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Shas

"Director General Yehuda Avidan, Chief Rabbi (Rishon LeZion) HaGaon Rabbi David Yosef, and Religious Affairs Minister Michael Malchiel
Holy Rage

Unprecedented Crisis: Screaming match shows Shas is in major trouble

Tensions reach boiling point as four-month power struggle between newly elected Sephardic Chief Rabbi and ministry director comes to a head.

Gila Isaacson
1/21/2025
Shas leader Arye Deri.

Well, That's Good To Know

Shas: Delay in government approval of hostage deal - not because of Shabbat

Avi Woolf
Katz and Edelstein.

Good Luck With That

Israel Katz tries to sell skeptical Yuli Edelstein on draft law

Avi Woolf
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, IDF soldier, Rabbi Yair Paran

The Torah teaches us to serve

Rav Ovadya Yosef's great grandson: Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef is "one of the biggest desecrators of God's name this year"

Gila Isaacson

Zero Percent Isn't Acceptable, Either

Senior Haredi source: A 50% draft target is "unacceptable"

Avi Woolf
Jewish yeshiva students study at the Kamenitz Yeshiva, in Jerusalem on September 9, 2024.

Gali Baharav-Miara takes on the Haredim

BREAKING: Israel's Attorney General sparks religious crisis with demand to draft Yeshivah students

Gila Isaacson
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef

Tensions surrounding Shas leadership

Shas: Council of Torah Sages member initiates a conference of rabbis to elect a joint presidency

Avi Nachmani
Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef

BREAKING NEWS: HAREDIM

Power Struggle Rocks Shas: Chief Rabbi's Son in Leadership Limbo

Gila Isaacson
Shas leader Aryeh Deri.

Certainly Commendable On His Part

Shas leader meets with US Ambassador - here's what they talked about

Avi Woolf
Adina Bar Shalom, the daughter of the late Chief Rabbi Ovadya Yosef

Rav Ovadya Yosef

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef's daughter: "If [my] father were alive, the hostages would been home within a week"

Gila Isaacson1
Shas leader Aryeh Deri.

Shas leader, Hostage deal, Philadelphi corridor vote

Deri Tells Netanyahu: The Philadelphi Corridor Vote Was a Major Error

Eliana Fleming
Ultra orthodox Jews clash with police during a protest against the drafting of ultra orthodox jews to the Israeli army

IDF, Haredim

When it comes to the IDF, Haredi rabbis are losing control over their followers | Analysis 

Gila Isaacson
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City

Itamar Ben Gvir, Temple Mount

After 10 years of not talking: Lapid and Aryeh Deri unite to ban Jewish Temple Mount access 

Gila Isaacson
Israeli Knesset

Israel Knesset, Rabbi law, Draft law, controversy

This Week in the Knesset: Controversial Bill Returns to the Plenary

Eliana Fleming, JFeed Staff
Ben Gvir in the Knesset.

Knesset

A coalition in crisis: Ben Gvir denies Netanyahu majority for passing laws

Chani Edri, JFeed Staff
Israeli minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir and head of the Shas party Aryeh Deri in the Israeli parliament, 2023.

Netanyahu, Politics, Ben Gvir, Aryeh Deri

Bye Bye, Bibi? BIBI'S COALITION CRACKING AS ALLIES TURN ON PM

Gila Isaacson
Shas leader Aryeh Deri.

Israel-Gaza War, Hostage Deal

Shas announces full-throated support for hostage deal

Avi Woolf
IDF pilots after returning to base.

Iran

Watch: IDF pilots and planes return from harrowing night fending off Iranian attack

Avi Woolf
Shas.

IDF, Draft, Charedim

Change of heart at Shas? The clarification letter of the Head of Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah on the draft

Bentzi Rubin, JFeed Staff

Hostage Deal, Aryeh Deri

Deri: "There's a good chance for a deal, but we're still far from that"

JFeed Staff