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The NYS Legislature overwhelmingly passed legislation (Bill #S8564/A8809B), sponsored by Senator Andrew Gounardes and Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein, which will make
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UTJ chairman Moshe Gafni said on Army Radio on Thursday morning that the UTJ party will not enter a coalition
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Yisrael Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Liberman revealed the reason for his fierce opposition to joining Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the
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Cheif Rabbi of Jerusalem, Hagaon HaRav Shlomo Amar sent an urgent letter to Rabbinic leaders of the National Religious camp
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Rabbi Nachum Rabinovich Shlita, the Av Beis Din of the Giyur K’halacha Beis Din, has come out against a draft
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At the end of the another hearing, which took place on Wednesday 7 Tammuz at the Supreme Rabbinical Court in
Chief Rabbi of Israel HaGaon HaRav Dovid Lau Shlita overruled a decision by the Petach Tikvah Rabbanut, explaining the Chief
In a ceremony held last weekend in Kiev, participants of the ‘Triguboff Institute’ ‘Maslul’ project marked the completion of the
The Petach Tikvah Rabbinate has rejected a conversion that was performed by Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, a leading modern Orthodox rabbi
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times It is a quandary that many non-observant Jewish families face:
Beersheva Chief Rabbi Yehuda Deri announced that mikvaos in his city are for Orthodox tevila only, stating he will not
Hiddush head, Reformed Rabbi Uri Regev, called for “using stern measures and prosecuting the man who burned a prayer book
The following statement was released by a spokesman for the Chief Rabbinate of Israel in the name of Rishon L’Tzion
Israel’s Supreme Court on Thursday, 2 Adar I, ruled in favor of approving non-Orthodox conversions. The court ruled that a
The Tzohar Rabbinical Organization, which has been a major force in the effort to reform the halachic conversion process in
Speaking to Israel Radio on Monday morning 3 Shevat 5773, Yisrael Beitenu leader Avigdor Lieberman expressed his outrage over the
IDF Chief Rabbi Brigadier-General Rafi Peretz defends IDF conversions to yiddishkheit, explaining the historic p’sak halacha by Maran HaGaon HaRav
A plan to bring 1,000 missionaries to Israel, under the guise of newly converted Jews seeking to settle the Shomron, is
Hagon Rav Shmuel Halevi Wosner Shlita, paid a visit to Hagon Chacham Ovadia Yosef today, at his home on Rechov
According to Ynet, Hagon Chacham Ovadia Yosef Shlita, authorized a number of senior Rabbonim on Sunday to add clarifications on
Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar has adopted Rabbi Ovadia Yosef’s halachic ruling which legitimizes all conversions performed by the Israel Defense
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided Sunday not to hold a government vote on the military conversions bill. Netanyahu discussed the
The spiritual leader of Shas, Chacham Ovadia Yosef, ordered the party on Wednesday to express his discontent with a recent
Gedoley Hador Shlita have released a Kol Koreh against the IDF conversion track, while expressing support for marriage registrars who do
IDF conversions are not being performed by rabbinical judges and were not approved by the Chief Rabbinate, an attorney for
The Prime Minister’s Office announced Thursday evening that a compromise agreement has been reached by which the Knesset vote on
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