Posts Tagged: Haredim
Supermodel’s Imminent Wedding Sparks Battle Between Ultra-Orthodox Columnists Over Officiating Rabbi
The upcoming wedding of Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli to Israeli businessman Adi Ezra has stirred up anger in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community at the rabbi...
Israeli Military Police Video Shows Close-Up of Violence on Temple Mount
A new video was released by Israel's Yasam Military Police Unit showing a snippet of the violence that occurs every Friday on the Temple Mount,...
Great-Grandson of Fiercely Anti-Zionist Rabbi Joins IDF (VIDEO)
Haim Maizlish, the American-born great-grandson of a major rabbi of the New York-based Satmar rabbinic dynasty - known for it's staunch opposition to both Zionism,...
Charedim Protest Arrest of Student Who Ignored IDF Call Up
Ynet - Some 400 haredim are protesting against the arrest of a yeshiva student who ignored his army call-up notice in Jerusalem's Kikar Hashabat. The protesters are...
Israeli Cabinet Approves Haredi Draft Bill
The Israeli Cabinet Sunday passed the haredi draft bill that will make it mandatory for all 21-year-old haredim to be drafted to the IDF, ...
Satmars Remove Embarrassing Anti-Army Poster After it Appears to Promote IDF Enlistment (PHOTO)
The Satmar Chasidic movement held a massive rally this weekend in Manhattan to protest the Israeli government's efforts to draft yeshiva students into the military....
Bennett Presents Plan for ‘Sharing the Burden’
Ynet - Two weeks after the new government was sworn in, Chairman of the Habayit Hayehudi party Naftali Bennett on Tuesday presented his plan for...
Why I Didn’t Attend The “Suckers” Demonstration
Why I didn't attend last week's "Draft the Haredim" mass protest demonstration is simple: I have nothing against Haredim and I have everything for service...
Pondering the Limits of Conversation
The Jewish Agency's third Global Jewish Forum is just a stone's throw away on the calendar. I use that expression intentionally. Occurring three times each...
Orthodox Jews in the IDF are a Blessing for Israel
The other day I received an email from a friend in Canada to which he attached an article written last week by a Nathan Hersh...
Social Protest: Reality and Delusion
We should be celebrating the apparent success of a protest movement initiated by Israelis outraged by an increasingly hedonistic society that displays scant...
