Meet the High-Tech Millionaire Leading the West Bank Settlement Movement
Dina Kraft JTA TEL SHILOH, West Bank (JTA) -- Naftali Bennett does not fit the mold of a typical Jewish settler leader.He's just 38, made his fortune in high tech before entering what he describes as...
View ArticleToo Much Of The Right Stuff?
Joshua Mitnick Israel Correspondent Surging pro-settler party leader makes even some Religious Zionists very nervous.Tel Aviv — “Who is more rightist?”That’s the name of a fictional TV game show...
View ArticleBibi’s Coalition Grows
Stewart Ain Staff Writer Haredi draft issue figures prominently in new agenda. More parties are expected to join the third government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in coming days after...
View ArticleWomen Of The Wall And Of Israel
Gerald Skolnik What can, and must change. On my recent trip to France and Israel, I arrived in Jerusalem from Paris on the first day of Rosh Hodesh Adar– a Sunday– and was scheduled to read Torah at...
View ArticleA Tilt To The Right?
Stewart Ain Staff Writer As Obama trip nears, experts predict Israel’s government will be ‘more right wing’ than the previous one. As the new Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
View ArticleA Candidate's Chances
Gary Rosenblatt Editor and Publisher The inclusive David Stav, once a long shot for chief rabbi, seeks changes in haredi stronghold. A few months ago Rabbi David Stav, the 53-year-old founder and...
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Chasing The Ivies In Kiryat Moriah
‘Flipping the switch’ from think tank to liberal arts college, Shalem seeks to emulate U.S. elite academia, infused with Jewish identity. Adam Dickter Assistant Managing Editor Wed, 05/29/2013...
View ArticleNew Plan Keeps Kotel Plaza For 'Orthodox' Services, Moves Others To Platform
Helen Chernikoff Staff Writer In an attempt to soothe tensions at the Western Wall ahead of the High Holidays over the issue of women’s right to pray there collectively, the Israeli government has...
View ArticleNaftali Bennett, Point Man On Iran, Says He Finds Sympathetic Ear In Congress
Gary Rosenblatt Editor & Publisher While the Obama administration has been “a huge friend” to Israel, with “unprecedented cooperation on security and intelligence” issues, “at the end of the day...
View ArticleRabbinate Reverses
JTA Rabbinate acknowledges Avi Weiss' authority; Weiss insists they recognize all American Orthodox rabbis. The Chief Rabbinate of Israel will accept letters confirming individuals’ Judaism from Avi...
View ArticleHardline Rabbi Named Shas Spiritual Leader
Shalom Cohen, a hardline rabbi known for his overt hostility toward modern Orthodox and secular Israeli Jews, was appointed spiritual leader of the Orthodox, Sephardi Shas Party. Cohen, leader of the...
View ArticleFear Of Status Quo Fueling Talk Of Unilateral Steps
Joshua Mitnick Israel Correspondent As Netanyahu ponders his next move, pressure from right, and left, to act. Tel Aviv — Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid thinks Israel should unilaterally declare...
View ArticleU.S. Calls On Israel To Reverse Land Appropriation
JTA Jerusalem — The United States called on Israel to cancel the government appropriation of West Bank land in the Etzion bloc, while Israeli ministers praised and panned the decision.read more
View ArticleBibi's Alumni Running Against Him
The 2015 Israeli election is looking like a Netanyahu alumni reunion except that these former alums are all running against the prime minister in hope of denying him a fourth term.read more
View ArticleRoad To White House Goes Thru Israel
Indiana Governor Mike Pence is in Israel this week, and you know what that means: he's thinking of running for president. He's billing the trip as an "economic development" mission and hosting an...
View ArticleIsraeli Left Resurgent As Campaign Rhetoric Escalates Ahead Of March Elections
JTA Tel Aviv — Stav Shaffir was angry. The 29-year-old firebrand is known for her outbursts, which have gotten her kicked out of multiple Knesset hearings in the past year. But when she rose in the...
View ArticleNaftali Bennett, Funny Man
Love or loathe him, Bennett gets a laugh in this election video. Sorry.
View ArticleA Ministerial Endorsement
Amy Sara Clark Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett visited the Solomon Schechter School of Manhattan last week during a brief visit to New York.read more
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