Rabbi Jacob Herzog announced he was flying to Syria to meet with new government officials in Damascus on Thursday. سأكون في دمشق قريبا للقاء مسؤولين سوريين و لابارك للشعب السوري حريته وخلاصه من الحكم الاسدي الطائفي. من حق الشعب السوري ان يتحرر ويختار حكومته. أنا هناك لأمد يد الأخوة والتعاون والتسامح مع شعب عانا … Read more
Mayor of Modi’in-Maccabim-Reut and chairman of the Federation of Local Authorities in Israel, Haim Bibas, was interviewed this past Tuesday on Anat Davidov’s program on 103FM radio. During the interview, Bibas explained why he opposes the controversial new ‘Rabbis Law’. “Currently, an authority that wants to appoint a rabbi requires the city council and … Read more
Shas chairman MK Arye Deri is reportedly furious with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the latter ended a political saga that began on Sunday by deciding to drop a controversial bill that Deri was pushing for, due to opposition to the bill from within the governing coalition. The announcement that the bill would be … Read more
Following the emergency “hard landing” of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s helicopter in foggy conditions in northwestern Iran on Sunday, various Israeli rabbis have publicly reacted with remarks that suggest divine intervention, reflecting deep-seated spiritual and confrontational views. Rabbi Meir Abutbul starkly referred to Raisi as “the hangman from Tehran” and condemned him in a post … Read more
Over 100 Israeli mayors demanded on Tuesday in a letter to Religious Affairs Minister Michael Malkieli (Shas) that he cancel his plan to increase his control of a committee that elects municipal and neighborhood rabbis at the expense of the mayors themselves. The government’s initiative was first proposed as a bill in 2023 but … Read more
