Reform

As Ohio again tries to block Hebrew Union College’s restructuring, a new rabbinical school emerges

Ohio Attorney-General Dave Yost takes legal action to prevent the closure of Hebrew Union College’s Cincinnati campus, citing donor intent and history.

The campus of Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 21, 2019.
EVEN BEZALEL Smotrich’s rivals agree that he is a smart man who studies complex issues quickly and knows how to make decisions. Here, the finance minister leads a faction meeting at the Knesset on Monday.

Middle Israel: Smotrich’s crushing Knesset defeat exposes the finance minister's limits - opinion

Reuven Taub, Co-founder and CEO of “Alenu – the Founding Grandchildren"

Why the world wants to learn from Israel’s healthcare, but not our schools - opinion

An illustration of a handcuffed individual in a suit, and a backdrop of the Iranian flag.

Iran arrests at least four reform front politicians


Dutch rabbi resigns after comparing COVID measures and Nazism

Tamarah Benima, 71, left the Dutch Union for Progressive Judaism on Nov. 9, the rabbinical council wrote in a statement.

Amsterdam

High Court may delay Liberman crack down on haredi subsidies

The state was ordered by the High Court of Justice to explain why rules changed mid-year.

Illustrative photo of young haredi men walking in Jerusalem

Israel's state budget: What are the main reforms?

The budget includes dozens of new initiatives and reforms in imports, kashrut, bureaucracy, transportation infrastructure, retirement age for women and banking, among others.

THE KNESSET building in Jerusalem holds one of the world’s smallest legislatures.

Senior ultra-Orthodox rabbis denounce government religious reforms

Rabbis Chaim Kanievsky and Gershon Edelstein published a notice on cuts to child care subsidies for full-time yeshiva students, proposals to abolish the Chief Rabbinate’s kashrut monopoly, and more.

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, one of the most senior ultra-Orthodox rabbis in the country on Tisha Be'Av.

Kashrut supervisors cook shrimp in protest against planned reforms

Kashrut supervisors cooked shrimp and held fake kashrut certificates in protest in front of the home of the religious affairs minister.

KASHRUT CERTIFICATION at a Jerusalem eatery – will the rabbinate’s monopoly be broken?

Grapevine: 'A city knit together'?

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 Rabbi Gilad Kariv at the Western Wall, Jerusalem, August 9, 2021.

Fundamental issues to Jewish nation to be tackled in Knesset winter session - analysis

In the new winter session of the Knesset, Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana will introduce legislation that will tackle the most sensitive issues to the Jewish nation.

 Minister of Religious Affairs Matan Kahana attends a plenary session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, July 26, 2021.

IDF disabled vets treatment reform: Hotline to operate 24/7

As part of the "One Soul" reform of services the Defense Ministry provides IDF veterans suffering from trauma, a support hotline will operate 24/7 at *8944.

 Israeli soldiers

Gantz approves new work compensation for disabled IDF veterans

The steps taken to assist the rehabilitation of disabled IDF veterans have been coming thick and fast since the "One Soul" reform was approved in May.

 Defense Minister Benny Gantz at Knesset meeting, September 5, 2021.

Public organizations protest regulation reform in letter to Knesset

The letter written to the Knesset joins ministers in protest against the reduction of regulation.

Cabinet meeting on August 2 where the budget was approved