Posts Tagged: Israel Burden
Charedim Gather in Manhattan to Protest Israel Draft Bill
JTA - Until now, the primary storyline of the religious-secular battles in Israel has been driven by Women of the Wall, the activist group that,...
Charedi Draft Bill Provisions Disputed by Peri Committee Members
Jerusalem Post - Several members of the Peri Committee - which has been tasked with drawing up legislation for drafting haredi men into national...
Israel’s Jewish Home Party to Support Charedi Draft Bill
Ynet - Sources with Habayit Hayehudi said Thursday that the party intended to vote in favor of the haredi draft bill. After Yisrael Beiteinu announced it...
Charedi Pamphlet Calls for Resistance to Draft, Zionism
Ynet - A new organization operating under the name "Fortress - the center for protection from draft issues," has issued an instructional booklet...
Lapid Confronts Charedim in Knesset
Ynet - The 19th Knesset's first summer session on Monday turned into a barbed verbal bout between Finance Minister Yair Lapid and haredi Knesset members. Answering...
Happy Birthday, Israel
If countries were people and Israel was an American, it would begin to collect Social Security in nine months. It would be eligible for...
Knesset Committee: In Six Weeks We Will Have Burden Law
Ynet - The Knesset Committee for Promoting Equal Share of the Burden, headed by Science Minister Yaakov Perry (Yesh Atid), convened for the first...
Israel’s Cabinet Forms Committee to Draft New Conscription Law
Times of Israel -The Cabinet on Sunday appointed a ministerial committee tasked with drafting new legislation for the recruitment of ultra-Orthodox Jews and Arabs...
Bennett: Integration of Haredim into Workforce More Important Than Universal Draft
Times of Israel - Integration of ultra-Orthodox Israelis into the workforce is more important than a universal draft law to mandate the religious...
Ministerial Committee to Submit Burden-Sharing Bill to Knesset Within 49 Days
Ynet - It was announced Wednesday that Science Minister Yaakov Peri will head a ministerial committee that will legislate issues pertaining to "equal share of...
Bennett Presents Plan for ‘Sharing the Burden’
Ynet - Two weeks after the new government was sworn in, Chairman of the Habayit Hayehudi party Naftali Bennett on Tuesday presented his plan for...
Orthodox Rabbis Reject Compromise On Enlistment
Jerusalem Post - Two of the most senior haredi rabbis in Israel, Aharon Leib Shteinman and Shmuel Auerbach, have both declared over the past...
A Spiritual Examination of the Israeli Elections
A few weeks ago, while reading the Beshalach weekly Torah (bible) portion , I noticed for the first time that the party responsible for taking...
