Carrie Keller-Lynn discusses Tuesday's Knesset debates, Canaan Lidor reports from Uman over Rosh Hashanah and Europe's rabbis, and Tal Schneider updates on the PM's US visit

Opposition MKs on Finance Committee accuse panel of approving funds for 'needs that do not really exist'

Religious hardliners are among critics of the bill, which many see as part of a pact benefiting Shas and the Chief Rabbinate

The first such visit in 72 years is a boost for the small but growing community established by Jewish convicts in 1804 and considered far-flung even by Australian standards

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

5 years after stone collapse at holy site, authorities have yet to reopen access to Wall at egalitarian section; religious activists argue delay is deliberate

Court rules in favor of a petition by the Tzohar rabbinical group against its exclusion from labeling imported goods

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

Demonstrations against Haredi military exemptions, religious and gender inequality were an effort to restore momentum of anti-overhaul movement, but public's response was muted