Ex-Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef’s call spurs yeshivas to nix summer breaks Sephardic yeshivas in Israel reportedly have answered a call by former Chief Sephardic Rabbi Ovadia Yosef to cancel their summer breaks over a new haredi Orthodox conscription law.
Team appointed to write new military draft law in Israel Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz will be part of the three-member team to write an Israeli law on equality in military and national service.
Netanyahu wants two teams to examine draft alternatives Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he has ordered the formulation of two teams to examine universal draft alternatives.
