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Chief Israeli rabbi wants Jews to extend Shabbat to protest Eurovision finals timing

Rabbi David Lau said “there will be a massive desecration … for all the world to see.”

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 17, 2019 8:06 am

Estonian Jewry celebrates revival 75 years after Nazis declared it extinct

President Kersti Kaljulaid said the reopening of a synagogue in Tallinn 10 years ago sums up the tragic yet hopeful history of the Baltic nation's Jewish community.

May 26, 2017 1:57 pm

Israeli chief rabbi endorses top US rabbi’s conversions in aftermath of rejection

The office of Rabbi David Lau sent the letter to the rabbinate official who singlehandedly decides which Jewish conversions meet the threshold for Orthodox marriage in Israel.

September 26, 2016 2:54 pm