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        <title>A new IDF combat platoon lets religious women join the fight while keeping the faith</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-new-idf-combat-platoon-lets-religious-women-join-the-fight-while-keeping-the-faith/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 13:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[IDF Israel Defense Forces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2023-2025 Israel-Hamas war]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ultra-Orthodox draft]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Spurred by October 7 and bolstered by shifting mores, an all-female force is taking shape within the army, complete with a rabanit to serve the trailblazing troops' spiritual needs</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-new-idf-combat-platoon-lets-religious-women-join-the-fight-while-keeping-the-faith/">A new IDF combat platoon lets religious women join the fight while keeping the faith</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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        <title>Haredi men&#8217;s employment growth stalls, income gap with mainstream Israel widens &#8211; study</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/haredi-mens-employment-growth-stalls-income-gap-with-mainstream-israel-widens-study/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2025 13:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Haredi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haredi women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ultra-Orthodox Jews]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Alongside turmoil over low military draft rates, Israel Democracy Institute report raises alarm over Haredi men's limited progress integrating into workforce</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/haredi-mens-employment-growth-stalls-income-gap-with-mainstream-israel-widens-study/">Haredi men&#8217;s employment growth stalls, income gap with mainstream Israel widens &#8211; study</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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        <title>Till death do them part: After top rabbi dies, power struggle blazes at elite Haredi yeshiva</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/till-death-do-them-part-after-top-rabbi-dies-power-struggle-blazes-at-elite-haredi-yeshiva/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2025 09:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Israel Inside]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ponevezh Yeshiva]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yeshivas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lithuanian Jews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haredi community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haredim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bnei Brak]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3453728</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>The split at Ponevezh Yeshiva runs so deep that it delayed the head rabbi's funeral last month, but when it comes to the army, the question is not 'if' but 'how' to evade the draft</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/till-death-do-them-part-after-top-rabbi-dies-power-struggle-blazes-at-elite-haredi-yeshiva/">Till death do them part: After top rabbi dies, power struggle blazes at elite Haredi yeshiva</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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        <title>1st street in Israel named for Masorti rabbi who influenced Declaration of Independence</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/1st-street-in-israel-named-for-masorti-rabbi-who-influenced-declaration-of-independence/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2024 04:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Masorti Movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative Judaism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rabbis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israeli history]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[separation of religion and state]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Herzliya]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3438322</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>In Herzliya, the Conservative Movement celebrates the commemoration of US cleric Shalom Tzvi Davidowitz, who is likely responsible for adding God into the historic 1948 statement</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/1st-street-in-israel-named-for-masorti-rabbi-who-influenced-declaration-of-independence/">1st street in Israel named for Masorti rabbi who influenced Declaration of Independence</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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        <title>Haredim in favor of IDF service insist only carrots, not sticks, will draw more recruits</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/haredim-in-favor-of-idf-service-insist-only-carrots-not-sticks-will-draw-more-recruits/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2024 16:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Israel Inside]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nahal Haredi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Netzah Yehuda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[universal enlistment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ultra-Orthodox draft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[draft evasion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[universal conscription]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haredi community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compulsory military service]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3421896</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>As the military issues the first of 7,000 new conscription notices, communal leaders say soldiers coerced into service are liabilities: 'They would be destroyed in Lebanon or Gaza'</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/haredim-in-favor-of-idf-service-insist-only-carrots-not-sticks-will-draw-more-recruits/">Haredim in favor of IDF service insist only carrots, not sticks, will draw more recruits</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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        <title>IDF rabbinate opposes asking troops to sign form &#8216;unchaining&#8217; wives in case of disaster</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-rabbinate-opposes-asking-troops-to-sign-form-unchaining-wives-in-case-of-disaster/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2024 14:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[agunot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Knesset Committee for the Advancement of Women]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[religion and state in Israel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jewish women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ITIM]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3423336</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>While conditional divorces can free women in case of a husband's disappearance or loss of mental faculties in battle, rabbis say pushing such a document on soldiers may hurt morale</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-rabbinate-opposes-asking-troops-to-sign-form-unchaining-wives-in-case-of-disaster/">IDF rabbinate opposes asking troops to sign form &#8216;unchaining&#8217; wives in case of disaster</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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        <title>Thousands are flocking to the grave of a Haredi leader. His former aide says he&#8217;d hate it</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/thousands-are-flocking-to-the-grave-of-a-haredi-leader-his-former-aide-says-hed-hate-it/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rabbi Elazar Shach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haredi community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[universal conscription]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[universal enlistment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ultra-Orthodox draft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orthodox rabbis]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3422714</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>On the anniversary of Rabbi