By adhering to the practices of Orthodox Judaism, both men observed the Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest.
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Tal Becker, an Israeli diplomat and scholar, worries that Israeli policies both peace policy and domestic policy which rejects non-Orthodox Judaism are leading to schism within Jewry.
The Brooklyn-born Schacter was an early student of Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik, who is considered one of the founders of Modern Orthodoxy, a movement within Orthodox Judaism.
The role is traditionally seen as the figurehead of British Jews, although it is only officially representative of the 70, 000-strong United Synagogue - the biggest wing of orthodox Judaism in the UK - and other communities across the UK and parts of the Commonwealth.
Even more important is Mr Barak's agreement with the ultra-Orthodox party, United Torah Judaism, on new rules for the military conscription of students at yeshivas, or Talmudic colleges.
Mr Netanyahu was forced to give up his alliance with the ultra-Orthodox parties: Shas and United Torah Judaism.
Stories about ultra-Orthodox misogynists make it politically costly for the Likud and Israel Beiteinu to sit in the same government as ultra-Orthodox parties such as Shas and United Torah Judaism.
Within Judaism, even some of the most Orthodox movements are getting into a digital groove.
The law is based on the Orthodox definition of a Jew as someone born of a Jewish mother or converted to Judaism.
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Correspondents say the dispute over the wall has become a symbol of the greater tensions in Israeli society between ultra-Orthodox Jews, who abide by a very strict interpretation of Jewish law, and more modern elements of Judaism.
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