Israel detained an Orthodox man on Wednesday on suspicion of calling a woman soldier a \”whore\” on a public bus for refusing his appeals that she move to the back of the vehicle, a police spokesman said.
Thousands are expected to participate in a rally in the Jerusalem suburb of Beit Shemesh against women\’s exclusion and violence against females by haredi Orthodox men.
Thousands of Israeli university students gathered in Jerusalem to protest a bill that would provide stipends to yeshiva students.
Funnye, 56, has dedicated his life to chiseling away at the conventional, but increasingly inaccurate, conception of who is a Jew.
When Lorin Fife converted to Judaism some 30 years ago, his experience with the Orthodox rabbis who presided over his year of study and conversion ceremony was one of warmth and acceptance.
It sounds like the beginning of a joke: A rabbi, a Russian oligarch and a high-tech millionaire are running for mayor of Jerusalem. Except there\’s no punch line, just each of them offering up himself as salvation for the hallowed capital\’s many troubles.
There are some things in life it\’s difficult to own up to. When I was a child, I insisted that my hair was brown, though it was obvious to everyone with or without bifocals that my hair was clearly, undeniably, red.
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