Naftali Bennett
How Israel’s missing constitution deepens divisions between Jews and with Arabs
By Brendan Szendro — June 17, 2021
(The Conversation) — Governed by a changeable body of 'basic laws,' Israel never settled basic questions like the rights of religious minorities. These destabilizing issues will continue to fester under a new government.
Will Naftali Bennett’s diverse coalition lead Israel to recognize Jewish diversity?
By Michele Chabin — June 16, 2021
JERUSALEM (RNS) — Many Israelis and Diaspora Jews are hoping the new government will unlock the decades-long monopoly that strictly Orthodox Jews have had on everything from marriage to public transportation.
EXPLAINER: What will change under Israel’s new government?
By Joseph Krauss — June 14, 2021
JERUSALEM (AP) — The next government, which will be led by the ultranationalist Naftali Bennett, has vowed to chart a new course aimed at healing the country's divisions and restoring a sense of normalcy.
EXPLAINER: Who is Naftali Bennett, Israel’s new leader?
By Joseph Krauss — June 14, 2021
JERUSALEM (AP) — Bennett represents a third generation of Israeli leaders, after the founders of the state and Netanyahu's generation.
Synagogues are not Kmart
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 10, 2017
Synagogues need money. Israel -- yes, Israel -- can help.
Activists welcome Israeli government decision to fund some non-Orthodox rabbis
By Michele Chabin — January 2, 2014
(RNS) The Israeli government began funding the salaries of five non-Orthodox rabbis serving in rural areas, but activists emphasized that the fight for official recognition of non-Orthodox branches of Judaism is far from over.
Feminists call temporary Western Wall prayer platform a ‘sundeck’
By Michele Chabin — September 3, 2013
(RNS) While the non-Orthodox leaders welcomed the new platform, which can accommodate 450 worshipers, Women of the Wall called it “a sun deck” designed to marginalize anyone who is not Orthodox from praying at the Wall.
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