Yair Ettinger
Haaretz.com
New York, NY, United States
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Not just settlers: The identity crisis threatening Israel's religious Zionists
The movement has a large number of identities that could not have previously existed within Orthodoxy’s boundaries → Read More
A Chaplain. A Rabbi. A Professor. An Editor. A Soldier. These Are the Faces of Jewish America
We sat down with five very different figures, all Jewish, all American, to discuss the tectonic shifts taking place within U.S. Jewry → Read More
Spiritual guidance for secular youth: NYU's Jewish chaplain tackles the culture wars
Rabbi Yehuda Sarna has his hands full helping students who feel they're being assailed by either the left or the right. Good thing he has his Muslim colleague to pitch in → Read More
Kosher boots on the ground: The rabbi deploying to Afghanistan with his elite U.S. Army unit
Beards, push-ups and patriotism – a glimpse into the life of Rabbi Captain Michael Harari, chaplain of a U.S. Army attack reconnaissance battalion, before he ships out for Afghanistan → Read More
'Judaism Shouldn't Have to Stay Alive Only Because Jews Are Afraid of Everything Else'
Groundbreaking U.S. Rabbi Angela Buchdahl explains why she decided to embrace interfaith marriage, and what it's like to be the face of Judaism for many Americans while not being kosher enough for Israel → Read More
Jews Thrived on Insulting Each Other. Now Toxic Discourse Is Tearing Them Apart, Tablet Editor Says
U.S. Jews have a leadership problem, Alana Newhouse, editor of Tablet Magazine says, and warns: We can't afford to boycott everyone we disagree with → Read More
Anti-Semitism, Assimilation and the Paradox of Jewish Survival – an Interview With David Myers, New President of the NIF
A self-proclaimed 'tribal Jew,' historian David Myers explains why he'd be sad if his daughters married a gentile, and how anti-Semitism could end up fortifying the Jewish collective identity → Read More
Anti-Semitism, Assimilation and the Paradox of Jewish Survival – an Interview With David Myers, New Head of the NIF
A self-proclaimed 'tribal Jew,' historian David Myers explains why he'd be sad if his daughters married a gentile, and how anti-Semitism could end up fortifying the Jewish collective identity → Read More
Rabbi Shteinman, leader of Israel's ultra-Orthodox and 'greatest rabbi of his generation', dies at 104
Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman was regarded as a pragmatist, but he continued to believe that the only education necessary was the Torah. → Read More
Religious Zealots Hang Posters Saying Senior IDF Officer Will Find an End Like 'Hitler and Friends'
The extremist ultra-Orthodox group was protesting against Brig. Gen. Moti Almoz and his part in the conscription of religious youths. → Read More
Former Chief Sephardi Rabbi Convicted of Fraud
Bakshi-Doron, who served as Israel’s Sephardi chief rabbi from 1993 to 2003, was the final defendant in the case, in which several other former officials had been convicted previously → Read More
Refused Divorce for 17 Years, Jewish Woman Goes on Hunger Strike in Israel
'I need a solution,' says woman protesting outside Knesset because husband has refused to grant her Jewish divorce, as Israel stalls on legislation → Read More
Settler Rabbi to Cancel His Classes Following Contentious Statements
Rabbi Yigal Levinstein, who had blasted military service for Orthodox women and made derogatory remarks about female soldiers and members of the LGBT community, says he's taking time off to study → Read More
What it means when an ultra-Orthodox politician lays a Memorial Day wreath in Israel
The Haredi community is strong in its isolation from core Israel, but it’s not expelling anyone who marks Memorial Day → Read More
Israeli army chief rabbi calls for more gender separation
In break country with military policy, rabbi says religious officers, NCOs should not serve alongside women → Read More
Israel Holds Official Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony in Jerusalem
Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Rivlin will speak at the ceremony, dedicated this year to remembering the story of the individual → Read More
Top Israeli officials visit rabbi convicted of sex crimes: 'He paid his debt to society'
Health minister and deputy education minister visit former fugitive Rabbi Berland, who was convicted on two charges of sexually assaulting women and minors → Read More
Israel Police raid ultra-Orthodox Jewish newspaper, arrest 28 in extortion case
Followers of Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach are suspected of threatening executives at major companies so that they place ads in the paper → Read More
Israeli government promotes bill to expand rabbinical courts' jurisdiction powers
After criticism of previous proposal, backers of new draft legislation say it provides for women's rights and offers protection for disabled → Read More
In First, Far-right Jews Sacrifice Lamb Near Temple Mount
For the first time the group was allowed to hold the ceremony just a few hundred meters from the Mount − which is administered by a Muslim religious trust → Read More