Heated race delayed until spring of 2024 as Shas reportedly scrambles to choose candidate

Haredi party minister tells far-right faction to stay in its lane, claiming control of tax-funded state body and threatening to kill domestic abuse bill if it doesn't get its way

Nomination seen as surprising since it knocks out hardliner favored by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich; Haredi factions yet to coalesce around nominee ahead of vote this fall

Religious Services Minister Michael Malchieli cites fear the municipal voting could appear to taint the process

Speaking at New Jersey event, David Lau echoes comments by Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, who said incoming government could offer chance to 'amend the law on who is a Jew'

After a year in the Religious Services Ministry, Yamina MK gets a middling grade from liberal figures for shaking up Haredi hegemony but failing to advance core issues

David Lau says 'every effort must be made' to remove the body of Amanda Elkohen, who was unmasked as a Christian posing as a Haredi Jew, following her death

David Lau sends letter to Netanyahu decrying fact that malls, beaches and restaurants are returning to normal, but not places of worship

Chief rabbi urges keeping lips off hands touching mezuzahs; European rabbinical group bans those feeling unwell from synagogue, even to recite the Kaddish prayer for the dead