Mickey Levy not allowed to change ballot after hitting wrong button, leading to 51-51 tie that torpedoes measure, in latest embarrassing defeat for wide-tent government
But Hungary says it won't get involved in spat over allocation of payments for confiscated properties, as Orthodox groups sue Conservative Mazsihisz in Jerusalem rabbinical court
Rabbi David Lau has halted the work of a panel investigating corruption in religious trusts, in contravention of agreements with Supreme Court, newspaper reports
Zion Cohen accused of dressing as homeless person to set explosive charges in attempt to stop services to secular public, seeking to separate synagogue and state
Case of Oded Gez has set precedents, with state rabbinate publicizing his name to pressure him; after his 2016 escape under false identity, marriage was annulled in rare step
Though Jewish law says a divorced women can't marry descendant of priestly class, advocacy organization helps void woman's first wedding, finding that the witnesses were related
Shmuel Eliyahu accuses spiritual leader Shmuel Tal of having affairs with female followers, justifying them by claiming 'holy spirit' was revealed to him
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