Jewish Religion and Thought
“It seems like the whole world is talking about the red heifers except in Israel,” said Moriyah Shapira, a spokeswoman for Ancient Shiloh.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing forward a bill introduced by Benny Gantz, who now says he opposes it.
The identical text passed a first reading in the previous Knesset.
In his Yom Ha’atzmaut address, the country’s top Jewish leader named “the only thing” preventing another Holocaust.
“The contest will be impactful, empowering and unifying—what the country needs now,” says Gur Rosenblat, deputy director of the Education Ministry.
The 31-year-old mailed a postcard to the rabbi referencing the Holocaust and stating “gas the Jews.”
Researchers achieved an unprecedented level of accuracy in dating First Temple period findings in the City of David.
The government asked the High Court of Justice for an extension of several weeks to complete the plan, after which it will be presented to the judges.
Five speak about their sense of mission, how society labels them, and the Israeli bureaucracy.
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich authorized the chief rabbis to carry out the transaction.
The late British chief rabbi’s personal files will be available to researchers.
The Western Wall Heritage Foundation removes the notes twice a year—before Passover and the High Holidays—in accordance with religious laws.
