Posts Tagged: Ultra Orthodox Jews
Netanyahu Warns Against Jews Going to Uman After Israel, Ukraine Reach Agreement on Annual Pilgrimage
i24 News - Ultra-Orthodox Jews making an annual pilgrimage to Ukraine to visit the burial place of the founder of an important Hasidic sect should...
Israel: Ultra-Orthodox Jews to Make Up 16 Percent of Population by 2030
i24News - The Israel Democracy Institute released its annual report on ultra-Orthodox society on Monday, revealing new developments since the pandemic, including in the areas...
Study: Nearly 25% of Israelis Will Be Ultra-Orthodox by 2050
i24 News - A study conducted by Israel’s National Economic Council found that nearly 25% of Israelis will be ultra-Orthodox by 2050. Israel’s total population will...
Israeli Tech Sector Saw 52% Rise in Number of Haredi Jews Employed Since 2014, Report Shows
CTech - The number of ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) Jews working in the Israeli tech sector grew by 52% between 2014 and 2018, according to a new...
Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Jews Take to Internet in Coronavirus Lockdown
Israel's religiously-devout Jews, who traditionally shun the use of internet or smartphones, are increasingly going online to shop, study and video chat as the coronavirus...
Religion and COVID-19
There has been a great deal of negative publicity that religious communities in Israel and the United States were disregarding state and medical laws about...
Purim, and a Shift in the Haredi World
Over the past few weeks, I have noted a major shift in the Jewish world, a shift that relates to the Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) community in...
To Keep Young Jews, We Must Tell Them to Question Their Teachers
For me, it is a great privilege to dedicate my life to Jewish education, and I wouldn't exchange it for anything else. But I have...
Ahead of Yom Kippur, Ultra-Orthodox Jews Cast Out Sins With Chickens and Water
Waving chickens above their heads, ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel performed the ritual of "kaparot" ahead of Yom Kippur, the most sacred day of the Jewish...
A Forgotten Mission: The True Responsibility of Being Jewish
There is a high price to pay for living as a Jew. One must be holy in order to be accepted. One is commanded to...
New Study: Number of Antisemitic Incidents Targeting London Jews Far Higher Than Official Statistics
A new study that exposed high levels of antisemitism faced by London’s ultra-Orthodox community on a daily basis is “just the tip of the iceberg,”...
What Does it Mean to be ‘Religious’?
My pet peeve as a proudly involved and committed Jew has to do with the word "religious." Some synonyms for the word include devout, pious,...
To Settle or Not to Settle? That is the Question
Not long after the recent Gaza war finally subsided, a familiar contentious issue reemerged. Following an investigation lasting several years Israel's Civil Administration declared nearly...
Historian Says Bugs Bunny Might be Jewish
A noted Jewish-British cinematic historian has claimed that the world's most famous rabbit displays prominent Jewish characteristics. According to film scholar David Yehuda Stern, Bugs...
