Jewish Religion and Thought
The Israel Antiquities Authority is pushing back against the country’s chief rabbis’ objections to the display at the airport of a 2000-year old, 5-ton stone from Judaism’s holiest site.
“There is no place for songs against IDF service. This is the time to unite our forces against our external enemies,” said the prime minister.
Maj. (res) Yossi Levi calls for greater ultra-Orthodox enlistment, warning that increasing hostility to the religious group could widen the military draft gap.
The tomb of Rav Ashi, a Babylonian sage, is located inside an IDF military outpost on the Blue Line between the two countries.
David, Yosef, Sarah (also among Arabs) and Rachel the most popular choices among the state’s Jews since 1948.
The budget for 2025 must be approved by Knesset lawmakers by the end of this month, or early elections will automatically be triggered.
Two of the suspects were arrested in connection with a similar incident two months ago.
The two shows are “in the same jungle, but they’re different breeds. It has all the jokes that you would recognize from ‘Shtisel,’ but it also really stands in its own world,” actor Mili Avital told JNS.
Since the beginning of the Hebrew year on Oct. 2, at least 22,000 have ascended Judaism’s holiest site.
The announcement comes just one day after Israel joined the United States in voting against a U.N. resolution reaffirming the world body’s condemnation of Russia for its invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.
“Giving someone tefillin isn’t just handing them an object,” she told JNS. “It helps open up a whole world to them.”
“You have already had a significant positive effect over events unfolding in our country and in the world at large,” Rabbi Ber wrote.
