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• Reuven Rivlin on Reform Judaism in 1989: ‘Idol worship and not Judaism’

  May 26, 2014 11:31am

  Likud MK and Israeli presidential candidate Reuven Rivlin hasn’t had the kindest words for Reform Judaism.

• The fashion show fundraiser comes to Tel Aviv, courtesy of a N.Y. teen

  May 21, 2014 1:05pm

  On Monday night, New York teen Tamara Freudenstein had two missions — to persuade people to give money to charity, and to care about fashion.

• An Israeli Olympic equestrian? Danielle Goldstein aims for Rio Games

  May 19, 2014 12:17pm

  Israeli horse-riding culture lags behind Europe and the United States, but two Americans are determined to change things.

• India’s ‘overthrow’ moment

  May 18, 2014 2:22pm

  For a parallel to the party change that just took place in India’a national elections, observers of the world’s largest democracy could look to Israel.

• Calls grow for stronger response in wake of ‘price tag’ attacks

  May 13, 2014 1:02pm

  Settler attacks on non-Jewish property and Israeli institutions have proliferated since the collapse of peace talks, prompting calls for a more robust government response.

• Are women kosher supervisors a step toward gender equality?

  May 12, 2014 2:09pm

  Some women who took the Israeli Chief Rabbinate’s kosher supervision exam last week — the first time the exam was open to women — see the development as entrenching, not changing, female roles in Orthodoxy.

• With dishwasher-sized craft, Israeli Lunar XPrize team shoots for the moon

  May 11, 2014 3:27pm

  Despite long odds, the Israeli startup SpaceIL is hoping to win Google’s $20 million prize and make the Jewish state only the fourth country to land a craft on the moon.

• Israel: Love it or leave it?

  May 7, 2014 11:22am

  Israeli Jews are generally happy with the country, but a sizable minority would emigrate if given the chance.

• Amid furor over draft, initiatives aim to put haredi men to work

  May 5, 2014 2:49pm

  Fewer than half of Israeli haredi men work, according to one study. A host of new initiatives are working to change that — and perhaps be a force for greater social cohesion.

• Barring ‘bastards': Israel’s marriage blacklist said to break privacy laws

  May 5, 2014 12:08pm

  Israel’s rabbinical courts maintain a list of more than 5,000 citizens restricted from marrying based on prohibitions in traditional Jewish law.