Word: mizrahi
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...wife, Actress Anna Mizrahi, 37, "knew there was something up" when he started to call her "Honey." He used to bring her rare books or a single rose as gifts. Now he brought nightgowns, amber, whole bouquets...
Heresy! Ben-Gurion himself seemed surprised at the furor that broke when his speech was reported in the Israeli press. Heresy, cried the Orthodox. The Mizrahi Party accused him of attacking the basic beliefs of Judaism. The ultraOrthodox Agudat Israel Party introduced in the Knesset a motion of no confidence...
Irreverent Israelis call the new center "the Vatican"; the more cynical refer to it as "party headquarters" for Mizrahi, the National Religious Party in Premier David Ben-Gurion's government. The Chief Rabbinate that the center will house -Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi Isaac Halevi Herzog and Sephardic Chief Rabbi Itzhak Nissim, plus their staffs of scholars and law courts-has jurisdiction over marriage, divorce and many disputes affecting the personal status of Israelis. The rabbinate-which is already staffing its research departments with Talmudic scholars for the job-is breaking new ground in setting itself up as chief authority among...