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• Proposed Law: New Method of Election for City Rabbis

  MK Moshe Feiglin (Likud Beyteynu) recently pushed a law proposal through its initial hurdles by which Israel would move to elect only one Chief Rabbi for... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Interesting Psak: Bet Shemesh Elections Do-over Or Not Do-over

  I am not familiar with the rabbinic group named "Chotem". and a brief online search only found a few other publicized halachic decisions but nothing about the... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Rabbanut Appoints Its First Female Kashrut Supervisor

  The issue of women serving as mashgichei kashrut, kashrut supervisors, for the Rabbanut has been an open case for a couple of years now. Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Referendum Day to Be a Vacation Day

  This law proposal has been bouncing around the government for many years in many forms... and now it is finally moving forward. Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Arab Violence, Jewish Prayer, Police Incompetence on the Temple Mount (video)

  they do seem to have kept the Muslims from getting out of hand, but they should have kept them much farther away or off the Mount that day completely for... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Hanukkah 2013 with Modzitzer Rebbe (video)

  Modzitzer Rebbe from Israel, Rabbi Chaim Shaul Taub at first night of Chanukah candle light, in Borough Park on Nov. 27, 2013. Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Fiefdom That is the Rabbanut

  I just read an article about the upcoming elections, possibly (I say "possibly" because for 10 years it has been delayed and postponed time after time), for a... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Celebrating Hannukah by Not Learning Torah

  I don't remember as a child when we had winter vacation from school. Was it during Hannukah? by Christmas (which often overlapped with Hannukah)? after New... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Telshe Chicago Annual Dinner (video)

  this is a bit more personal... it's interesting to see the people my age and my class start to get honored at dinners... my alma mater, and my classmate.. Dinne... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Channukah, Oh Channukah.. the Origin

  While driving last night I heard something interesting on the radio. Radio Kol Hai was hosting some singers, and one mentioned that the famous song "Channukah,... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Schneider Hospital Marathon

  I want to thank everyone who sponsored me for running in this past Friday's marathon to benefit the Schneider Hospital. 235,000 NIS was raised for the hospital... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Androdos - 1 AM.. (video)

  about 2/3s of this is cute.. ------------------------------------------------------ Reach thousands of readers with your ad by advertising on Life in Israel Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Civil War in Bet Shemesh?

  The election drama in Bet Shemesh is still an open book, and another page was turned when the Attorney General yesterday called upon the courts to invalidate th... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Rav Chaim Kanievsky Explains Why Sefardim Are Healthier Than Ashkenazim

  Are Sefardim healthier than Ashkenazim? Do they have less serious health problems? I have no idea if any scientific study has ever been done on this topic, but ... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Quote of the Day

  The IDF is not the enemy of the Haredi public. A Haredi who goes into the army, will come out of it Haredi. -- IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz, at a meeting of... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Summer Vacation Being Shortened

  A parent's dream come true? Every year the summer arrives, the kids go on vacation from school, and we parents start complaining. Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• MK Lipman Vs Degel (video)

  when Minister Aharonovitch said the police had not investigated a certain incident of spitting in Bet Shemesh in which a Haredi man had spit on a woman, and... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Discrimination Against Haredim in the Workforce (video)

  Haredim in the workforce is a big issue, and unfortunately part of the problem is that when Haredim try to get out into the workforce they face discrimination b... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Death of Arik Einstein on Haredi Websites

  

  Arik Einstein was definitely one of the great Israeli singers. Many of his songs are classics in the Israeli music scene and accompany the history of Israel.... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Interesting Stats on the Haredi Community

  Mercaz Taub published their annual report on the socio-economic trends in Israel, and they have an entire section dedicated to the Haredi community. Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY