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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 65

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Michael Malkieli

Israeli soldiers walk past houses destroyed by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Be'eri, October 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
October 23, 2023, 10:43 pm
Families of Be’eri massacre victims say religious officials delaying cremation
Relatives say Religious Services Ministry, led by a Haredi minister, is dithering on release of bodies
By Canaan Lidor
Erez Malul, a lawmaker for Shas, attends the coronation ceremony of Rabbi Yehuda Cohen at a synagogue in Jerusalem, July 13, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 2, 2023, 6:59 pm
New bill could create jobs for 1,070 rabbis, cost taxpayers tens of millions a year
Religious hardliners are among critics of the bill, which many see as part of a pact benefiting Shas and the Chief Rabbinate
By Canaan Lidor
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 (left) and Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef attend a ceremony selling hametz (food containing leavening) to Arab Israeli Mr Jaber before the upcoming Passover holiday in Jerusalem, April 4, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 4, 2023, 9:41 am
Knesset votes to postpone election for new chief rabbis
Heated race delayed until spring of 2024 as Shas reportedly scrambles to choose candidate
By ToI Staff
MK Moshe Arbel arrives for the opening session of the Knesset in Jerusalem on November 15, 2022 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
April 17, 2023, 2:23 pm
Replacing Deri, Shas appoints Moshe Arbel to head health, interior ministries
Haredi party’s Council of Torah Sages says decision a temporary one until Knesset approves legislation permitting Deri to return to role despite his criminal convictions
By Ash Obel
Illustrative: Immigrants fleeing from war zones in the Ukraine arrive at the Israeli immigration and absorption office, at the Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, on March 15, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/ Flash90)
March 8, 2023, 7:26 pm
Interior Ministry proposes law to restrict passports for new immigrants
Legislation would only allow new arrivals to receive documentation after residing in Israel for 1 year; ministry says some exploit benefits without settling down
By ToI Staff
Members of the Hebrew Israelites Community of the southern city of Dimona protest against deportation orders given to some of their members, Habima Square, Tel Aviv, June 1, 2021. Th banner says, 'We are an integral part of the People of Israel.' (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
February 25, 2023, 12:34 pm
Court tells government to reconsider deportation of Hebrew Israelites
Judge says while no formal agreement was reached, community members were repeatedly led to believe by the state that they would be given citizenship
By ToI Staff
Shas MK Michael Malkieli arrives for coalition talks at a hotel in Jerusalem on November 17, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 9, 2023, 9:40 am
Ministry in charge of earthquake preparedness said in ‘chaos,’ without leadership
Acting interior minister Malkieli has reportedly not visited offices since replacing disqualified Deri 2 weeks ago, as coalition standoff with top court hampers emergency readiness
By Michael Bachner
Aryeh Deri speaks during a Shas party faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on January 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 24, 2023, 12:28 pm
Hinting at plans to return, Deri temporarily fills his vacated ministerial posts
Shas’s Michael Malkieli named acting interior minister, Yoav Ben-Tzur acting health minister, as Deri’s dismissal takes effect; positions must be permanently filled within 3 months
By ToI Staff
Incoming Religious Services Minister Michael Malkieli speaks at his inauguration ceremony at his ministry headquarters in Jerusalem on January 1, 2023. (Courtesy/Religious Services Ministry)
January 1, 2023, 10:47 pm
Incoming religious services minister pledges to strengthen Rabbinate, boost salaries
Michael Malkieli also vows to expand powers of rabbinic courts; Shas leader Aryeh Deri says party paid a political price to get the ministry
By Judah Ari Gross
Incoming Religious Services Minister Michael Malkieli signs an order delaying the implementation of a kashrut reform as Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, right, watches, in Malkieli's office in the Knesset on December 29, 2022. (Courtesy: Michael Malkieli's office)
December 29, 2022, 10:08 pm
New religious services minister delays kashrut reform as coalition looks to nix it
Shas’s Malkieli signs order putting off privatization of kosher supervision by six months, giving incoming government time to roll back predecessors’ initiative
By Judah Ari Gross
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