Focuses on various political issues in Israel with reference to the Orthodox Jews' efforts to increase their political and religious authority. Demonstration by ultra-Orthodox for the ceasing of business in Tel Aviv on the Sabbath; Efforts by the Orthodox rabbis and political leaders to increase the number of seats allotted to the Orthodox on the Supreme Court; Attempts by the Orthodox rabbis to obtain recognition for the Orthodox conversions to Judaism as only legitimate ones.
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