Relatives say Religious Services Ministry, led by a Haredi minister, is dithering on release of bodies

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

Michael Malkieli also vows to expand powers of rabbinic courts; Shas leader Aryeh Deri says party paid a political price to get the ministry

Shas's Malkieli signs order putting off privatization of kosher supervision by six months, giving incoming government time to roll back predecessors' initiative

For now, the state-issued exams represent a purely symbolic victory, granting female Torah scholars formal recognition with no practical significance

MK Matan Kahana stepped down as minister in May and ran the ministry as a deputy, but that status ran out this week, leaving interim director-general in charge

After a year in the Religious Services Ministry, Yamina MK gets a middling grade from liberal figures for shaking up Haredi hegemony but failing to advance core issues

Government's plan to pay salaries of female experts on Jewish law is important, says seminary head, but further steps are integral in bringing women into official religious life

Religious Services Deputy Minister Matan Kahana announces move, his latest effort to expand involvement of women in public religious life

Matan Kahana updates method of selecting city rabbis in bid to make the process more efficient and less corrupt, and have greater female involvement