Shas has confirmed it will back the motion to end the current parliamentary term on Wednesday, forcing fresh elections, in a row over IDF conscription for yeshiva students
By Jacob Jaffa
Orthodox leaders have been enraged by the absence of an exemption for yeshiva students from military service
Full-time Torah study is no longer officially recognised as a basis for not enlisting in the IDF
The month-long Torah and Talmud course attracted people of all ages, from teenagers to septuagenarians
Among the academy’s crimes were paying staff off the books, requesting non-existent meal reimbursements, and subsidizing parties with federal grants
Simon Rocker analyses the standoff between Charedi Jews and the government over measures in the Schools Bill
A crowd of 200 protesters took to the streets outside Parliament on Wednesday to express their opposition to measures in the new Schools Bill
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I'm past being annoyed, even though my kind of religious, egalitarian Judaism is popular elsewhere
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