Lubavitch Rabbi Escapes Unscathed from Totaled Car in Icy Birobidzhan

Posted on: December 4th, 2012

Rescue teams released him completely free from injury.

Vizhnitzers Shocked as Sudanese Workers ‘Violated’ Rebbes’ Chambers

Posted on: December 3rd, 2012

No one seemed to be in charge of the movements of the Sudanese workers.

Rebbetzin Devorah, Wife of Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Aide Rabbi Yehuda, Laid to Rest

Posted on: November 26th, 2012

Rebbetzin Devorah Krinsky, wife of chief aide to the late Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, passed away on Friday night at the age of 74.

IDF to Recruit 8,000 Haredim Each Summer

Posted on: November 13th, 2012

The plan is to stagger their recruitment, to allow IDF manpower officials to study the process.

Gangster to Be Charged in Haredi Abduction, Rabbi under House Arrest

Posted on: November 13th, 2012

Israel's police will charge renowned gangster Charlie Abutbul with kidnapping a Jerusalem Haredi yeshiva student. Rabbi Meir Fadida, who is suspected of involvement in the abduction of the yeshiva student, has been released from police custody and is under house

Neturei Karta Observe Arafat’s Yahrtzeit in Ramallah

Posted on: November 12th, 2012

Last Sunday, representatives of Neturei Karta participated in the annual memorial service in Ramallah marking the day of the passing of PLO Chairman Yassir Arafat.

Rabbi Arrested on Suspicion of Hiring Gangster to Kidnap, Blackmail, Yeshiva Student

Posted on: November 1st, 2012

Police suspect a Jerusalem rabbi of hiring Abutbul’s services to blackmail a Haredi man from Jerusalem whom the rabbi accused of stealing money from his home.

Chabad Women Rocking in ‘Bulletproof Stockings’ (Video)

Posted on: October 28th, 2012

Rocking custom sheitels and opaque tights, and walking the sidewalks of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Dalia Shusterman and Perl Wolfe have the Hasidic world talking – and singing along to the tunes of their Hasidic alternative rock girl band, Bulletproof Stockings.

‘Caught’ Using an iPhone, Rabbi Amnon Yitzchak Scorns his Detractors, While Urging Visitors to Carry a ‘Rabbi in Every Pocket’

Posted on: October 15th, 2012

While senior Haredi rabbis are intensifying their battle against smartphones, and have begun as of late to levy personal sanctions against people using these devices, ostensibly to isolate them so they cannot inflict their cultural/spiritual damage on society – one notable and extremely influential Haredi star, Rabbi Amnon Yitzchak, continues to use this dangerous device unheeded.

Wife of ‘Businessmen’s Rabbi’ Attempted Suicide following Bribery Charges

Posted on: October 14th, 2012

Deborah Pinto, wife of Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto, who is suspected, along with her husband, of trying to bribe a senior police officer, attempted suicide on Sunday by taking pills. Mrs. Pinto, who was picked up for questioning last Thursday, together with her husband, and was released with him under restrictive conditions, is in satisfactory condition at the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer.

Rabbi Kanievsky: Burn Your iPhones

Posted on: September 24th, 2012

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, who of Israel’s pre-eminent haredi rabbis, issued a public notice on Sunday urging owners of iPhones to burn their devices, comparing the popular cell phones to weapons of war.

Family of the Little Girl Spat on in Beit Shemesh Planning to Leave

Posted on: September 14th, 2012

Hadassa Margolis is considering moving out of Beit Shemesh.

Study: Highest Suicide Rates Among Religious Homosexuals

Posted on: September 5th, 2012

3.5% of the young people interviewed attempted suicide.

Anti-Semitic Attack in Monticello, NY, Bakery

Posted on: September 5th, 2012

Customers at a Hasidic bakery were accosted by two men who yelled ethnic slurs at the them and attempted to run them over with their car.

Uniformed Haredi Soldier Kicked Out of his Shul

Posted on: August 27th, 2012

He was told that since he was wearing the uniform of the “Army of the Zionist State,” he was not permitted to enter the shul.

Facebook Pictures Provide New ‘Ammunition’ for the Committee to Preserve Purity

Posted on: August 23rd, 2012

Here’s the new method for combating modesty problems: on posters that were displayed publicly on Wednesday in Beitar Illit, Israel, signed by the Committee for the Purity of our Camp, a woman’s picture appeared including her full name and the ‘fact’ that she had gotten married not in accordance with halacha (Jewish law).

Evolution Vs. Revolution in Struggle over Haredi Draft

Posted on: July 19th, 2012

A spokesperson for Yisrael Beytenu said, “We’ve had 64 years to evolve,” he said. “Demographically, it will be impossible to pass this bill 20 years from now.”