Radical Rabbi Meir Kahane’s followers rise in Israel amid new violence
In the 1980s, Rabbi Meir Kahane's violent anti-Arab ideology was considered so repugnant that Israel banned him from parliament ...
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Top Israeli rabbi urges restraint amid reports of Jews attacking Arab citizens
One of Israel’s two chief rabbis appealed for restraint on Wednesday as media reported a spread of street attacks ...
Israeli voters poised to send first Reform rabbi to Knesset
In years of going against Israel’s religious and political mainstream, Rabbi Gilad Kariv has learned to handle conflict. He ...
Rabbi recluse calling shots over Covid rules
Chaim Kanievsky can’t use a phone, rarely leaves his house, has never made a cup of tea successfully and ...
20,000 break rules to attend funeral of orthodox rabbi as Israel extends lockdown
Huge numbers of people gathered for the funerals of two prominent rabbis in Jerusalem at the weekend, flouting the ...
Holocaust Memorial Day: Chief Rabbi Goldschmidt says EU doing a lot to tackle online antisemitism
Today (27 January), the European Parliament will mark International Holocaust Commemoration Day with a virtual ceremony. Seventy-six years after ...
Allen Freehling, L.A. rabbi who fought for human rights and the marginalized, dies at 88
For Rabbi Allen Freehling, faith was most fruitful through action. Lots of it.Freehling, who headed Brentwood’s University Synagogue through ...
Ultra-Orthodox rabbi tells followers Covid vaccine ‘can turn people gay’
An ultra-Orthodox rabbi has told his followers to avoid getting a Covid vaccine because it can “make them gay”.Israeli ...
Video: ‘May God bless you,’ Rabbi thanks UAE for reunion of two Jewish Yemeni families
Abadie is the second full-time rabbi of the Jewish community of Dubai. Rabbi Elie Abadie, senior Rabbi ...
Israel’s chief rabbi prays for UAE leaders’ wellbeing
Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef expressed his appreciation to the Emirati royal family and the government. The bolstering ...