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Jewish Scene World Bible Contest winner crowned Zurit Branson, a 15-year old from Nahariya, was announced this year's winner of the International Bible Contest for Jewish Youth, held in Jerusalem on Thursday. Her ... Full story Ynet Poll: Rabbi Kook most influential Jewish leader In a survey conducted by Ynet and Gesher Society in honor of Israel's 60th Independence Day, Abraham Isaac Kook was chosen to be the largest contributor to the shaping ... Full story Ynet Poll: Most Israelis see themselves as Jewish first, Israeli second Sixty years after Israel was established as the Jewish state and the polemic is at its peak – are we Jewish first and Israeli second or vice versa? An ongoing study ... Full story Kobi Nahshoni Iran Jewish MP criticizes 'anti-human' Israel acts An Iranian Jewish leader on Wednesday said his community would not mark this week's 60th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel, which he accused of "killing ... Full story Reuters First State-funded Reform synagogue opens in Modiin After several years in litigation and numerous hurdles Israel's first ever State-funded Reform synagogue was inaugurated in Modiin on Monday. In the past, the Reform ... Full story Ynet 400 olim arrive in Israel ahead of Independence Day Four hundred new immigrants from all over the world arrived in Israel on Monday as part of "Aliyah Day", which was marked by the Jewish Agency and the Absorption ... Full story Yael Branovsky Oldest immigrant couple to Israel weds Ya’akov Manlun, 97, and his wife Orah, 88, new immigrants from the Benei Menashe Tribe of India, wed Friday in a lavish ceremony joined by many guests in Kiryat Arba. ... Full story Ynetnews Rabbinical court ordered to rehire female worker The Petah Tikva Rabbinical Court has recently been ordered to rehire a woman who was supposed to begin work at the court as a secretary but was sent away by the halachic ... Full story Tova Tzimuki Bill: Rabbinical courts will not rule on conversions The controversy over a recent High Rabbinical Court ruling annulling all conversions conducted by Head of the Israeli Conversion Court Rabbi Haim Drukman continues. ... Full story Kobi Nahshoni Haredim boycott 'Zionist' snacks The Haredi Community, an ultra-Orthodox communal organization which strongly opposes Zionism, declared a consumers' boycott on leading Israeli food brands that have been ... Full story Nissan Shtrauchler Rabbi Aviner: Women must not wear pants even when alone Women must not wear pants even when they are home alone, Rabbi Shlomi Aviner has ruled. Aviner, Beit El's rabbi and one of Religious Zionism's most prominent ... Full story Ynet Thousands of conversions questioned “All conversions performed since 1999 by Rabbi Chaim Avior and Rabbi Chaim Drukman, who heads the Israeli Conversion Court, must be disqualified,” the Supreme Rabbinical ... Full story Ynet Neturei Karta: Zionism Jewish nation’s true Holocaust A demonstration against nationalizing Holocaust Remembrance Day was held in Jerusalem on Thursday by ultra-Orthodox group Neturei Karta. Israel Meir Hirsch, son of Moshe ... Full story Neta Sela Shoah – not just an Ashkenazi story In February 1968 members of Kibbutz Regavim assembled at the community's culture hall to listen to the testimonies of those members who came to Israel from North Africa. ... Full story Haim Sa'adon British Jews: Don't celebrate Israel's 60th On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day and a week before Israel marks its 60th Independence Day, a group of over 100 British Jews comprised of well-known academics, ... Full story Hagit Klaiman Jewish Scene

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