Rabbinical Court Puts Thousands Of Converts in Legal LimboMore than 40,000 Israelis who were converted to Judaism in the past decade by the state’s official conversion courts may find their conversions annulled — rendering them non-Jewish in the eyes of the law — following a ruling last week by Israel’s Supreme Rabbinical Court.…Read more
Organizers of Bible Quiz in Israel Get Question of Their Own: ‘Who is a Jew?’The organizers of Israel’s annual state-run Bible Quiz are used to asking tough questions. But as this year’s contest approached, the tables were turned as they were forced to answer one: Who is a Jew?…Read more
Irate at Coverage, Jerusalem Tunes Out Al JazeeraSince it launched 12 years ago, Al Jazeera has been one of the few media outlets to regularly present Israeli representatives to the Arab world, but this rare open line of communication is now closed.…Read more
Israeli Arabs Take On Gentrification in JaffaAmong the many tools used in the battle between Israel’s Arabs and Jews, you can add a new one: gentrification.…Read more
Hasid Goes Undercover To Aid Drug StingA few months ago, Israeli police planning a sting were hard-pressed to find a convincing small-time dealer who could buy large quantities of drugs without arousing suspicion. In the end, they settled on a novel solution: a Hasidic man who would claim he was buying for students at his yeshiva.…Read more
Organizers of Bible Quiz in Israel Get Question of Their Own: ‘Who is a Jew?’The organizers of Israel’s annual state-run Bible Quiz are used to asking tough questions. But as this year’s contest approached, the tables were turned as they were forced to answer one: Who is a Jew?…Read more
Irate at Coverage, Jerusalem Tunes Out Al JazeeraSince it launched 12 years ago, Al Jazeera has been one of the few media outlets to regularly present Israeli representatives to the Arab world, but this rare open line of communication is now closed.…Read more
Israeli Arabs Take On Gentrification in JaffaAmong the many tools used in the battle between Israel’s Arabs and Jews, you can add a new one: gentrification.…Read more
Hasid Goes Undercover To Aid Drug StingA few months ago, Israeli police planning a sting were hard-pressed to find a convincing small-time dealer who could buy large quantities of drugs without arousing suspicion. In the end, they settled on a novel solution: a Hasidic man who would claim he was buying for students at his yeshiva.…Read more
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