seth Farber: Hostages and mixed burials in Jewish law
Issues of religion and state can take on more urgency in times of war. The head of ITIM, an NGO aimed at helping Israelis navigate the country’s religious bureaucracy, explains
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Israeli soldiers pray with a rabbi during a break in the southern Israeli city of Beit Kama, October 16, 2023. (Thomas Coex/AFP)
October 23, 2023, 12:53 am
Israeli rabbis are issuing guidance about how to adjust Jewish law during wartime
Since Hamas’s Oct. 7 onslaught, the rabbinic principle of pikuach nefesh, or preserving life, has taken precedence above all – though not everyone agrees on what it means
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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
Passengers try to figure out why a Waymo driverless taxi won't move while traffic backs up behind it in San Francisco, February 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)
August 28, 2023, 6:31 am
Can you roll on Shabbos? San Francisco rabbis on the robotaxis flooding city streets
New technology is taking us into uncharted territory in Jewish law – but opinions are mixed on whether added mobility will bring communities closer or drive them apart
By Maya Mirsky
An illustrative photo of a charging electric car. (Scharfsinn86 via iStock by Getty Images)
July 28, 2023, 6:48 am
Conservative rabbis endorse use of electric cars on Shabbat, still divided on driving
Just 10 members of the movement’s 25-rabbi Committee on Jewish Law and Standards were in favor and 6 voted against, 5 rabbis abstained, 4 did not attend
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Shas MK Michael Malchieli reacts during a meeting of the Arrangements Committee at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on June 9, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 17, 2023, 7:33 pm
Bill seeks to strengthen rabbinical courts’ jurisdiction over child support
Opposition lawmakers say draft amendment compromises women’s position and is part of a slide toward theocracy
By Canaan Lidor
File: 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, on June 3, 2018. (Courtesy of the Chief Rabbinate spokesperson)
May 25, 2023, 9:41 am
As demand for Orthodox Jewish conversion soars, the number of successful cases dips
The government’s protracted process is not appealing to most of the half-million Israelis who are not recognized as Jewish by the Rabbinate
By Canaan Lidor
Israel Medical Association chair Prof. Zion Hagay (Screenshot from YouTube; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 19, 2023, 7:03 pm
HMO, hospital boycott fertility conference in Jerusalem that excludes women doctors
Clalit pulls its sponsorship, Hadassah Medical Center cancels participation, Israeli Medical Association calls event ‘slap in the face’ to half the medical community
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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April 16, 2023, 4:59 pm
Civil Law vs. Halakhah in Israeli Courts
Israel’s Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty, and Basic Law: Freedom of Occupation, the equivalent to a Bill of Rights, begin by anchoring the rights they protect in “the values of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state.”
By Yofi Tirosh
Scholars at Svara, a queer yeshiva based in Chicago, have served the Jewish LGBTQ community for two decades and are now creating the first written set of Jewish law by and for trans Jews. (Jess Benjamin/via JTA)
March 27, 2023, 5:33 am
Queer yeshiva publishes first set of Jewish legal opinions by and for trans Jews
Among the topics addressed are family purity and when to use a ritual bath, and how a trans man converting to Judaism should be ‘circumcised’
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Illustrative: A Haredi man looks at his mobile phone in Jerusalem, Israel (svarshik/iStock by Getty Images)
March 6, 2023, 6:11 pm
Tradition meets technology with UK app for halachic questions
Those in need of advice on Jewish law can anonymously text a panel of rabbinic experts and receive an answer in hours with ShailaText, which just hit 10,000 users
By Yaakov Schwartz
Rabbi Yoni Rosensweig speaks at the Neve Habaron synagogue in the northern town of Zichron Yaakov on January 22, 2023. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
January 29, 2023, 11:26 pm
Rabbi Yoni Rosensweig looks to remove stigma of mental health, one ruling at a time
What began as an attempt to answer some questions turned into a book and then a full-time job teaching the public, professionals and other rabbis about Jewish law and mental health
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: Eyal Karim, chief military rabbi, speaks during the funeral of Zachary Baumel, a soldier who went missing at the Battle of Sultan Yacub in 1982, at the Mount Herzl Military cemetery in Jerusalem, on April 4, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 25, 2022, 1:22 pm
Incoming coalition reportedly to give Chief Rabbinate control over IDF’s chief rabbi
Agreement between Religious Zionism and Likud includes planned bill that would change process of appointing military rabbi, make him subordinate to chief rabbi, and raise his rank
By Emanuel Fabian
Prime Minister Yair Lapid speaks during his Yesh Atid party's faction meeting at the Knesset, November 21, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 21, 2022, 5:56 pm
Lapid warns new government will form a ‘halachic state’
Outgoing PM calls on Likud voters to speak out against efforts by religious parties to impose Jewish law; Gantz says he’d support an override clause requiring 2/3 of MKs
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
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