Jewish Religion and Thought
The World Organization of Orthodox Communities and Synagogues further calls for community leaders to ensure congregants are able to issue first aid and aware of emergency exits.
Hundreds of roads were shut down across the country as crowds head to Bnei Brak for what is predicted to be among the largest funerals in Israeli history.
I knew it would be a hit,” says creator Eliran Malka. “Usually, we see [haredim] in political aspects or demonstrations against the [Israeli] army.” But here, he says, “it’s cool yeshivah guys, and it’s like a college series but the Jerusalem version.”
“What we are trying to achieve is to decentralize the power of the Chief Rabbinate,” said Tani Frank, director of the Center for Judaism and State Policy at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, which was involved in drafting the bill.
Ministerial greenlighting of the legislation, proposed by Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana, paves the way for a first reading in the Knesset.
There is a “high probability” that the Weissella bacteria plays an important role in inducing swarming behavior, according to the Israeli study.
A video shows the perpetrators kicking and tossing the hats of Jewish protestors. Police says haredim have been entering the complex and using violence themselves.
“We need to distinguish between citizenship and Judaism,” says Chief Rabbi David Lau, following much public criticism.
“The purpose of this [congressional] caucus is to pledge our friendship to our Jewish friends, our brothers and sister. We are 100% standing with you,” said Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.).
Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, noted that courses on security he has taken over the years imparted in him the idea that “you need to do whatever you can to get to safety, whatever you can to get out.”
The Israeli prime minister thanked Texas Gov. Greg Abbot for the “determined and professional” actions of Texas law enforcement, and commended Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker for his leadership during the crisis.
“We are living in dangerous times,” says World Jewish Congress president Ronald S. Lauder; “we cannot afford to become complacent” • Conference of Presidents CEO William Daroff: “It is a reality of the times we live in that there is danger from the far-left, the far-right and Islamic extremists.”
