"Without Torah students, we have no existence as a Jewish people. Without Torah students, the State of Israel cannot continue," Gafni commented, referring to the haredi draft law.

The wily politician that he is, Netanyahu will survive all attempts to dislodge his minority government and call for ...

In a lengthy interview with the ultra-Orthodox Kikar Hashabbat news site, the veteran Haredi politician — whose United Torah ...

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Abandoning it risks alienating their base, yet standing firm could bring down the government best positioned to achieve their ...

UTJ chairman and minister Yitzhak Goldknopf failed to provide a deadline for the re-negotiation of the haredi draft bill.

Rabbi David Stav fiercely rejects MK Moshe Gafni’s attacks on Religious Zionists, affirming Torah mandates IDF service and condemning political power struggles.

Top Haredi authority Rabbi Yitzchok Zilberstein suggests that having cholent during the week isn't healthy and takes away ...

Taragin’s volume is not a conventional academic history of his mentor. Rather, it offers a compendium of warm and wise ...

The government, which enjoyed a comfortable 67-seat majority, is now reduced to a minority of 50 seats in the 120-seat Knesset. By JNS staff The Shas Party announced on Wednesday that it would leave ...

Jewish communities across Europe "remain horrified of what took place in Antwerp" on May 14, the rabbis and Jewish leaders wrote.The post 60 Jewish leaders urge EU to condemn Belgium ...

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