Elazar Shach's death, his burial place has become a prayer hub where adherents denounce newly issued military draft orders for Haredim</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/thousands-are-flocking-to-the-grave-of-a-haredi-leader-his-former-aide-says-hed-hate-it/">Thousands are flocking to the grave of a Haredi leader. His former aide says he&#8217;d hate it</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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        <title>Haredim flock to Rachel&#8217;s Tomb to pray for the IDF &#8211; and for God not to make them enlist</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/haredim-flock-to-rachels-tomb-to-pray-for-the-idf-and-for-god-not-to-make-them-enlist/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rachel's Tomb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prayer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2023-2025 Israel-Hamas war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2023-2024 Israel-Hezbollah conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[universal enlistment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haredi community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ultra-Orthodox draft]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3417895</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>On the anniversary of the matriarch's death, Israel's ultra-Orthodox community sees no contradiction in asking her to protect the soldiers while protecting Haredim from serving</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/haredim-flock-to-rachels-tomb-to-pray-for-the-idf-and-for-god-not-to-make-them-enlist/">Haredim flock to Rachel&#8217;s Tomb to pray for the IDF &#8211; and for God not to make them enlist</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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        <title>As religious Zionist IDF casualties rise, so does resentment of Haredi exemption bill</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-religious-zionist-idf-casualties-rise-so-does-resentment-of-haredi-exemption-bill/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2024 03:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[ultra-Orthodox draft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UTJ United Torah Judaism party]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Yitzhak Goldknopf]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3408540</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>Rift between two religiously observant communities deepens as the Knesset debates a law on ultra-Orthodox military enlistment, or lack thereof, amid the ongoing multifront war</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-religious-zionist-idf-casualties-rise-so-does-resentment-of-haredi-exemption-bill/">As religious Zionist IDF casualties rise, so does resentment of Haredi exemption bill</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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        <title>Ultra-Orthodox-backed Kalman Ber chosen as Ashkenazi chief rabbi in runoff</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/ultra-orthodox-backed-kalman-ber-chosen-as-ashkenazi-chief-rabbi-in-runoff/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 18:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ashkenazi chief rabbi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kalman Ber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Micha Halevi]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Moshe Gafni]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Degel HaTorah]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3409358</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>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</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/ultra-orthodox-backed-kalman-ber-chosen-as-ashkenazi-chief-rabbi-in-runoff/">Ultra-Orthodox-backed Kalman Ber chosen as Ashkenazi chief rabbi in runoff</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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        <title>Divisive, long-delayed election for chief rabbi to proceed Thursday</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/divisive-long-delayed-election-for-chief-rabbi-to-proceed-thursday/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 14:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Over a year late, the vote for Israel's top Ashkenazi authority seems to be on track amid political strife and broken commitments</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/divisive-long-delayed-election-for-chief-rabbi-to-proceed-thursday/">Divisive, long-delayed election for chief rabbi to proceed Thursday</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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        <title>How Israeli Jews face the Simhat Torah holiday, forever marred by Oct. 7 massacre</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-israeli-jews-face-the-simhat-torah-holiday-forever-marred-by-oct-7-massacre/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2024 05:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Jewish Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Simhat Torah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reform Judaism]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3402536</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>Rabbis recommend muted celebrations, less festive meals and new liturgy, on the first anniversary of the Hamas atrocities that also celebrates completing the reading of the Torah</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-israeli-jews-face-the-simhat-torah-holiday-forever-marred-by-oct-7-massacre/">How Israeli Jews face the Simhat Torah holiday, forever marred by Oct. 7 massacre</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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        <title>Despite record post-Oct. 7 antisemitism, European Jews are out and proud this Sukkot</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/despite-record-post-oct-7-antisemitism-european-jews-are-out-and-proud-this-sukkot/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>From Milan to Warsaw, Jewish communities are building huts and brandishing the four species as usual -- with a little bit of extra protection</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/despite-record-post-oct-7-antisemitism-european-jews-are-out-and-proud-this-sukkot/">Despite record post-Oct. 7 antisemitism, European Jews are out and proud this Sukkot</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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        <title>Haifa court rules divorce refusal is a crime, sentences husband to 18 months in prison</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/haifa-court-rules-divorce-refusal-is-a-crime-sentences-husband-to-18-months-in-prison/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2024 19:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[get refusal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haifa Magistrate's Court]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Man is 2nd to be sentenced to prison for refusing to give his wife a 'get,' after trapping her in marriage since 2004; rabbinic courts in US, Israel have issued rulings against him</p>
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        <title>New top Sephardic rabbi backs rulings that soldiers in combat must eat on Yom Kippur</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-top-sephardic-rabbi-backs-rulings-that-soldiers-in-combat-must-eat-on-yom-kippur/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2024 19:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Israel Inside]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yom Kippur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Netzah Yehuda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ultra-Orthodox soldiers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Yosef]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fasting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Seeking to allay concerns of ultra-Orthodox troops in Gaza, David Yosef notes existing protocols barring them from fasting, says when in doubt they should turn to IDF rabbis</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-top-sephardic-rabbi-backs-rulings-that-soldiers-in-combat-must-eat-on-yom-kippur/">New top Sephardic rabbi backs rulings that soldiers in combat must eat on Yom Kippur</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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