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...Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller, the director of the Hillel Society at the University of California at Los Angeles, described the proposed law change as "contrary to the humanistic, open and tolerant Israel that we love." Natan Sharansky, famous Soviet ex-dissident, said, "Principles were being auctioned off with dizzying dispatch. It was not a pretty sight...
Even as the votes were being counted, both Likud and Labor began a courtship of the religious parties. During the "night of the rabbis," one religious party leader after another took center stage to air demands. "We will keep all our options open," declared Rabbi Yitzhak Peretz, whose ultra-Orthodox SHAS Party will send six deputies to the Knesset...
...election, Shamir announced his willingness to amend the Law of Return, which grants all Jewish immigrants immediate Israeli citizenship. For years the religious parties have sought to redefine "who is a Jew" by recognizing only those born to a Jewish mother or converted to Judaism by an Orthodox rabbi. The proposal to disregard all other conversions has particularly upset U.S. Jews, most of whom identify themselves with the Conservative and Reform branches of Judaism...
Labor officials noted that Rabbi Yitzhak Peretzof the Shas, a religious party oriented toSephardic Jews of Middle East origin, left thedoor open to a possible alliance with Labor. Shaswas projected to get as many as seven seats...
Inside a crowded courtroom in Jerusalem, a rapt audience sat hushed as the nation's highest judges wrestled with an explosive question: Is Rabbi Meir Kahane simply too fanatical to run in Israel's Nov. 1 election? Outside, dozens of the American-born rabbi's supporters bellowed their own verdict, waving banners emblazoned with Kahane's provocative trademark, a clenched fist. Starry-eyed disciples strained to touch the man who vows to expel every last Arab from both Israel and the occupied territories. Exclaimed one young follower: "Next month we shall decide once and for all how to deal with...