Large number of emergency responders to be stationed along procession route; chief Sephardic rabbi says it's a 'duty' to attend service for Shalom Cohen, set to start at 2 p.m.

Ultra-Orthodox party's chairman Aryeh Deri mourns loss of faction's council head, calling Cohen 'our father, our teacher and our leader'

Israel Katz tears into Treasury chief's reforms aimed at reducing state spending on Haredi communities, using rhetoric similar to that employed by rabbi who sparked uproar

Herzog expresses frustration at having to use Unity Prize address to explain that language used by Rabbi Meir Mazuz against government ministers is beyond the pale

Meir Mazuz, head of a Bnei Brak yeshiva, says ministers seek to 'choke Torah students'; explains that 'the Nazis love their own people; but the ministers hate them'

Former PM reverses decision to give his Likud party a free vote on proposal after pushback from ultra-Orthodox allies, who charge it will hurt the poor and large families

Shas party leader claims case went to court only because of his Sephardic heritage, says he'll run in the next election and 'there is nothing to prevent it'

No longer a lawmaker but still leader of Shas party, politician given 12-month suspended prison term along with a NIS 180,000 fine

Week after resigning from Knesset in plea deal, leader of ultra-Orthodox Shas party releases video accusing government of stoking high cost of living

Following plea deal, Shas leader plans to remain active in steering the Knesset’s intricate political life, with the exception of casting votes, says party source