The wording of Dayan Rosenberg's letter is most extraordinary in the Haredi community, where spiritual leaders refrain from publicly addressing sex offenses or similar issues and in rare cases do so only vaguely, using hints and code words.
Only local residents and suppliers will be allowed in and out of the Haredi town of Beitar Ilit in Gush Etzion.
Israel's Ultra-Orthodox are helping those in need during the coronavirus crisis.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Infections in Bnei Brak are increasing eightfold every three days, compared to the twofold national average.
By JNi.Media
The reported cost of each luxury 1,335 sq. ft., 5-room apartment, will be only one million shekel – $276,000.
By JNi.Media
"Imagine taking a chunk of rotting corpse from a stagnant sewer, placing it in a blender and spraying the filthy liquid in your face."
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Azaria, for her part, argued that she had been receiving calls from her Haredi supporters who were "shocked by the act and expressed their disgust."
The new bill pushes off economic sanctions against Haredi yeshivot that fail to meet their quotas.
By JNi.Media
Netanyahu told the three Haredi coalition leaders at the meeting, who insist they oppose the draft law in its present form: "I do not want new elections, but I'm not afraid of elections, and if there are elections, I'll do fine."
By JNi.Media
According to the plan, which is being formulated in collaboration between the IDF HR division and the Golani Brigade, the special Haredi company will be added to the ranks of the brigade come March 2019.
By JNi.Media
One major target for this project are Chabad activities, which include summer camps for children in municipalities that cannot afford one.
By JNi.Media
Eventually, the IPS will purchase and issue suits and hats to prisoners who have received permission to wear them.
By JNi.Media
The Sheva Brachot meal could not be held as planned on Shabbat morning because the existence of a bride and a groom was in doubt.
By JoeSettler
The Peleg Yerushalmi protesters are not Yeshiva students and not Hareidi.
By JNi.Media
"It has gone through chuppas, bris millahs, public conferences and various other events, during which people who needed medicine, spouses, blessings and salvation sat on it."
By JNi.Media
Police suspect that a tender was published a year ago by the local municipality, and the investigation has so far shown that a council member skewed the terms of the tender to favor one particular company.
Several dozen residents of the Gush Etzion settlements block on Thursday gathered at the entrance to the town of Beitar Illit to call on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to intervene against a High Court of Justice decree to demolish Netiv Ha’Avot, a small neighborhood of 17 homes adjacent to the town of Elazar. Netanyahu was […]
By JNi.Media
According to Diardio de Chiapas, Helbrans' group of about 40 ultra-Orthodox Jewish families entered Chiapas three weeks ago legally from Guatemala, after having been expelled.
Contemplating morality in today's world.
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Deri was furious at Netanyahu's request, and told the PM, while walking out of the room: "I know what you're doing to me and I will not let you do it."
By JNi.Media
The deadline for government's response to the high court's order is next Sunday.
A solution for teens with learning difficulties and emotional challenges in the Charedi community in Israel.
By JNi.Media
'The absence of children – particularly children being raised in the Jewish religion – represents yet one more missing incentive to Jewish communal engagement.'
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Meanwhile, the proportion of students attending ultra-Orthodox schools has increased by about 300% since 1992.
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Last year, the ceremony was interrupted by Haredi extremists who attempted to prevent it from taking place and succeeded in chasing away many participants.
Police sprayed blue water/paint on ultra-Orthodox protesters.
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'This is a warning sign and all of the involved entities should take action – here and now, before a disaster will occur and it will cost us in blood.'
By JNi.Media
As soon as they became public, those railroad projects turned into a ticking bomb.
By JNi.Media
Bennett pledged that his ministry would combat ethnic discrimination in the enrollment process of all educational institutions, particularly the ultra-Orthodox.
By Michael Bachner/TPS Jerusalem (TPS) – Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) has published data on marriage in Israel ahead of Tu B’av, the Jewish day of love, which is frequently celebrated in modern times in a similar fashion to Valentine’s Day. The CBS data shows a significant difference between Israel in 2014 compared to […]
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It should be noted that those Haredi schools that rejected the government-imposed of a Core Curriculum did so not necessarily because they object to teaching their students many of the subjects on the list.
The young men "shared" their lives on Facebook, proving they were not living Chareidi lives, as they had claimed to the IDF.
By JNi.Media
Access to the video records is restricted to certified rabbis, who may only watch the material in groups of three, and must verify their identities using their fingerprints.
By JNi.Media
Last week, a Knesset committee debated a bill proposed by two ultra-Orthodox coalition partners determining that use of public mikvahs will be conducted strictly according to halakha.
By JNi.Media
The Haredi rabbis referred to "stupid" statements by senior officials in government and the military which, they said, dishonor the nation of Israel and the IDF soldiers.
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The parents of said schoolgirls said the gift is offensive to the girls as well as to their families.
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The activists turned over crates full of chickens, sprayed the birds with water, and even stole some of them.
Hareidim claimed victory by blocking the appointment of three "liberal religious Zionists" to the country's 12 regional rabbinical courts. There now are 22 judges, 7 more than in previous years, but only eight of them are from the national religious community. The other 14 are divided equally between the Ashkenazi and Sephardi Haredim Absent from […]
By JNi.Media
Deputy Minister Litzman is considered by most of his colleagues on both sides of the aisle to be one of the most competent elected officials today.
By Moshe Herman
Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Yishai to talk about the weekly Torah portion. They talk about the significance of the Jewish people having at least three names. They also wonder why so many Jews forget the astounding investment our people have made to keep our nation Jewish.
By Moshe Herman
Hasidic blues musician Lazer Lloyd shares his spiritual journey and meditative music with Yishai. Lloyd tells of playing for the most varied of audiences and feeling the connection we all share, before explaining what he sees as the united trifecta of blues music, hasidism and Israel. He plays three original songs in-studio: “Back Porch,” “Rocking in the Holy Land” and “My Own Blues.”
By Moshe Herman
Rabbi Mottle Wolfe joins Yishai to discuss the contours of the religious-secular divide in the Jewish state. The two show hosts talk about the phenomenon of the very secular Tel Aviv being a mere five kilometers away from the ultra-Orthodox Bnei Brak. The former celebrates Israel Independence Day, but doesn’t fast on the day that marks the loss of Jewish sovereignty 2,000 years ago. The latter observes the religious fast, but does not take part in the modern celebrations of statehood. They envision a way to move the process of building the third Jewish commonwealth forward.
By Moshe Herman
Conservative minister of the Canadian Parliament Peter Kent tells Yishai why his country will not agree to lift Iranian sanctions. Kent, chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defense, explains that, unlike the United States, Canada demands to see true reform within the Islamic Republic before making concessions. This unwavering position places Canada as a leader against turning a blind eye to terrorism.
Shlomo Boim, who founded Field One, also developed a filter for Hareidi Internet users.
By Moshe Herman
JPost op-ed editor Seth Frantzman talks to Yishai about the prosecution of an IDF officer who ordered the shelling of a terror position. They wonder whether Israel is doing this in order to show the world that “we prosecute our own,” so it won’t have to, and discuss the phenomenon of Israeli self-blame.
He refuses to consider Reform Jews as "Jews" but "welcomes them with love and joy" to be just like him.
The Officer-Rabbi was making a Shiva call when the extremists confronted him.
Is Aliyah to Israel going through the minds of Jews going to synagogues where private guards are needed?
The Brooklyn neighborhood of Borough Park holds the record for the highest birth rate in New York City in 2013.
By JoeSettler
They called it "religious coercion" but it was really "secular coercion" and secular intolerance.