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orthodox
Burkini ban is great for business, says Israeli-French maker of modest swimsuits
According to the latest tally, at least 30 French municipalities have banned the product that the Paris-born businesswoman Yardena G. sells for a living.
Mayim Bialik: Let Orthodox Jewish women be called ‘rabbi’
Something is going on in the Jewish world that may be the most important thing to happen in a very long time.
Orthodox educator Rabbi Elimelech Meisels sued for sexual assault
Rabbi Elimelech Meisels, who runs four religious seminaries in Israel for young Orthodox women, is being sued for sexual assault and fraud.\n
Women of the Wall Megillah reading undisturbed by Israeli police
A women’s Megillah reading at the Western Wall took place on Shushan Purim without incident or arrests.
Women praying to be heard at the Western Wall
We approached the entrance to the Kotel Plaza a little before 7 a.m. on Rosh Hodesh Tevet. In my bag was my tallit, the beautiful purple-and-blue one that was hand woven as a gift from the students and faculty at USC more than 20 years ago, when I completed my time there as the Hillel rabbi.
Thou shall not have images … on buses … neither men nor women
Fearing costly vandalism aimed at buses carrying advertisements that include images of women; to avoid legal issues of discrimination if only images of men appear; and to side-step head-on collisions with Jerusalem\’s ultra-Orthodox community; Egged, Israel\’s public bus cooperative has ordered the company handling its on-bus advertising to stop running ads with pictures or representations of either men or women. As of August 1, a \”faceless\” policy was put into effect.
New glasses blur women for haredi Orthodox men
Charedi Orthodox men in Israel are buying glasses that will prevent them from seeing the immodest women that threaten their way of life.