Israel's parliament on Monday night gave final approval to a new Basic Law declaring Torah study a foundational value of the Jewish state. The 120-member Knesset passed the Basic Law: Torah Study in ...

Coalition secures final approval of flagship Haredi-backed Basic Law as part of a broader end-of-term deal trading ...

The haredi-backed Basic Law passed its final Knesset votes after weeks of coalition tensions and warnings that it could ...

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Israeli opposition figures on Thursday accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of legalizing draft evasion by ultra-Orthodox Jews, or Haredim, after the Knesset gave preliminary approval to a bill ...

Ariela Karmel is a political correspondent at The Times of Israel. She previously reported for Calcalist and Haaretz. She holds an MA in Middle Eastern and African History from Tel Aviv University and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men from the Vizhnitz Hasidic dynasty study Torah outside the Justice Ministry in Jerusalem during a silent ...

Thanks for joining us on Father’s Day, and I hope the title caught your attention since God is “The Father” and “Our Father.” Please note that these “God’s Greatest Quotes From the Torah” are my ...

Ariela Karmel is a political correspondent at The Times of Israel. She previously reported for Calcalist and Haaretz. She holds an MA in Middle Eastern and African History from Tel Aviv University and ...

The Tzohar Rabbinical Organization has expressed its deep opposition to the bill to establish Torah Study as a “Basic Law," saying that “leveraging Torah values for the purposes of evading military ...

The Knesset plenum on Wednesday approved in a preliminary reading Basic Law: Torah Study, which enshrines Torah study as a fundamental value. Fifty-six MKs voted in favor of the bill, while 43 opposed ...

Those who see Torah study as essential should acknowledge the unique burden borne by those who leave their lives behind to defend the country, and that yeshiva study is not a comparable sacrifice.