the current bill proposal, authored byUnited Torah JudaismMK Yisrael Eichler but supported by both haredi political parties, has a more modest goal – not to exempt yeshiva students from service, but merely to remove a significant
Orthodox Jewish outreach, often referred to as Kiruv (Hebrew: קירוב "bringing close"), isthe collective work or movement of Orthodox Judaismthat reaches out to non-observant Jews to encourage belief in God and living according to Orthodox Jewish law. Is Chabad haredi? According...
In Judaism, a mitzvah is a commandment from God. There are 613 mitzvot, which are divided into positive and negative categories...
I want to be perfectly clear. Our vision of Judaism includes Haredi Jews. It’s a vision of a people who unite across our differences to fight antisemitism and make the world more whole. But a black hat does not make a person more Jewish, just like being a man ...
In response Schiff wrote: “Mr. President, this is low. Even for you. No, I didn’t write Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dying wish to a nation she served so well, and spent her whole life making a more perfect union. But I am going to fight like hell to make it come true. No confirma...
New Order Amish are often described as “more progressive” than Old Order Amish. But that's not the best description. New Order Amish are more progressive than Old Order in some ways - and more conservative in others. New Order Amish Facts New Order Ami
DURING the pandemic I have not learnt a new language or how to play the piano, but I have learnt something more valuable. Now I know precisely what is precious to me. If absence makes the heart grow fonder then a lockdown is absence on steroids. Identifying what I can easily live witho...
nepotism, cronyism and the missed opportunities generated by same added in. But that was then. I've seen enough since then to realize that my initial revulsion at the business of the haredi world, suppressed so long ago, was well justified. And I've seen that non-haredi Orthodoxy is no...
The obvious answer is Judaism. The Talmud says that "childhood is a garland of roses." Psalm 127 calls children "an inheritance from the Lord." And one Jewish sage taught that God gave the Law to the Israelites for the sake of their children, who were to be the guarantors that the La...
United Torah Judaism (UTJ) MK and Finance Committee Chair Moshe Gafni praised Zionist Union party head Avi Gabbay in an interview on Saturday night in what some see as a sign that the haredi parties are warming to the idea of joining a possible future coalition with Gabbay. ...