Empowering Anglo-Israeli women, World Emunah's leadership conference will inspire and equip them to step into influential roles across all sectors of society.
Rabbi Dov Landau blamed the conflict on Zionism and called for increased Torah study to protect the country from Arabs.
"While Israel has invested significantly in building military strength, forging peace treaties, and improving strategic capabilities, recent years have seen our democratic values steadily eroding."
Despite this, Smotrich also said that. since the Hamas terrorist attacks, he and his colleagues "have been doing everything" to achieve the "main goal of victory and the return of the hostages."
A soldier’s critique of Israel’s leadership and Religious Zionism sparks a powerful reflection on faith, justice, and the future of the Jewish state.
There has been a disconnect between the reality of the religious Zionist community and their key politicians who protect the haredim from any sanctions over avoiding conscription.
Smotrich lamented the tide of deaths of IDF soldiers in the last few days but said that particular attention should be paid to the religious Zionist community.
A group of some of the leading rabbis in religious Zionism wrote a letter urging the government to free the hostages by any means necessary, including a "reasonable" hostage deal.
Smotrich’s support for Halevi is in contrast to the committee he himself established with rabbis from the religious Zionist community.
The rules of the game may encourage politicians and journalists to become more extreme, and a real, significant change might still be far off, but Dibur is in it for the long haul.
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