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Election 2026

The results of the 27 October vote

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The Chief Rabbinate, synagogue life, kashrut and Shabbat, yeshivas and Torah study, and the festivals that set the rhythm of the Israeli year.

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Benjamin Netanyahu in 2023

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United Torah Judaism says only Netanyahu's camp has reached out to the party

The office of UTJ chair Yaakov Asher said no party leader other than Netanyahu had approached it, and that his message was a pledge to keep the coalition parties together.

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Shas waits in silence as United Torah Judaism celebrates exit polls

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Haredi leader Rabbi Dov Lando, 96, faces backlash over recorded attack on Zionism

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Israel stops for Yom Kippur as fast times and hot forecast published

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Rosh Hashanah meal for 2,000 travelers canceled at Phuket Chabad house

Isaac Herzog in 2021

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Herzog's Rosh Hashanah message goes out in eight languages

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Israel's Chief Rabbis Ask for Fasting and Prayer at Purim

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