Jewish Religion and Thought
The 3,100-year-old letters, spelling the name “Jerubbaal,” were inked on a jug that may have belonged to the biblical judge Gideon ben Yoash.
Avigdor Lieberman’s new policy will cause “severe economic harm” to haredi families, says United Torah Judaism head Moshe Gafni.
“At a time of rising violence anti-Semitism across this country no Jew, no building, no part of our community, no neighborhood will stand alone,” said the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston’s executive director Jeremy Burton.
The rabbi is being treated at a hospital and remains in stable condition. Police arrested the male attacker; a firearm and knife were found.
Major policy topics include issues of religion and state; the drafting of the haredi community into the army; and Israel’s policies when it comes to building in “Area C” of Judea and Samaria.
Organized under the auspices of a volunteer organization called “Imahot L’Maan Imahot” (“Mothers Supporting Mothers”), the gathering took place at the Dan Family Aish World Center near the Western Wall in the Old City, almost exactly one month after the tragedy at Mount Meron.
In Jerusalem’s Old City, prominent Religious Zionist rabbis pray the incoming government won’t “abandon the Land of Israel to the Arab takeover.”
While Conservative movement clergy don’t necessarily have to be moderates, they do need to be able to make space for a range of perspectives, says Jan Uhrbach.
Three women—Rabbanit Dr. Hannah Hashkes, Rabbanit Shira Marili Mirvis and Rabbanit Chamutal Shoval—completed a five-year course at the Susi Bradfield Women’s Institute for Halakhic Leadership.
“Christian Zionists have had a relationship with every Prime Minister since [David] Ben-Gurion. That will not change,” said Christians United for Israel spokesman Ari Morgenstern.
Post-event, participants can enter the LevTech Lab Pre-Accelerator to further develop products or create their own startups.
The Conference of European Rabbis president hails the move for sending “a clear message of tolerance and pluralism.”
