Jewish World

More than half of the Israeli public thinks the country’s COVID-19 policies will harm relations with Diaspora Jewry, survey also reveals.

In missive Chabad Utah Rabbi Avremi Zippel calls "flaming pile of garbage," David Bateman says Jews invented vaccine to "exterminate" people.

American Jews have long lamented that Israel should be as accepting of their religious practices, but the ultra-Orthodox authorities that control every facet of Jewish life in Israel won't hear of it.

Draft of bill by Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana appears to revoke the authority of the Chief Rabbinate to approve the conversion process, something Kahana promised would remain in place.

Head of Forum Takana, which fights sexual abuse in the national-religious sector, believes that it is time that the community, as well as the ultra-Orthodox sector, stop turning a blind eye to the truth.

Implementation will begin with the establishment of so-called "kashrut zones" that will allow religious councils to grant certificates to all restaurants, regardless of their physical location.

In partnership with US Homeland Security Department, Jewish Federations of North America launches “LiveSecure” program to keep Jews safe from threat of antisemitic, terrorist attack. Synagogues will install secure doors, surveillance cameras, and employ security guards as part of the program. 

Israel's Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau has recently warned that he would no longer sign conversion certificates if the proposed reforms move forward.

The state is delaying pursuing a process that would allow Diaspora Jews to visit Israel during the pandemic over the highly sensitive political and legal aspects involved in such a permit, official says.