The minister of religious services has overhauled kashrut supervision, and is now turning to conversion, as he seeks to remake the state's role in religion. Haredi MKs are outraged

Political reporter Tal Schneider and analyst Haviv Rettig Gur discuss ToI's interview with Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana and his planned reforms for kashrut, conversion

Liberman, Lapid, Michaeli say they'll soon work to pass conversion reform, Western Wall compromise deal; ultra-Orthodox party leader calls it a 'declaration of war'

Zion Cohen, 69, also fined NIS 10,000 for six attacks last year on religious courts he said were an attempt to stop services to secular public

The new government, Haredi politicians warn, is ‘destroying’ and ‘corrupting’ Israel’s Jewish character. Separation, some say, may be inevitable

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Mayor Ron Huldai calls right to prayer 'fundamental,' offers logistical assistance to city's hundreds of synagogues

Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn says government intends to pass a surrogacy bill by the end of the year in order to comply with recent Supreme Court ruling

Who you gonna call when after 30 years in Israel, you're suddenly not considered a Jew? Dr. Susan Weiss and the Center for Women's Justice

Postdocs, medical students and others for whom distance learning is not possible arrive at special quarantine dorms at universities as Israel continues to relax restrictions