Civil rights

Kaplan, who splits her time between Manhattan and a country home she shares with her wife and teenage son, spoke to The Jerusalem Post.

"Our department may finally have an impartial, objective assessment of our operations and recommendations on any areas we can improve our service to the community," Villanueva said.

When King spoke, he praised Israel as an “oasis in the desert.” He lauded the Jewish people for assisting the blacks in the early years of the century and now.

Interior Minister Aryeh Deri vows to fight recognition of such marriages.

Alito also touched on freedom of speech saying, "You can't say that marriage is a union between one man and one woman....Now it's considered bigotry."

Currently, hundreds of couples are not able to get married at all, since going abroad is not an option and the Chief Rabbinate will not perform a ceremony and provide legal recognition.

"I'm about respecting each individual -- live and let live," the MK said.

Authorities have not identified the shooting victim. But the New York Times reported the man gunned down was wearing a hat with the insignia of the right-wing group Patriot Prayer.

Gavison worked tirelessly to bridge the divide between secular and observant Jews and to retain Israel’s character as both a democratic and Jewish state.

A variety of groups and grievances are at play, with restaurant owners, social workers and many others taking a stand.