Meir Porush
Haredi MKs propose exempting haredi yeshiva students from IDF service at 26, halting arrests
The first bill would allow yeshiva students to defer military service until age 26, while the second would immediately suspend criminal enforcement proceedings against eligible students for one year.
Ultra-Orthodox paper calls for 'war' on government amid IDF conscription tensions
Multitasking haredi politicians: One hand writes the laws, the other undermines them - opinion
Porush, Smotrich spar over haredi draft law
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.
Grapevine: Nice news
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
Gov't approves budget for plan to facilitate Israelis traveling to Uman
The government emphasized the fact that the plan was being set in motion to avoid a crisis like last year that left many stuck for hours or even a day on Ukraine's border.
Could tense Israel-Ukraine relations cause a humanitarian crisis in Uman?
Jerusalem Affairs and Jewish Tradition Minister Meir Porush has appealed to the prime minister to help avoid a humanitarian crisis in Uman.
Abusing power to help predators - opinion
It was not only the fake mental illness in the courtroom that was hindering justice.
Gov't approves 3b. for public infrastructure, education in east Jerusalem
NGOs advocating for east Jerusalem residents welcomed the progress made, but stressed further work is needed.
Ukraine envoy meets Jerusalem minister to talk Uman pilgrimages
Meir Porush asked for the ambassador to help facilitate the entry of thousands of Hassidic Jews into war-torn Ukraine to visit Uman.
UTJ threatens to boycott coalition votes over ministry budget demand
The threat is the latest in a series of incidents of infighting and threats to not vote with the coalition made since the coalition was formed.
Israel will invest NIS 5 billion in east Jerusalem - Meir Porush
The Jerusalem Affairs and Jewish Tradition minister stated that he aims to serve all the residents of Jerusalem and stressed the importance of Jerusalem as a city of peace.
Accountant-general blocks UTJ plan of Shavuot bonus for only hassidim
The plan would give special grants to hassidic groups who host large events on Shavuot.
