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International Temple Mount Awareness Day

15-Mar-10

Israeli law prides itself on two cardinal principles of democracy: freedom of access to places of worship, and the freedom of worship to practitioners of all religions.
Israeli government has always cited the Jewish Country’s unflinching assurance of the freedom of worship for Muslims and Christians in the city of Jerusalem. This fact is vitally presented [...]

Filed in Daily Israeli, In the news, Jewish Life, Palestinian Authority | Also tagged Jerusalem, Jewish-Arab Relations, Palestinian Authority, Temple Mount, Waqf | Comments (0) »

Religious Women and The Draft

30-Dec-09

On Wednesday, the Knesset rejected a bill which would have reduced the number of girls who dodge military service, by falsely declaring that they are religious. The bill brought by Kadima’s Yisrael Hasson, was quashed 63 to 29.
The meat of the proposed law, would have girls, asking to be exempt from the military on religious [...]

Filed in In the news, Jewish Life, Political Crap | Also tagged Binyamin Netanyahu, IDF, Kadima, Women in the Military, Yisrael Hasson | Comments (0) »

Who’s Going to Break Up Haredi Marriage Monopoly?

22-Oct-09

My wedding has finally made it to the news. No, I don’t think the state of Israel particularly cares whether I, personally, got married or not, but here’s what I mean. When I started asking people about the bureaucracy of getting married in Israel, many people scared me half to death, or at least disgust. [...]