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Power struggle leaves Israel without chief rabbis
Politics, nepotism and the role of women have left the country's top rabbinical offices vacant for the first time in its history
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Conservatives promise to revive out of school register plan
Manifesto also pledges lifting of faith cap on free school entry
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The ‘Little Miss Chasid’ who revolutionised women’s education
Sarah Schenirer, founder of the Beis Yaakov movement, showed that change was possible within Charedi society
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Netanyahu’s Charedi draft bill progresses through the Knesset
Opposition figures have said the current bill does not go far enough
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Let’s Talk Schools: what lies behind the yellow star protests?
A bill to register children out of school is seen as a threat to Strictly Orthodox yeshivot
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Charedi campaigners protest against ‘cultural genocide’
Defenders of traditional yeshivot return to Westminister to demonstrate against moves to register students
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Benny Gantz threatens to leave coalition if Charedi exemption law is passed
The new law allows the Strictly Orthodox community to avoid IDF service, unlike secular Israelis
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Yellow star protest against move to register yeshivah students
Charedi activists demonstrate outside Parliament against new Private Member’s Bill
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