Simcha Rothman

WATCH: Eretz Nehederet portrays Quentin Tarantino heading for shelter, other tales of resilience

Tarantino, the Oscar-winning Pulp Fiction director living in Israel with his wife Daniella Pick and their children, was portrayed in the opening skit showing how people head to shelters.

Quentin Tarantino delivers a speech to open the festival during the opening ceremony and the screening the film "Partir un jour" (Leave One Day) Out of competition at the 78th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 13, 2025.
 MK Simcha Rothman at a special committee meeting on the "Deri Law", at the Knesset, the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 15, 2022.

Israel creating chance to topple Iranian regime, war could reshape Western world - interview

An Israeli couple walks towards the Arrivals gate in the Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel on April 30, 2016

Knesset approves bill preventing double taxation for US olim, exempting National Insurance payments

Justice Minister Yariv Levin (R) speaks with MK Simcha Rothman (L) at the Knesset, November 26, 2025; illustrative.

Knesset approves first reading of bill to make Police Investigation Department independent


Rothman: Anti-judicial reform protests are like settler riots against Palestinians

Settlers attacked at least three Palestinian villages after Hamas terrorists murdered four Israelis near Eli.

 MK Simcha Rothman is seen gesturing amid a chaotic session of the Knesset Law and Constitution Committee in Jerusalem during a debate on judicial reform, on February 13, 2023.

Why was judicial reform reasonableness bill submitted with another on Knesset table?

Under the new bill, the courts would not be able to use the reasonableness standard on decisions by the prime minister, ministers, and elected officials.  

 Israeli MKs Simcha Rothman (L) and Zvika Fogel are seen sitting at a special joint session of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee and National Security Committee in Jerusalem, on May 16, 2023.

Breaking the taboo on sexual abuse in all communities - opinion

Shame is a weapon used by abusers and predators across the social and religious spectrum, and we have got to take it away from them.

 YAEL SHERER, a survivor of domestic sexual abuse and founder of the Lobby for the Fight Against Sexual Violence, was one of the torchlighters at the Independence Day ceremony on Mount Herzl last year.

The speech Simcha Rothman should give, but won’t - opinion

MK Rothman should apologize for his role to feed the ugliness and focus on rebuilding the tissue of mutual trust every healthy democracy needs.

 MK SIMCHA Rothman chairs a meeting of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, on Monday.

NYC protester files police report against Simcha Rothman for grabbing megaphone

Rothman, a member of the far-right Religious Zionist Party, is a leading target of the protests.

The man transforming the judicial system: Constitution, Law and Justice Committee chairman Simcha Rothman

New York protests were an 'attack,' Simcha Rothman and wife say

Protest leader responded saying "No police officer will stop us from exercising our basic freedom of expression."

 SIMCHA ROTHMAN, chairman of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, was said to have ‘ruffled a few feathers’ when he addressed the Jewish Federations of North America last week.

Simcha Rothman claims NYC protesters were 'violent'

"A small group of violent protesters attacked me and my wife as we waked late at night in New York," Rothman wrote on Sunday.

 Protesters demonstrate against the Israeli government's policies and judicial overhaul as Simcha Rothman arrives in New York ahead of the Celebrate Israel Parade, June 2, 2023.

Simcha Rothman to protesters: You lack intellect so resort to bullying

Israeli MK Simcha Rothman addressed the crowds of protesters both inside and outside of his appearance at Tel Aviv University on Sunday morning.

 Hundreds demonstrate against Constitution, Law and Justice Committee chair Simcha Rothman as he attends an event at Tel Aviv University, May 28, 2023.

Rothman blasts Shabtai for blaming journalists for disabling police hacking

In hearings on the NSO scandal report held in the Law Committee, politicians said that between 1080-1800 phones were hacked, and the software enabled access to information beyond simple wiretapping.

Israel Police Chief Kobi Shabtai and head of Jerusalem police district Doron Turgeman meet with press near the Damascus gate, following the recent days of clashes between jewish right-wing extremists and Palestinians, April 24, 2021

Israel's judicial reform talks are 'nearing an explosion,' Simcha Rothman says

No one is wasting time in the reform negotiations, Herzog says • Rothman claims some involved in the negotiations "have an interest in dragging them on"

 MK Simcha Rothman is seen in the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 1, 2023.