Ex-minister Omer Barlev, now executive of company, pays condolence call to family of Rabbi Gershon Edelstein and delivers personal apology letter over incident

Zman Yisrael editor Biranit Goren on surprising lack of successor to Rabbi Gershon Edelstein; religion reporter Canaan Lidor on explosive Christian prayer event at Western Wall

Many elbow their way to touch the stretcher carrying the late Ashkenazi ultra-Orthodox leader to his final resting place in Bnei Brak

Seculars celebrate the moderate politics of the leader of the Lithuanian steam of ultra-Orthodoxy in Israel, while his students recall his compassionate approach to education

Police close major roads as hundreds of thousands set to head to Tel Aviv suburb following death of prominent Haredi spiritual leader

Despite focusing on ultra-Orthodox education, Edelstein found himself at political helm of Ashkenazi Jewry where he championed coexistence and practicality

The late head of the Bnei Brak-based Ponevezh Yeshiva was a spiritual guide of the United Torah Judaism party

Demonstrations held outside homes of ministers, including Ben Gvir, who is told by activists that he represents 'all that is wrong with the government'

In statements and newspaper headlines, ultra-Orthodox rabbis and politicians rejoice as one of the few coalitions that didn't include them in recent decades falls apart

Gershon Edelstein brands Jerusalem Day parade 'unnecessary and dangerous' in meeting with Haredi lawmakers