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. By Marcy Oster July 8, 2012 7:05 pm
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. July 8, 2012 11:10 am
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. July 6, 2012 4:52 pm
