The Moetzas Gedolei Hatorah of Agudas Yisrael will be convening on Monday, 18 Adar-II to discuss the situation vis-à-vis the cabinet and the administration’s recognition of the Reform Movement. The admorim will be briefed by MKs from Agudas Yisrael regarding their efforts and progress pertaining to the egalitarian prayer area and other issues related to the administration’s fondness of the Reform.

One of the items that will be explained is a compromise solution presented by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, that instead of the Reform sitting on the council that governs the new prayer area, it would be run by the Jewish Agency. This alternative was presented to chareidi MKs in a motzei Shabbos meeting with PM Netanyahu in the presence of Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)