Judah Ari Gross
The Times of Israel
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Jewish Agency chief urges US Jewry to speak out on proposed judicial overhaul
'This is the time to strengthen your involvement, to make your voice heard,' Doron Almog tells visiting American Jewish leaders, calls plans to limit Law of Return 'unacceptable' → Read More
Bills advance to ban hametz from hospitals on Passover, boost rabbinic court powers
Legislation would allow religious courts to rule on civil cases when there is consent from both sides → Read More
Lapid thanks US Jews for criticism of overhaul, backs talks if coalition halts bills
In a letter to Jewish Federations, the opposition leader says he supports President Herzog's calls for negotiations, insists legislative advance stop → Read More
Reform rabbis assailed as they try to bring Torah scrolls to women at Western Wall
Members of the Noam party's youth movement overrun holy site's egalitarian section, are detained by police → Read More
Hundreds of ex-submariners urge stop to overhaul 'before we reach the abyss'
Reservists and retired former troops accuse Netanyahu of sowing division; military prosecution officials warn legal shakeup could expose politicians, IDF commanders to ICC lawsuits → Read More
In highly irregular move, major US Jewish group decries proposed judicial overhaul
Jewish Federations, a massive umbrella group, departs from usual practice of being mum on Israeli politics, warns against 'dramatic' proposal to let Knesset override High Court → Read More
Conservative movement: Legal overhaul would ‘eviscerate’ Israeli checks and balances
Joining other international Jewish groups, Masorti-Conservative leadership comes out in favor of President Herzog's call to freeze legislation, hold dialogue on judicial reform → Read More
Bills to ban hametz, expand powers of rabbinic courts breeze through committee
AG comes out against proposal criminalizing bringing leavened goods into hospitals during Passover; groups representing 'chained' women oppose letting rabbis adjudicate civil cases → Read More
Government tells High Court it still plans to improve Western Wall egalitarian plaza
Responding to multiple court petitions, state says it is working to implement long-stalled, six-year-old cabinet decision, angering both liberal and conservative groups → Read More
As Jewish Israelis lose trust, fewer are marrying through the Rabbinate
The number of Jews registering weddings with the state body has decreased since 2011, even as the population has grown by more than 20%, religious advocacy group finds → Read More
75 Israeli Orthodox leaders call for dialogue on judicial overhaul
Though many signatories of open letter have deep ties to settler movement, most are part of the more liberal wing of the religious Zionist community → Read More
Israeli rescuers depart Turkey early over safety fears as locals fume at government
United Hatzalah says it was pressed to leave due to 'concrete threat' stemming from neighboring Syria and growing civil unrest; delegation uses billionaire Miriam Adelson's plane → Read More
Woman strips down to swimsuit at Western Wall in apparent protest of modesty bill
Demonstrator detained by police, taken to station for questioning; chief rabbi of site decries 'despicable act of provocation' → Read More
Israeli rescuer who helped in ’99 earthquakes returns to Turkey to save lives
Lt. Col. Golan Landsberg's teams have pulled several people from the rubble since arriving early Tuesday morning, including a 2-year-old boy and a married couple, he says → Read More
‘She helped us, told us when to do what’: Israeli doc describes rescuing Turkish girl
Pediatrician Itai Basel is taking part in his first delegation to a disaster zone with United Hatzalah. 'Training is one thing. Being a part of this is something else,' he says → Read More
In devastated Turkey, rescuers battle cold, concrete to save those trapped by quake
Whole neighborhoods of Kahramanmaraş were flattened in Monday's tremors; professional teams and local residents fight the clock to pull people from the rubble before it's too late → Read More
Another Israeli aid delegation takes off for southern Turkey after deadly quakes
Doctors, medics, search-and-rescue operators and trauma specialists armed with tons of equipment head to Gaziantep to bolster teams working on the ground → Read More
US Jewish leader Daroff warns: ‘Crisis of divisiveness’ is tearing Israel apart
Conference of Presidents head refrains from opining on judicial overhaul, but worries about how it's perceived: Israel must 'continue to be seen as beacon of freedom and democracy' → Read More
Less than a third of Jewish Israelis trust the Rabbinate; does it care?
Annual study of public faith in national institutions finds diminishing trust in the Chief Rabbinate over the years, and that holds true regardless of respondents' religiosity → Read More
Rabbi Yoni Rosensweig looks to remove stigma of mental health, one ruling at a time
What began as an attempt to answer some questions turned into a book and then a full-time job teaching the public, professionals and other rabbis about Jewish law and mental health → Read More