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Rabbi Kalman Bar appointed new Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi

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Moshe Gafni, Aryeh Deri

Shas leader Deri knew about illegal funding of Shas party newspaper

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CEO of Shas Haim Biton poses for a picture at his office in Jerusalem, October 20, 2022.

Shas minister accused of using taxpayer money to fund party newspaper

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Shas leader MK Aryeh Deri seen during a Shas party meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 23, 2023.

AG approves three-month extension of daycare subsidies for yeshiva students

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A court hearing on the government's drafting of yeshiva students for the IDF, at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem on June 2, 2024

Chief Rabbi election must be held by September 30, High Court rules

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Shas parliament member Yoav Ben Tzur speaks outside the election committee meeting where political parties running for a spot in the upcoming Israeli elections, arrive to present the party list for the September 2019 elections, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on August 1, 2019.

Shas labor minister requests year delay in haredi daycare subsidy cuts

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Police officers in Bnei Brak, Israel use water cannons as haredi Orthodox Jewish men block a main highway to protest efforts to allow the state to draft Haredi yeshiva students into military service, June 2, 2024.

Historic shift: Attorney-General uses significant economic pressure to enforce haredi draft

(L-R): Otzma Yehduit leader Itamar Ben-Gvir and Shas head Arye Deri, seen in the Knesset plenum (illustrative)

Otmza Yehudit, Shas resume spat as Knesset convenes for special recess session

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HAREDI STUDENTS learn in a yeshiva.

Major haredi systems to face organizational overhaul after financial trouble

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Itamar Ben-Gvir gestures following the announcement of exit polls at his party headquarters in Jerusalem.

Otzma Yehudit and haredi parties negotiating to pass series of controversial measures

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Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef speaks during the funeral of Yehuda Deri, the chief rabbi of Beersheba in Jerusalem on July 9, 2024.

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef calls on gov't to agree to hostage deal

By Bentzi Rubin

Shas leader MK Arye Deri and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on January 23, 2023

Shas Party pushes PM Netanyahu to complete hostage deal

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Aryeh Deri, Benjamin Netanyahu

Ben-Gvir vs the rabbis: Commentator shares Orthodox perspective on Israeli issues

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Israeli Interior Minister Rabbi Moshe Arbel (Shas).

'Black kippah doesn’t exempt one from IDF service': says senior Shas haredi minister

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Incoming IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Amir Baram gives remarks at his inauguration ceremony, October 31, 2022.

Controversy over what Deputy IDF chief Baram told defense committee about Haredi draft

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Haredim demonstration against conscription

IDF 'infidels': Yishai Cohen discusses Shas extremism, haredi politics

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HAREDI MEN learn at the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem’s Mea She’arim, Sept. 13, 2023.

Approximately 20 private-haredi schools are planning to switch to the state-haredi education system

By Yuval Barnea

Yitzchak Goldknopf, Minister of Construction and Housing attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 26, 2024.

Knesset defense committee to resume haredi draft bill debate with classified meeting

By ELIAV BREUER