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haredi
Ultra-Orthodox Jews Are Not The Enemy
While there is room for criticism of how Haredi leaders have handled the coronavirus epidemic, the discourse reeks of prejudice and distrust.
Hundreds turn out for Israel funeral of ex-Hasid who apparently killed herself
Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of a formerly haredi Orthodox Israeli woman who was found dead in what is believed to be a suicide.
The Charedi draft: Here we go again
Here we go again, like a broken record, and the sound is dissonant, disappointing, and disgraceful.
Now is the time to support Ultra-Orthodox core-curriculum yeshiva education
Israel’s new political reality won’t help the next generation of Haredi young people—in fact, on the contrary, it will perpetuate a broken system.
How Israel’s cities voted: Likud in Jerusalem, Zionist Union in Tel Aviv
The Likud and haredi Orthodox parties dominated in Jerusalem, while the Zionist Union took the most votes in Tel Aviv in Israel’s national elections.\n
Everything you thought you knew about religious Zionists is wrong
For years, Israelis have had a particular idea of what being a “religious Zionist” meant: being modern Orthodox but not haredi; supporting the settlements and opposing territorial compromise; supporting the Chief Rabbinate’s control of Jewish marriage and opposing gay rights.
Soul food: Aspiring haredi cooks train for restaurant jobs
Five haredi Orthodox men are standing around a large wooden table crowded with bowls of chopped tomato, garlic, carrots and greens, their ritual fringes poking out from under their aprons. Each is wielding a large chef’s knife.