Thursday, August 8, 2013

Religion and State in Israel - August 8, 2013

Editor – Joel Katz
Religion and State in Israel is not affiliated with any organization or movement.



Women of the Wall



Despite police assurances to the contrary, the women’s prayer group that holds a monthly service at the Western Wall was once again on Wednesday prevented from entering the women’s section and relegated to a distant section of the plaza.

By Yair Ettinger
When it comes to matters of religion and the State of Israel, Jews in America are not bothered by the denial of the rights of another, but the denial of their OWN rights in Israel. Not only Women of the Wall, but also the Chief Rabbinate is a major focus for many Jews in the U.S., including the Orthodox and ardent Zionists who have the painful feeling that Israel underestimates them and their rabbis.
Special edition on Women of the Wall coming soon


Gender Segregation
Miriam Friedman Zussman, a modern-Orthodox friend of Philipp’s, says: “I never considered myself a feminist. I didn’t think I had to be. Then suddenly, you start to say, ‘You want me to wear what? You want me to say what? You want my daughter to wear what?’... It’s the boiled frog theory."
And so, for the first time, women like Nili Philipp have started to cross the secular-religious divide.











Religious Pluralism




Temple Mount





Haredim and the IDF










Chief Rabbinate
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By Yossi Klein Halevi












Conversion



Education




Rabbi Motti Elon case

















Haredim and Employment






Haredi Settlements






Haredi Society












Kashrut




Aliyah and Diaspora








Gay Community




Religious Sites and Archaeology





Ethiopian Aliyah and Absorption














Editor – Joel Katz
Religion and State in Israel is not affiliated with any organization or movement.
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