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By Photo of the Day

A sign in Mea Shearim asking residents of Rehavia (Jerusalem), Tel Aviv and other Red Zones, not enter their neighborhood due to Coronavirus.

Elections / Politics

Rachel Azaria - Jerusalem's First Female Mayoral Candidate

By Jewish Press News Desk

Azaria previously served as Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem in 2013.

Government / IDF & Security / Jerusalem / News Briefs / Police and Crime / Religion / Religious & Secular in Israel / The Courts / The Knesset

Watch: Hundreds Participate in Hareidi ‘Day of Rage’

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The demonstrations were sparked by the arrest of two yeshiva students who refused to appear at the IDF enlistment office.

Haredim & Hassidim / Jerusalem / Media / News Briefs / Police and Crime / Science and Tech

Reports: Haredi Establishment Using MikvahCams to Prevent Scandals

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.

Photo of the Day

Another Protest

By Photo of the Day

Large protests broke out in Mea Shearim and outside Hadassah hospital today against the planned autopsy of a 4-month-old baby, the grandson of the mayor of Beit Shemesh. Police suspect the baby was shaken to death, possibly by the baby's caretaker. Some Ultra-Orthodox believe that autopsies are absolutely forbidden by Jewish law, with no exceptions. […]

Jerusalem / News Briefs

Netanyahu’s Daughter & Grandchildren Move to Staunchly Ultra-Orthodox Mea Shearim

By JNi.Media

Noa Roth is PM Netanyahu's Ultra-Orthodox daughter from his first marriage.

Haredim & Hassidim / IDF & Security / Jerusalem / News Briefs

Shas MK Deri Calls Hareidi Assault on IDF Officer 'Terror'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The officer of a Hareidi IDF unit was in Mea Shearim to visit two of his soldiers whose families have social or financial problems.

Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel

Haredim Allegedly Hurled Rocks at Arabs Violating the Sabbath

By Jewish Press News Desk

Dozens of Jerusalem Haredim allegedly hurled rocks on Friday night, after the Sabbath began, at Arab vehicles on Route 1 that bypasses Mea Shearim, according to the Bethlehem-based Ma'an News Agency. The news agency claimed that the attacks “were racially-motivated assaults targeting Palestinians,” while police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said there had been no reports of […]

Haredim & Hassidim / IDF & Security / Jerusalem / News Briefs / Politics / The Knesset

Outrage over Radical Haredi Mob Attack on Haredi Soldier

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

There are Haredim and there are Haredim. Some fight for IDF. Others fight against the state and, as on Tuesday, attack Haredi soldiers. Police rescued him and patrolled the streets of Mea Shearim.

IDF & Security / Jewish / News Briefs / Police and Crime

Mea Shearim Men Stone Haredi Soldiers

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Residents of the Haredi Mea Shearim neighborhood in Jerusalem hurled dozens of rocks at Haredi soldiers Sunday, according to Jerusalem police. No one was reported injured. Firemen were called to the scene to put out fires that the attackers set in large garbage containers. When the police arrived, the stone attackers fled.

Israel / News Briefs / Religion

Toldot Aharon: No Imposed Gender Segregation in Mea Shearim This Year

By Malkah Fleisher

The Toldot Aharon hasidic group says it will not enforce gender segregation in the streets of the Jerusalem religious neighborhood of Mea Shearim over the Sukkot holiday.

Emes Ve-Emunah

A World Untouched by Civilization

By Harry Maryles

The way of Meah Shearim is the way of the Mafia. Not civilization.

MUSSAR – Avi Ganz

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Freedom Is the Ownership of Time

By Itamar Frankenthal

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