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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 ...

The law would designate religious education as a foundational value of Israel, but critics claim it could be used to help students avoid the draft United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni outside the ...

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 ...

The wording in the proposal emphasizes Torah study as “a fundamental value in the heritage of the Jewish people and in the State of Israel.” The Knesset passed the contentious bill, advanced by the ...