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Religious Givat Shmuel Parents Form Separate Class After 8-Year-Old Pupil Revealed As Transgender

Religious Givat Shmuel Parents Form Separate Class After 8-Year-Old Pupil Revealed As Transgender

JERUSALEM — In a move which received the approval of leading Religious Zionist rabbis, parents in a Givat Shmuel school have moved their children into… Read More ›

Apartheid slander is latest verbal weapon against Israel – opinion

Apartheid slander is latest verbal weapon against Israel – opinion

Two reports, one by Amnesty International and the other by Human Rights Watch add to the slander accusing Israel of apartheid.   The word “apartheid,”… Read More ›

Top rabbi calls gay Knesset speaker Ohana ‘infected,’ blames him for Meron disaster

Top rabbi calls gay Knesset speaker Ohana ‘infected,’ blames him for Meron disaster

Meir Mazuz, affiliated with several senior members of new government, calls Pride parade-goers ‘animals walking on 2 legs’; he has previously blamed LGBTQ marches for… Read More ›

May a Camp Take a Counselor’s Tips?

May a Camp Take a Counselor’s Tips?

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com L’chvod Rabbi Hoffman, My daughter was a counselor in camp this past summer.  The camp collected her tips from… Read More ›

The top ten worst antisemitic incidents of 2022 – SWC

The top ten worst antisemitic incidents of 2022 – SWC

In a year filled with antisemitic rhetoric and attacks, the Shimon Wiesenthal Center ranked their ten most prominent antisemitic incidents of 2022.   The Simon… Read More ›

From Palestinians to economy: Main challenges of new Netanyahu government

From Palestinians to economy: Main challenges of new Netanyahu government

In-depth: While Smotrich and Ben-Gvir have become poster boys of unruliness of new coalition, Netanyahu has host of other concerns as he reenters the premier… Read More ›

The Sub-Text of a Most REMARKABLE Sfas Emes

The Sub-Text of a Most REMARKABLE Sfas Emes

At times, one needs to understand the historical context of what our Gedolim have said – in order to fully plummet their meaning.  This is… Read More ›

Who is Amichai Chikli, the incoming Diaspora Affairs Minister?

Who is Amichai Chikli, the incoming Diaspora Affairs Minister?

Incoming prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Chikli late Wednesday night and informed him of the new role he will begin on Thursday.   MK… Read More ›

Israel’s new government would make Herzl roll over in his grave

Israel’s new government would make Herzl roll over in his grave

Opinion: Haters of Israel insist the Jewish state is a fascist country, while Netanyahu’s return to power, coupled with outrageous statements by his coalition partners,… Read More ›

WATCH: Full Interview – Libs of Tiktok’s Chaya Raichik with Tucker Carlson on Fox Nation

WATCH: Full Interview – Libs of Tiktok’s Chaya Raichik with Tucker Carlson on Fox Nation

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What is the anti-discrimination law that new Israeli government is seeking to change?

What is the anti-discrimination law that new Israeli government is seeking to change?

Analysis: Religious MKs Orit Strook and Simcha Rothman propose ‘religious’ changes to the legislation to allow public servants, such as doctors, to be able to… Read More ›

Charedi Soldiers Heckled By Protesters At Jerusalem Memorial Ceremony: ‘Hellenists, Impure’

Charedi Soldiers Heckled By Protesters At Jerusalem Memorial Ceremony: ‘Hellenists, Impure’

JERUSALEM — Charedi soldiers celebrating the eighth night of Chanukah at a social hall in the Ramot neighborhood of Jerusalem were accosted by a group… Read More ›

Drukman: ‘I’m alive because I have to do good for the people of Israel’

Drukman: ‘I’m alive because I have to do good for the people of Israel’

Top religious Zionist leader Rabbi Haim Drukman died on Sunday evening after suffering from multiple medical issues.   A bit less than a month ago… Read More ›

Why celebrating ‘HanuChristmas’ threatens Jewish cultural identity

Why celebrating ‘HanuChristmas’ threatens Jewish cultural identity

Opinion: Christmas parties or stores selling Santa Claus hats along with dreidels in Israel do not fall under the definition of pluralism; tolerance is one… Read More ›

Rabbi Druckman lauded and mourned by politicians as friend and counsel

Rabbi Druckman lauded and mourned by politicians as friend and counsel

Leaders eulogize spiritual leader of religious Zionist movement; Netanyahu laments ‘great light’ that has been extinguished   Politicians paid tribute on Sunday to religious Zionist… Read More ›

WATCH: MK Gilad Kariv Uses Immunity To Bring Sefer Torah To Women Of The Wall

WATCH: MK Gilad Kariv Uses Immunity To Bring Sefer Torah To Women Of The Wall

JERUSALEM — MK Gilad Kariv, a reform rabbi, has no qualms about using his immunity to cause controversy and strife at the Kotel, the holiest… Read More ›

BDE: Rav Mendel Atik, Rosh Yeshiva Of Eretz Zvi, Passed Away At Age 94

BDE: Rav Mendel Atik, Rosh Yeshiva Of Eretz Zvi, Passed Away At Age 94

JERUSALEM — Rabbi Mendel Schneur Zalman Atik, one of the prominent disciples of the Brisker Rav and the Chazon Ish, passed away in Jerusalem on… Read More ›

Unlike new Israeli government, Talmud does not promote religious coercion

Unlike new Israeli government, Talmud does not promote religious coercion

Opinion: The new government’s most far-right elements fail to encompass teachings of the Torah’s central tenets, presenting a one-dimensional view of the Israeli citizen’s needs… Read More ›

70,000 People From 95 Countries Make Aliyah In 2022

70,000 People From 95 Countries Make Aliyah In 2022

  JERUSALEM (JNS) – Some 70,000 people from 95 different countries immigrated to Israel in 2022 with the assistance of the Jewish Agency for Israel,… Read More ›

Israeli politicians acting more like Hanukkah’s Greeks than Maccabees

Israeli politicians acting more like Hanukkah’s Greeks than Maccabees

Opinion: By definition, Judaism has many cultural variations, and thus, interpretations of our holidays; no Jew should be disparaged by politicians who wish to dictate… Read More ›