Three years following they committed to creating an egalitarian prayer space, implementation is stalled.

A Shabbat train shutdown – part of the “Shabbat Wars,” is the latest salvo in the contentious synagogue-and-state debate.

In a victory against discrimination, Israel’s High Court ruled that the state should no longer grant stipends to yeshiva students.

NIF is at the forefront of a campaign against a conference on innovations in gynecology, which will exclude women speakers. The Puah Institute, which helps couples with fertility, medicine, and Jewish law, held its 13th national conference in Jerusalem this week, with the theme “Innovations in Gynecology and Halachah: Judgments, Dilemmas and Challenges.” In previous years, female experts were barred from speaking at the annual conference, leading many doctors to cancel their participation in protest. This year, the Puah Institute refused to reveal the list of speakers, presumably in an attempt to stave off criticism regarding its exclusion of women.