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Education Minister Naftali Bennett speak at a press conference announcing the launch of his New Right party's 'New South' campaign, in Ashdod on March 26, 2019 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 12, 2019, 3:30 pm
Bennett assails Jewish Home, which he once led, after MK accuses him of betrayal
New Right chairman says his former party now prides itself on opposition to female military enlistment and LGBTQ rights
By Jacob Magid
Rabbi David Stav, cofounder and chairman of the Tzohar rabbinical organization. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
June 6, 2019, 8:56 pm
Israeli rabbis’ Shavuot learning program goes global
Study sessions developed by Tzohar Rabbinical Organization to take place in 90 Israeli locations as well as in India, Sweden and Greece
By Marcy Oster
Dr. Sharon Nazarian, the Anti-Defamation League's Senior Vice President for International Affairs, at the Israel Social Cohesion Summit, October 16, 2018. (Sharon Amit)
October 19, 2018, 5:03 am
Once a witness to unchecked hate, now she travels the globe to fight it
A Jew who fled Iran, the ADL’s Sharon Nazarian has become a bridge-builder, raising alarms against injustices and the dangers of illiberal government power around the world
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Tzohar's Yom Kippur services, hosted annually in 350 communities around the country (Courtesy Tzohar)
September 4, 2018, 10:48 pm
Shofar program blows sounds of Rosh Hashanah into public spaces
Tzohar, which aims to bridge the religious-secular gap, hosts Shofar in the Park to bring New Year’s notes to masses
By Jessica Steinberg
A branch of the Aroma coffeehouse chain in Tel Aviv that was awarded a kosher license from the Tzohar organization, May 9, 2018. (Tzohar)
May 10, 2018, 1:47 pm
Major cafe signs up with alternative kosher certification group
Aroma branch in Tel Aviv gets license from Tzohar in coup for organization competing with state-appointed rabbinate
By TOI staff
Adam S. Ferziger
April 30, 2018, 3:46 pm
Adam S. Ferziger
Kashrut rivalry could force Orthodoxy to change
Chipping away at certification revenue might just be what softens a stubbornly rigid rabbinic establishment
The picture posted by Chotam chiding Pasta Basta for its use of Tzohar for kosher supervision (Courtesy Chotam)
April 24, 2018, 6:04 pm
Call to boycott pasta joint over alternative kosher certificate backfires
After the Chotam organization took aim on Facebook at Pasta Basta, thousands pledged to eat at the chain’s branches
By Jessica Steinberg
Convert 'Katya' and her daughter sit before the independent Giyur K'halacha conversion court, led by Rabbi Nahum Rabinovitch (center) on August 10, 2015. (courtesy)
April 22, 2018, 7:33 pm
Draft bill said to give Orthodox sole control over Jewish conversion in Israel
Proposed legislation comes amid tensions between Israel and Diaspora communities, and a coalition crisis with ultra-Orthodox parties
By TOI staff
Rabbi Aaron Leibowitz (right), presents an alternative kashrut certificate to the Whiskey Bar Museum in Tel Aviv's Sarona Market (Courtesy Hashgacha Pratit)
February 27, 2018, 5:54 pm
Private kashrut supervision closes in favor of new authority
Hashgacha Pratit announces it worked with religious-Zionist Tzohar group to create alternative to state rabbinate
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a Likud faction meeting at the Knesset on February 26, 2018 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 26, 2018, 1:53 pm
Netanyahu sources reject ‘baseless’ claims in Bezeq case
Message decries ‘mudslinging campaign,’ ridicules notion there was an arrangement worth NIS 1 billion: ‘tomorrow it’ll be a trillion’
By TOI staff
A couple has their picture taken before their wedding at the Jaffa Port, as the Tel Aviv skyline is seen in the background. (Serge Attal/Flash90)
December 26, 2017, 7:00 pm
Orthodox group opens ‘alternative’ marriage service with Tel Aviv rabbinate
New Tzohar branch is liberal rabbinical organization’s first collaboration with state-run rabbinate
By JTA
Blowing the shofar in Lifta, near Jerusalem (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)
September 20, 2017, 12:43 pm
250 volunteer shofar blowers, 300 prayer leaders to provide services in Israel
High Holidays program by Tzohar and Yachad Ohr Torah Stone set to reach 70,000 in cities, moshavim and kibbutzim
By JTA
Illustrative: A man stands outside the Jerusalem Rabbinical Court. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 31, 2017, 11:42 pm
Jerusalem rabbinical court refuses to grant couple a ‘get’ until prenup voided
Penalizing a man for refusing to grant his wife a divorce constitutes coercion, ruling states, even if both parties agree to such a stipulation
By Yaakov Schwartz
Interior Minister Aryeh Deri speaks during a conference of the Shas Party in Jerusalem, July 30, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 22, 2017, 1:05 am
Shas leader: Modern Orthodox communities are ‘borderline Reform’
In closed-door talk with ultra-Orthodox rabbis, Aryeh Deri charges that Tzohar rabbinic group seeks to ‘destroy’ the state rabbinate
By TOI staff
Bride and groom take wedding pictures at the Western Wall in Judaism's Old City. April 13, 2011. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
August 7, 2017, 4:54 pm
Israeli couples embrace a rabbinical prenup
Almost 2,000 pairs have signed Agreement of Love designed to prevent Jewish legal obstacles in event of divorce
By JTA
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