Ofra settlement rabbi passes religious ruling in bid to construct homes before possible court intervention.
with Haaretz Correspondent 0 commentsYair Ettinger
The Absorption Ministry invited some 1,500 converts to the reserve for a conference that would also be a show of "support and solidarity."
0 commentsHebrew Book Week, very much a secular event, has been enthusiastically adopted in recent years by the ultra-Orthodox.
0 commentsChen is suspected of orchestrating systematic abuse of followers' children; one todder remains in a coma.
with Uri Blau and Haaretz Correspondents 0 commentsBar-On responds to Eli Yishai's announcement that Shas would leave government if party demands not met.
with Mazal Mualem and Haaretz Correspondents 0 commentsIsrael Police looking now for Chen's family in effort to use them to pressure suspect to surrender.
with Uri Blau and Haaretz Correspondents 0 commentsCourt had initially ruled autopsy must be performed on crash victim, despite opposition from community.
with Eli Ashkenazi and Haaretz Correspondents 0 commentsThe columnist who abandoned his religious upbringing for the secular world became disillusioned with his new home. But he could never really go back.
0 comments"Going to Rashbi?" asks the voice in the ad on the ultra-Orthodox radio station, using the Hebrew acronym for Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai. The voice is advertising a car rental company that is offering a special deal for Lag Ba'omer.
0 commentsThe comptroller's review of administrative procedures at rabbinic courts found problems with 83 percent of cases at the Tel Aviv court, and 71 percent of cases handled in Petah Tikva.
with Tomer Zarchin 0 commentsDoctors at J'lem hospital resuscitate former Sephardi chief rabbi, place him in intensive care unit.
with Yuval Azoulay and Haaretz Correspondents 0 commentsEven a relaxed stroll on the lawn of the President's Residence was carefully orchestrated.
with Haaretz Correspondent 0 commentsIt is also the first of six Reform and Conservative synagogues that are in the process of being established in various parts of the country with Housing Ministry financing.
0 commentsThe succession dispute that has been dividing the Vishnitz community for several years was recently taken before a Justice Ministry official.
0 commentsYeshayahu Folman was initially appalled by his son's 'act of solidarity,' but eventually cooperated.
with Haaretz Correspondent 0 commentsFormer MK to be replaced in Knesset by next in line on Shas' list.
with Tomer Zarchin, Zvi Zrahiya and Haaretz Correspondents 0 comments