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A man signs a petition at a demonstration for womens rights held outside the Rabbinical court for divorces in Jerusalem. Husbands who refuse their wives a religious divorce  are more likely to be prosecuted following “momentous” changes to the government’s Domestic Abuse Bill. A man who refuses a get will now be clearly recognised as exerting controlling and coercive behaviour, which is listed as a criminal offence under the Serious Crime Act of 2015. If found guilty, an offender could ...

Rabban Yochanan Ben Zakai’s Strategy On Choosing a Marriage Partner By Rabbi Haim Jachter | February 24, 2021 Go Down a Level and Marry I recently had an extended conversation with a group of TABC graduates about choosing a marriage partner. One alumnus cited an astounding Gemara (Yevamot 63a) that shockingly advises “go down a level and marry a woman.” Rashi (ad. loc. s.v. Nahit Darga) explains, “Do not marry a woman who is on a higher level than you, les...

"The real way to combat your privilege is by apologizing for it in every possible context"   A guide to political discourse in 2021 So you want to join the conversation, impress others as politically aware, be a modern-day Renaissance man— er, we mean, person who respectfully admires but does not appropriate or attempt to imitate other cultures? Look no further than this guide to impressing others with your shallow pseudointellectualism, regardless of where they fall on the political spectru...

A general view of the Business Bay area, after a curfew was imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 28, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Satish Kumar / File. JNS.org – As Jewish life continues to flourish and grow in the Gulf states, the local Jewish communities of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have officially come together to form the first working organization: the Association of Gulf Jewish C...

Association in Gulf states to boost regional Jewish life from ‘beit din’ to kosher agency Association in Gulf states to boost regional Jewish life from ‘beit din’ to kosher agency “Having moved to Dubai in 2014, it’s incredibly inspiring to see how Jewish life here in the Gulf is growing,” said co-founder and cantor of the Jewish Council of the Emirates Alex Peterfreund. Helping affix a mezuzah at the Israel Diamond Exchange in Dubai’s Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) are (from l...

1 The Israeli cabinet on Monday approved the reopening of stores, gyms, hotels, and other venues starting on Sunday, February 21. The decision constitutes a major easing of the sweeping lockdown measures imposed six weeks ago to slow the spread of COVID-19. Many of the institutions set to open Sunday have been shuttered for the better part of the past year due to the pandemic. While street-front shops, malls, markets, museums, and libraries will be open to all Israelis, only people who h...

First Jewish network launches in the Gulf Plans include setting up Jewish courts to handle marriages, civil disputes and inheritance as well as creating a body to regulate Kosher food February 16, 2021 at 2:35 pm Jewish communities in six Gulf States yesterday announced the launch of their first transnational organization which will serve about 1,000 Jews in the region, news agencies reported. the Times of Israel said. According to the paper, this gathering will bring together Jews in Bah...

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israels diplomatic reporter Rabbi Elie Abadie (yellow tie) joins the Jewish community in the UAE for a Hanukkah celebration (photo credit: Courtesy) The Jewish communities in six Persian Gulf countries announced on Monday the establishment of the region’s first communal organization, complete with a rabbi and Jewish court, the Beth Din of Arabia. The Association of Gulf Jewish Communities (AGJC), which brings together Jews in  Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi ...

Jewish communities across the Gulf unite to form new association in UAE The Association of Gulf Jewish Communities aims to create a religious court and coherent kosher certification Levi Duchman, Rabbi of the UAE, leads the celebration of the Jewish holiday, Hanukkah, for the first time in Dubai on December 10, 2020. EPA A Sukkah, a temporary hut constructed to be used during the week-long Jewish festival of Sukkot, the feast of the Tabernacles is pictured in front at Kaf Armani hotel next to B...

The New York Review of Books recently devoted a lot of space to a review of “The Sword and the... We Have Reason to Believe fell into the hands of Dayan Grunfeld of the London Beth Din, who came from a rather staid Germanic background. He decided that Jacobs’s views were too heterodox for the principle of Jews College and campaigned accordingly. When the time came to make an appointment, Jacobs was blocked by Chief Rabbi Israel Brodie at the urging of the Beth Din and the newly enthroned la...