4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (762+ words) The appointments were reported Tuesday as Likud prepares its slate for the upcoming elections. Haaretz, Ynet, Channel 13 and Israel Hayom all reported on the new reserved slots. Medan has continued public activity alongside his rehabilitation, speaking about his experiences and…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (406+ words) JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Dr. Nechumi Yaffe, a Charedi researcher and academic, is joining the HaTzibur HaCharedi party and will run for the 26th Knesset, marking the first time a Charedi party running for the Knesset has included a woman on its slate,…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (501+ words) JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A confrontation over Shabbat food arrangements at Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Hospital has sparked a new controversy over religious accommodation in Israel’s public healthcare system after a postpartum woman reportedly ordered bacon, placed it on a hospital plate and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (570+ words) JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, president of Ateret Kohanim Yeshiva and one of the prominent rabbis of the Religious Zionist movement, has spoken out against Ofer Winter’s new Amcha Yisrael party over its decision to place public diplomacy activist Yoseph…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (397+ words) JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The management of “Cafe Ba-Simta” (Cafe in the Alley) in Jerusalem is expected to decide in the coming days whether to stop operating on Shabbat, following more than six weeks of protests against the Shabbat opening and a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (251+ words) JERUSALEM (VINnews) – A haredi soldier serving in an elite technological unit has decided to leave the IDF after receiving guidance from Rabbi Avraham Salem, a member of Shas’ Council of Torah Sages, according to a report by Kan News. The…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (659+ words) JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi Yigal Levinstein, head of the Bnei David pre-military academy in Eli, has issued a strongly worded statement warning that the Israel Defense Forces has effectively decided to “eliminate” the position of the IDF chief rabbi, amid a…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (803+ words) JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Three Israeli soldiers serving in the Givati Brigade were sentenced to 10 days in military prison Sunday after refusing to board an armored vehicle with a female medic, a case that has reignited a broader dispute over religious accommodations…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (413+ words) Dozens of charedi men are expected to arrive at the IDF induction center in Tel Hashomer on Sunday morning as part of a recruitment day for combat tracks in the Israeli military, including the Hasmonean Brigade, Netzah Yehuda and Magen…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (658+ words) JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Former Sephardi Chief Rabbi Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef has launched a fierce attack on Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara over her decision to postpone government-sponsored memorial events commemorating his father, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, amid concerns that the events could be…...