Tagged Haredim

Belz

Massive Hasidic sect to include secular curriculum in revolutionary shift

offensive picture Ramat Gan Museum of Art.v1

Israeli mayor removes ‘shameful’ anti-Haredi exhibit from city art museum

cholent meal

Nutritionists take aim at ultra-Orthodox diet, point to spiritual benefits of healthy food

Jerusalem Day Western Wall

‘Western Wall won’t be split by religious denominations,’ says senior minister

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky

‘Evil gov’t hurting observant Jews’ – Prominent rabbis blast Bennett’s budget

Ultra Orthodox Jews

Son of prominent ultra-Orthodox lawmaker recently arrested for murder

Nissim Sheetrit

Elderly Hasidic cult members arrested for 30-year-old murders

Bennett Haredim

‘You’re a clown’: Bennett slammed by Orthodox lawmaker for controversial statement

PRIME MINISTER NAFTALI BENNETT

Bennett: The ultra-Orthodox have too much political power

Israeli Classroom

Top rabbi: Unvaccinated teachers not welcome in ultra-Orthodox schools

Bnai Brak

Cabinet approves lower age of military service for Haredim

Covid testing

COVID in Israel: PM kicks up vaccination campaign as cases spike

haredi family

WATCH: Ultra-Orthodox up in arms as childcare benefits threatened by Liberman

Haredi children

Liberman slashes childcare subsidies for yeshiva students, slammed for ‘hatred’ of ultra-Orthodox

Bennett rabbi Kanievsky

Ultra-orthodox leaders call Bennett ‘evil’, new gov’t will ‘destroy Israel’s Jewish identity’

synagogue bleacher

Disaster as bleacher collapses in Jerusalem synagogue, killing 2

Meron disaster

At least 9 Meron victims were citizens of US, UK or Canada

Outed missionary family

‘Rabbi’ in Jerusalem outed as Christian missionary; neighbors shocked, devastated at deception

Haredi Jews Germany

Orthodox Jews detained in ‘prison-like conditions’ in German airport for no reason, says advocacy group

Religious Jewish man with kippah

NY Times depicts Israeli Orthodox as disease vectors spreading virus via skullcaps

Haredi Jew Nurses

‘Shockingly anti-Semitic’ scene from NBC drama lands network in hot water

Purim

Israel imposes Purim curfew, but ‘forgets’ this about Jerusalem

ultra-orthodox protest Jerusalem

Frightening: Israeli fury at ultra-Orthodox ‘bordering on anti-Semitism’

haredi computer training

Israeli pilot programs integrate ultra-Orthodox into premium high-tech jobs

coronavirus

Orthodox synagogue says young member ‘murdered’ by shocking fake news about vaccine

Rabbi Scheiner funeral

Despite Corona restrictions, thousands attend funerals of two eminent rabbis

Haredi Funeral

WATCH: Ultra-Orthodox mass funeral in Jerusalem defies authorities

Haredi wedding

Ultra-Orthodox appear oblivious to growing public anger in Israel as large hasidic wedding held

Virus Outbreak Israel

WATCH: Growing Israeli resentment toward ultra-Orthodox reflected in polls

Police Haredi clash

Israeli police clash with ultra-Orthodox who refuse to close schools

wedding hasidic

Netanyahu backs police in breakup of large haredi wedding, says corona scofflaws commit ‘bloodshed’

ULTRA ORTHODOX JEWISH

Yeshiva students v. Israeli police in coronavirus clashes over seminary closures

Hasidic wedding

Israeli Ultra-Orthodox parents arrested for trying to marry off 14-year-old daughter

Haredi Hackathon

Haredi hackathon targets solutions to coronavirus crisis

Haredi Jewish men scuffle with Israeli police as they protest against the new expanded lines of the Jerusalem Light Rail, in Bar Ilan, Jerusalem, December 7, 2020. (Flash90/Yonatan Sindel)

25 arrested, 6 police wounded at haredi protest in Jerusalem

Haredi men burn non-kosher wigs in the city of Beit Shemesh, on January 30, 2019. (Flash90/ Yaakov Lederman)

Israel’s Sephardic Chief Rabbi: Wig-wearing is ‘idolatrous’

wedding canopy

Police bust secret ultra-Orthodox Jewish wedding in Arab town

Israel ‘cautiously’ rolls back lockdown; some schools reopen amid dip in morbidity rate

Haredim coronavirus

Israel’s ultra-Orthodox leaders have change of heart over targeted lockdowns

CORONAVIRUS

Israeli government extends lockdown 1 week amid signs it’s working

Israeli police officers

Haredim clash with police as authorities close synagogues to stop pandemic

Admor of Vizhnitz

Hasidic rabbi calls for ‘war of attrition’ against virus restrictions

yom kippur prayer

Day of Judgment: Israel hits record high in number of serious cases

Orthodox protest

Ultra-orthodox frustration spills over into violence against police

Haredi protest

WATCH: Haredi Jews in Jerusalem clash with police

Coronavirus

WATCH: Daily Israel News Recap – July 13, 2020

haredi protest romema

Haredi leaders slam police violence against protesters

ULTRA ORTHODOX JEWISH

Violence erupts at corona protests as 2nd wave continues to gain steam

Police write ticket

Walking without mask: Jerusalem police issue ticket to terrified 13-year-old girl

Falun Dafa

Chinese cult invading Israeli ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods

ultra-orthodox men pray

Opinion: Owing the ultra-Orthodox an apology

Omer Yankelevich

Gantz appoints Israel’s first female ultra-Orthodox cabinet minister

Haredi Jews

Israeli police, haredim clash at resting place of revered rabbi

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Israel’s first home-grown ultra-Orthodox doctor in midst of coronavirus fight

An Israeli border Policewoman

Netanyahu mulls tightening movement thoughout Israel

View of the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish city

Bnei Brak’s haredi community gets message – city streets almost empty

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men

‘Bnei Brak like Italy’: Israel’s Health Minister calls for full quarantine

Chevra Kadisha workers

WATCH: Daily Israel News Recap – March 30, 2020

police coronavirus haredi neighborhood

Israeli police take heat for not applying curfew rules equally between secular and religious

Ultra Orthodox Jews

WATCH: Ultra-Orthodox hit hardest, many ‘don’t believe coronavirus is a major concern’