The Torah and Judicial Reform

Did the Supreme Court disqualify Aryeh Deri from serving as a minister because the justices genuinely believed that his multiple criminal convictions rendered him unfit to serve in high office? Or did the Court banish him because it is its last best hope to topple the Netanyahu government and thwart the intended reforms that will […]
Deri Lied, but the Court Should Have Shown Restraint

Aryeh Deri’s disqualification as cabinet minister comes after his outrageous decision to stay in politics despite pledging to leave public life.
Religious Party Threatens to Quit Govt if Prayer isn’t Treated Equally as Protesting

“A government that says yes to demonstrations and not to prayers is a non-Jewish government and I can not be a part of it.”
Despite Corona Restrictions: Israel Allows Thousands of Bible Students into Country

According to the Ministry of Health, 2,000 college students and 12,000 yeshiva (seminary) students will be allowed into Israel for their programs.
Decision to Only Allow 1,000 Falash Mura to Make Aliyah Disappoints

After 80,000 members of the remnant Falash Mura community in Ethiopia have settled in Israel, the Netanyahu government has approved the aliyah of only 1,000 of the remaining 8,200 – who remain under very difficult conditions.
First Known Ethiopian Jews to Move to Israel with ‘Official’ Permission Since 2017

The first known Ethiopian Jews to move to Israel with “official” permission since 2017 will shortly arrive in the country. After months of lobbying the government, the mother and siblings of Sintayehu Shaparou, the Ethiopian who competed in Israel’s 2018 Chidon HaTanach (International Bible) contest, are being granted residency status.
When will the Exodus begin?

8,000 Falash Mura – “remnants of the descendants of the Jewish Beta Israel community” – in Ethiopia, have suffered malnutrition, stunted growth and irreversible brain damage in many babies and toddlers.
‘Hopeful and Faithful to Judaism, Jerusalem and God’

Israel’s Ethiopian Jews demand that the government follow through on its previous promise to repatriate Ethiopia’s last remaining Jews as they struggle with extreme poverty and hunger
WATCH: Israeli Minister Makes Secret Midnight Pilgrimage to Dance at Joseph’s Tomb
In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, Shas party MK Aryeh Deri visited the tomb of Joseph in Nablus, the Biblical Shechem.
There is No Abyss between Ashkenazim and Sephardim in Israel

There is a fascinating coalition between militants on both sides.