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'

US correspondent Jacob Magid on a new Palestinian bid for UN membership, as Diaspora affairs reporter Judah Ari Gross talks of seeking to become a Jew, or a doctor, in Israel

Only once coalition's reforms fell apart, Lau started signing documents, according to religious rights group Itim; chief rabbi confirms faster pace but denies political motivations

Move forces David Lau to consult with legal adviser, who has raised concerns over method top rabbi used to extend term of brother-in-law on religious bench

Touring Romania-Ukraine border region, FM says country could be 'much more generous'; Labor MK Kariv: Entry cap put in place due to 'nationalist ideology'

Holocaust museum, others sent Feb. 6 letter to US envoy saying action against billionaire philanthropist over expected Russian invasion would negatively impact Israel, Jewish world

In a Hebrew tweet, the Board of Deputies of British Jews says it rejects Religious Zionism lawmaker's 'abominable views and hate-provoking ideology'

Country's top Ashkenazi and Sephardic rabbis tell Matan Kahana to 'wake up,' say Jewish state must be under authority of Chief Rabbinate

What's common to the diverse misbehaviors of Ram Ben-Barak, David Amsalem, Idan Roll and Rabbi David Lau is that they've lost sight of their public service obligations

UTJ lawmaker says appointment of respected rabbinic judge is 'like putting an idol in the Temple'; religious affairs minister pushes back, saying he won't be bullied