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19 shares Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing: Your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday. Today’s panel comprises deputy editor Josh Davidovich and environmental reporter Sue Surkes, along with host Amanda Borschel-Dan. Israeli Environmental Minister Gila Gamliel announced yesterday that the cause of the massive environmental disaster that hit Israel’s shores in mid-February was a ship called the Emerald, calling it “environmental terrorism” on the part of Iran. What exactly was ...

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Photo Credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90 (L-R) – MKs Menachem Mozes, Yakov Litzman, Zeev Elkin, Moshe Gafni, Meir Porush, and Uri Maklev sign a coalition agreement between UTJ and Likud, April 1, 2009. United Torah Judaism Torah Judaism leaders Moshe Gafni, Yaakov Litzman, and Meir Porush, stated on Monday that they would demand the enactment of the overcoming clause as a condition for the formation of the next government, because, in their opinion, yesterday’s High Court decision to recognize Reform and Conservative conversions in Israel for the first time had a disastrous impact on the v...

�� Good Tuesday morning! In a landmark decision, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled 8-1 yesterday in favor of recognizing non-Orthodox conversions for the sake of granting citizenship. The ruling was met with a flurry of condemnation by haredi lawmakers as well as both Israeli chief rabbis. The Likud Party said the decision “endangers the Law of Return,” while Opposition Leader Yair Lapid welcomed the move, saying that Israel needs to “fully equalize the rights of all streams of Judaism — Orthodox, Reform and Conservative.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not yet weighed in on...