Jewish Community on Edge After Jersey City Supermarket Attack
Debra Nussbaum Cohen
December 11, 2019
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charedi
Jerusalem Pride stabber beaten in prison over murder of teen girl
Jewish Journal
August 18, 2016
The man who is serving a life sentence for killing a 16-year-old girl at least year’s Jerusalem gay pride parade was beaten up by fellow inmates during an argument over the murder.
Charedi lawmaker in Israel compares Reform movement to mentally ill person
Jewish Journal
February 24, 2016
A Charedi Orthodox lawmaker in Israel reportedly compared the Reform movement to a mentally ill person.
New Pew report highlights Modern Orthodox Jewry straddling two worlds
Jared Sichel
August 26, 2015
Just as Charedi Jews in the United States are likely to enroll their kids in a yeshiva, attend synagogue every week and vote Republican, so too are Modern Orthodox Jews.
Assailant in Jerusalem LGBT parade stabbing deemed fit for trial
Jewish Journal
July 31, 2015
The Charedi Orthodox man charged with stabbing six participants in the Jerusalem Pride Parade has been deemed psychologically fit to stand trial.
Charedim demonstrate over arrest of draft-dodging Yeshiva student
Jewish Journal
April 18, 2014
About 500 Charedi Orthodox men demonstrated in Jerusalem against the arrest of a yeshiva student who ignored a call-up notice for army service.
Purim story: No Yeshiva Deferments
Jewish Journal
March 19, 2014
The funhouse sideshow of Charedi life in Israel and in the New York area bursts forth every Purim, as the ultra-Orthodox transform themselves into fez-wearing Turks, medieval noblemen and so on.
The challenge of defining Charedim
Jewish Journal
December 5, 2013
The Iranian nuclear issue and Palestinian peace talks may be dominating the news about Israel nowadays, but if discussions within the Jewish state focused on any social challenge this year, it was the question of how to integrate the Charedi Orthodox population into Israel’s workforce and military.
Western Wall rabbi to Charedi girls: Avoid plaza for Women of the Wall service
Jewish Journal
October 3, 2013
The Western Wall rabbi requested that Charedi Orthodox girls not fill the plaza for the next Women of the Wall service.
Charedi soldier attacked by haredim in Mea Shearim
Jewish Journal
July 9, 2013
A Charedi Orthodox soldier was attacked by dozens of haredi rioters in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Mea Shearim.
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