The Torat Hamedina event last week, kicking off a campaign to revise the "Spirit of the IDF." The nonprofit's people believe the original document is estranged from Jewish identity. Credit: Noam Revkin-FentonYou thought the Kohelet Forum was alarming? The right's new think tank has more radical plans – and the judicial overhaul was just the appetizerMay 08, 2026The study hall of the Torat Hamedina organization is located in the Beit Orot neighborhood on the northern ridge of the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem. Last Monday evening, a few dozen men, most of them dressed in the Haredi-nationalist style, some of them armed, were taking their seats in the hall where a book launch was about to begin for "Mashiv Haruah" ("Restorer of the Spirit"), whose aim is to posit "a Jewish alternative to the 'Spirit of the IDF' document,"also known as the army's Code of Ethics.In the NewsStarlink Users, Beware – Israeli Tech Can Reveal Your IdentityWith His Iran Deterrence Squandered, Trump Might Feel Forced to Resume WarIran Could Enrich Uranium to Weapons-grade Level if U.S. Attacks, Lawmaker SaysHaaretz CartoonYair Golan Is the Best Choice for IsraelRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIWhatsApp Co-founder Donates Record-breaking $200 Million to Jerusalem HospitalThe Mysterious Copper Scroll and the End of DaysLeaked Video of Arab Lawyer's Violent Arrest Contradicts Israel Police Account'A Slave Economy': Inside Israel's ultra-Orthodox Parallel StateConstruction Begins on Bypass Road to Bring 'One Million' Israelis to West BankZionism Didn't Go Wrong, It Was Always Built This Way
The influential group seeking to bring the Israeli army under Torah law
You Thought the Kohelet Forum Was Alarming? The Right's New Think Tank Has More Radical Plans – and the Judicial Overhaul Was Just the Appetizer






