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Religious women break barriers in new IDF combat soldier unit

The unit will be drafted next Tuesday in the Combat Intelligence Corps, and soldiers will have spiritual and halachic guidance throughout their service.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A female IDF soldier stands in front of a tank.
Founder of the Ohr Torah Stone Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, and the founding Chief Rabbi of Efrat, received a lifetime achievement award at the Saad Conference on August 1. 

Founding chief rabbi of West Bank's Efrat receives lifetime achievement award

Rabbi Shlomo Riskin received a lifetime achievement award during the Saad Conference earlier this month.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
From left: Rabbanit Hila Naor, Rabbanit Idit Mevorach-Shaag, and Rabbanit Avigayil Unterberg Nouriel.

Educating tomorrow's children: Three women certified as halachic leaders

RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: Rabbanit Avigayil Unterberg Nouriel, Rabbanit Idit Mevorach-Shaag, and Rabbanit Hila Naor joined 19 others already certified by the institute out of Ohr Torah Stone (OTS).

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin laid the cornerstone for Efrat in 1980, occupancy began in 1983.

Israeli settlement founder Rabbi Riskin talks 40 years of Efrat

The ‘Magazine’ sat down with founding father Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Riskin and wife Vicky to discuss the celebrated realization of their vision, and their concerns.

|ByZVIKA KLEIN

Prominent Israeli rabbi calls for public fasting on Wednesday

The initiative, promoted by Rabbi David Stav, chairman of the Tzohar rabbinical organization, calls for a day of fasting ahead of Rosh Chodesh Nissan.

MARCH 21, 2023
HEAD OF the Tzohar rabbinical association Rabbi David Stav speaks at the Jerusalem Post 10th Annual Conference, October 12, 2021

Yad La'isha: Jerusalem center fighting trapped marriages

Also known as “The Aguna Warrior,” Yad La'isha director Pnina Omer and her Jerualem-based organization fight to free women in trapped marriages.

MARCH 11, 2023
BySHARON GIVATI
Pnina Omer, director of Ohr Torah Stone’s Yad La’isha, in front of an artistic photo exhibit on the pain of being in a trapped marriage.

Friendship: The Holy Grail of relationships - opinion

When we think of friendships and their significance, it has to be the similarities that take center stage, creating an environment that doesn’t require inclusion in the first place.

FEBRUARY 21, 2023
ByAVI GANZ
FRIENDS AT Yeshivat Darkaynu visit the Western Wall.

Interfaith dialogue: Making religion part of Israel's Middle East peace

A conversation with Rabbi Dr. Yakov Nagen, head of Ohr Torah Stone’s Blickle Institute for Interfaith Dialogue.

FEBRUARY 4, 2023
RABBI DR. YAKOV NAGEN: Simply loves people. Pictured: Embracing Haj Ibrahim Ahmad Abu el-Hawa, clan chief whose family has been residing in the Jerusalem area for many generations.