Jewish Religion and Thought
“When we first came here, there was no glatt-kosher meat, no glatt-kosher restaurant, no kosher bakery,” said the regional director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Florida. “Everything we needed, we had to bring or ship or find.”
IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir lauds the Hasmonean Brigade’s efforts as the military begins issuing draft notices to thousands of haredi men this month.
Yisroel Dovid Weiss was banned after he met with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Rio de Janeiro.
Under the Israeli national security minister’s new guidelines, police were instructed to allow Jewish prayer at the Jerusalem holy site.
Former Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef issued a religious decree allowing both Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews to wed during the mourning period in light of the war, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Rabbi Kalman Ber disagreed.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “absolutely” grown stronger in his faith, the haredi politician said.
Many haredi Jews in Israel use so-called “kosher phones” to curtail exposure to what they see as harmful influences.
The prime minister recited a special prayer for President Donald Trump.
The dissolution bill was defeated after the coalition reached a deal with ultra-Orthodox parties on a proposal to regulate the military draft of haredi men.
“Countries should protect their borders from people invading to do them harm, whether Arab street rioters in Paris, Greta Thunberg in Gaza or South American gang members in America,” Rabbi Dov Fischer told JNS.
The Sephardic ultra-Orthodox Shas Party needs to vote in favor of the dissolution bill to trigger an election.
The national day of fasting and prayer, requested by Israeli President Isaac Herzog, would be announced “in the coming days,” said Sephardic Chief Rabbi David Yosef.
