Secrecy, Rabbinic Power Moves, and High-Profile Weddings in This Week’s Jewish Media Roundup

What happened

A weekly Haredi gossip roundup reports a guarded crisis over a rebbe’s health and a quieter reshuffle of gabbais at another Hasidic court. It also catalogs dozens of political, rabbinic, and entertainment appearances at weddings, study sessions, and blessings in Israel and abroad. The issue closes by listing the site’s five most-read stories of the week.

• 01A major Hasidic court is hiding details about its rebbe’s health.
• 02A separate court is quietly replacing only its study hall gabbais for now.
• 03Moshe Gafni’s granddaughter’s wedding drew top rabbis, ministers, and MKs.
• 04The roundup tracks political, rabbinic, and entertainment sightings across Israel and abroad.
• 05The week’s most-read story was about the grounded F-35 and billions at risk.

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Kikar HaShabbatRight · HebrewJun 18, 2026

Secrecy, Rabbinic Power Moves, and High-Profile Weddings in This Week’s Jewish Media Roundup

Kikar HaShabbatRight · HebrewJun 18, 2026

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