Posts Tagged: Haredi Jews
Hundreds of Haredi Jews Protest Against Military Draft in Jerusalem
JNS.org - About 1,500 haredi Jews protested in Jerusalem on Monday, amid the community’s ongoing opposition of Israel’s mandatory military conscription law. The large crowds of protesters blocked...
Israeli Defense Minister Supports High Court Ruling Nixing Haredi Draft Exemption
JNS.org - A day after Israel’s High Court of Justice canceled the country’s law that exempts Haredi Jews from compulsory IDF service while studying in yeshiva,...
Report: Nearly Half of Israel’s Population to Be Arabs and Haredi Jews by 2059
JNS.org - A new report by the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) predicts nearly half of Israel’s population will be comprised of Arabs and Haredi Jews by...
Petty Orthodoxy
Thetorah.com is a website that analyzes the weekly reading of the Torah for people who do not take every word in the Torah literally. In addition to valuing...
TSA Honors Rabbi for Improving Airport Screening for Observant Jews
JNS.org - The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) honored Rabbi Abba Cohen, Agudath Israel of America’s Washington director, for improving airport screening for haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jews. The...
How Anti-Semitism Hides Among the Intellectual Elite – Ed Husain’s Offensive Tweet
Over the weekend, a number of newspapers breathlessly published a story about an El Al flight that was delayed due to the apparent inconsiderateness of some...
BBC Journalists Backpedal After Downplaying Jerusalem Attack on Orthodox Jewish Men
A pair of BBC journalists who downplayed an assault on two Haredi Jews Sunday quickly reneged on their initial comments after viewing footage of the...
