Incredible shrinking women in the Knesset; religious reforms

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday. Religions correspondent Judah Ari Gross and political correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn join host Amanda Borschel-Dan. The National Unity Party launched with much fanfare on Monday and last night, number three on the list, former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot, gave us a peek into his thoughts on the settler movement at a first parlor event in the northern town of Metula. What did he say? Today, Yesh Atid will launch it’s “Women’s List.” What is the state of female representation in the next Knesset? The Israeli government recently implemented new regulations to incentivize religious burial societies to perform interment ceremonies for stillbirths. First of all, we hear how Jewish tradition views the situation. What's now being done? The Israeli Chief Rabbinate has ruled that the still-alive father of an American man who has refused to grant his wife a ritual divorce for nearly two decades will not be able to be buried in Israel, in an effort to pressure the husband into freeing his “chained” wife. We hear more. Discussed articles include: Eisenkot slams settler agenda, putting him at odds with own party’s right-wing flank Israel incentivizes proper burials for stillborns to ‘ease suffering of families’ In precedent, rabbinic court says divorce refuser’s family can’t be buried in Israel Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on iTunes, Spotify, PlayerFM, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcasts. IMAGE: A general view of the Israeli parliament building, the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 2015. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.