Slippery Slope

Israel’s Chief Rabbis Shlomo Amar and Yona Metzger issued a letter of support for the Efrat organization, which works to prevent abortions in Israel. (Haaretz)

(Hebrew – Haaretz)

Former chief Sephardi Rabbi Eliahu Bakshi-Doron was indicted for fraudulent receipt of goods or services under aggravated circumstances on Monday for his role in the so-called “rabbis’ file” affair, in which hundreds of security forces officers were ordained as rabbis in order to qualify for a pay raise. (Ynetnews)

(Hebrew – Ynet)

Former chief Sephardi Rabbi Eliahu Bakshi-Doron was indicted for fraudulent receipt of goods or services under aggravated circumstances on Monday for his role in the so-called “rabbis’ file” affair, in which hundreds of security forces officers were ordained as rabbis in order to qualify for a pay raise. (Ynetnews)

(Hebrew – Ynet)

Haredi soldiers have applied to the IDF’s Chief Rabbi for exemptions from events in which women sing, claiming that women’s singing arouses “thoughts about women.”

(Hebrew)

The Chief Rabbi of Karmiel, Avraham Tzvi Margalit, has spoken out against a planned joint Hanukkah and Christmas party for Jewish and Arab students in town.

(Hebrew)