HaMekubal HaGaon HaRav David Batzri Shlita is scheduled to hold a major atzeres at the Massiyahu Prison tent that was set up by Yahadut HaTorah. The Rav Shlita took part in last week’s prison march and has since remained in contact with Deputy Minister Meir Porush, leading to the decision for the Thursday night atzeres, [...]

When the MKs of Yahadut HaTorah met on Wednesday afternoon with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, he told them that prior to their meeting, he was unaware of many of the details surrounding the Emanuel Beis Yaakov, explaining he was unaware the court sent mothers to prison too. He also told the MKs that he hadn’t [...]

Shas leader Deputy Prime Minister Eli Yishai told the press that the secularists should not preach to chareidim regarding discrimination. Speaking with the party’s Day to Day newspaper, he explained that his position is in line with Maran Chacham HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita, that while there are some problems, they must be resolved internally and not [...]

MKs from Yahadut HaTorah early Wednesday afternoon met with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to discuss the crisis surrounding the Emanuel Beis Yaakov. The chareidi legislators told the prime minister they were quite disappointed over his silence during the entire affair, which YWN-ISRAEL reported earlier came to an end when the prime minister smelled a coalition crisis [...]

The Kaliver Rebbe Shlita told Channel 2 reporters on Wednesday that the situation regarding the Beis Yaakov Emanuel is very serious and painful. The Rebbe Shlita stated that since WWII mothers and fathers were not imprisoned for their religious beliefs as is being done today in Eretz Yisrael. (Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)

The Slonimer Rebbe Shlita released a harshly worded letter on Wednesday, June 23, 2010, after the High Court of Justice ruling of Tuesday, sending some of the Emanuel wives to prison. The Rebbe Shlita states he is convinced the court is well-aware of the truth in the case, and the court’s words are simply lies, untruths [...]

It appears that with a coalition crisis brewing accompanied by audible threats from MK Moshe Gafne that Yahadut HaTorah MKs will not automatically support the government in no-confidence motions, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has decided it is time to become involved in the Emanuel Beis Yaakov crisis. Not because of the biased and blatantly discriminatory [...]

The situation surrounding the Bar-Lev family of Emanuel began yesterday, Monday, and Rav Bar-Lev still remains behind bars despite the fact that his rebitzen is hospitalized and they have 12 children at home, as was reported earlier by YWN-ISRAEL. Rav Duki Gruenwald, a friend of the Bar-Levs, questions just how a Jewish country can permit such an [...]

As a result of the efforts of Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman and Minister of Welfare & Social Services Yitzchak Herzog, the state’s social workers were involved, preparing evaluations for the High Court. One can argue that their input led to the decision that only nine of the Emanuel mothers will be compelled to serve [...]

One of the Emanuel fathers who is supposed to be serving a two-week prison term at present is Ami Barber, whose daughter attends the controversial Beis Yaakov. Barber spoke with the media on Monday night, giving his insight into the controversy and the events as he perceives them. Barber’s story was brought to the attention of [...]