Meir Porush

Ultra-Orthodox paper calls for 'war' on government amid IDF conscription tensions

The Yated Ne’eman newspaper is affiliated with the haredi Lithuanian faction, Degel Hatorah, which forms part of the United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party.  

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A haredi (ultra-Orthodox) man reads a newspaper.
JERUSALEM AFFAIRS and Jewish Tradition Minister Meir Porush addresses the Knesset plenum.

Multitasking haredi politicians: One hand writes the laws, the other undermines them - opinion

Since the early days of Israel, an internal debate has taken place within the ultra-Orthodox community over whether it is possible to cooperate with the Zionist state and benefit from its resources.

|ByELIYAHU BERKOVITS
Finance Minister and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, February 3, 2025.

Porush, Smotrich spar over haredi draft law

"We will not agree to any further delay in passing the budget. The budget will not be held hostage by the legislation of the [haredi] conscription law,” Smotrich said.

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Families of the hostages held in Gaza call for new elections, March 30, 2024.

Minister Porush implores UN envoy to deliver matzah and wine to hostages in Gaza

Neither the UN nor any international humanitarian aid agency has visited the hostages or provided them with any food or medicine since their abduction into Gaza on October 7.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli gov't will collapse without new IDF draft bill, top haredi minister warns

UTJ chairman and minister Yitzhak Goldknopf failed to provide a deadline for the re-negotiation of the haredi draft bill.

MAY 3, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
LIKUD LEADER BENJAMIN Netanyahu shakes hands with United Torah Judaism MK Yitzhak Goldknopf in the Knesset last week. If Netanyahu’s promise of a full budget for all haredi educational institutions is realized, the already-low incentive to provide core studies will disappear entirely.

Netanyahu should quit if he can't fulfill coalition deals - haredi minister

The haredi parties are pushing for their draft law to be passed before the state budget, but the rest of the coalition doesn't agree.

MAY 2, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
Meir Porush, Minister of Jerusalem and Israel's Traditions, March 27, 2019.

Israeli sex offender rabbi should be banned from Lag Ba'omer event - NGO

Berland was convicted of sexual assault in 2016 of multiple women and other offenses including fraud, embezzlement, attempted threats, tax offenses and money laundering in 2021.

APRIL 23, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Rabbi Eliezer Berland covered with a prayer shawl arrives for a court hearing arrives for a police investigation at a police station in Jerusalem, November 2, 2021.

Almost 2 years after tragedy, Meron celebrations regulated under new law

In line with recommendations of the Meron Committee, one central bonfire will be light at the tomb, with additional bonfires for religious study.

APRIL 2, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
FUNERAL FOR brothers Yosef David Elhadar and Moshe Mordechai Elhadar (opposite, far right), killed in the Meron tragedy; flames of remembrance for 45 victims; both May 2, 2021.

Meron disaster victims demand MK Porush be reinstated as Meron celebration supervisor

Haredi MK Meir Porush resigned from his role as supervisor of the Lag B’Omer Meron celebrations earlier on Tuesday.

MARCH 1, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Meir Porush, Minister of Jerusalem and Israel's Traditions, March 27, 2019.

Netanyahu, prepare now to ensure Israeli Lag Ba'omer safety - Meron panel

While Lag Ba'omer is five months away, the committee members wrote that they felt the matter was urgent and brought it to Netanyahu's attention.

JANUARY 2, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
Jewish worshippers sing and dance as they stand on tribunes at the Lag Ba’omer event on Mount Meron on April 29.

Haredi MK demands full control over Meron disaster probe from Netanyahu

Sources involved in the negotiations say that a final decision on Porush's demands has not been made yet and that it "remains in discussion."

DECEMBER 4, 2022ByYAKI ADAMKER/WALLA!
Meir Porush, Minister of Jerusalem and Israel's Traditions, March 27, 2019.

It's wrong to eulogize World Mizrachi - opinion

MK Meir Porush declared World Mizrachi dead in a Knesset speech attacking Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and MK Mansour Abbas.

FEBRUARY 14, 2022ByMARTIN OLINER
MK Meir Porush attends an Arrangements Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 28, 2021

Prof. Eran Segal: Decrease in Omicron cases expected later this week

Coming days still critical, expert warns • New immigrants to get free antigen tests

JANUARY 21, 2022BySHIRA SILKOFF, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Herzog hospital team members wearing safety gear as they work in the Coronavirus ward of the Herzog Medical Center in Jerusalem, January 13, 2022.

Israeli ministers reject 'free dishwasher bill' for haredim

The committee approved a bill to permit parents to take a sick day when they vaccinate their children for the coronavirus.

JANUARY 3, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN
Meir Porush, Minister of Jerusalem and Israel's Traditions, March 27, 2019.