Shas

A failed attempt to expand Orthodox control of the Western Wall.

Jonathan Tobin
Feb. 15 2023 12:01AM

Vote Shas and get a good verdict from Heaven?

Shaul Seidler-Feller
Sept. 18 2019 12:01AM

It won’t impinge on religious freedom—or encourage Shabbat observance.

Shuki Friedman
Jan. 5 2018 12:01AM

American Jews should treat the Israeli political situation realistically.

Jonathan Tobin
May 11 2015 12:01AM

The worst of all possible outcomes.

March 10 2015 12:01AM

Since its establishment in the 1980s, the Mizrahi ultra-Orthodox party Shas has become a powerful player in Israeli politics. It presided over a religious revival. . .

Dec. 18 2014 12:01AM

Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef, who passed away this year aged ninety-three, combined magisterial scholarship and political acumen to become the power broker of Israeli politics.

Yehudah Mirsky
Nov. 22 2013 12:00AM