Bennett Suggests Haredi ‘Yeshiva-IDF Service’ Plan

Posted on: April 2nd, 2013

An annual quota of approximately 7,000 Haredim would be paid while learning in yeshiva for three years before serving in the IDF or doing national service, under a plan by Industry and Trade Minister Naftali Bennett, head of the Jewish Home party. He also proposed that 1,800 of them would be exempt from service and […]

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Kosher for Passover Cigarettes for the Jew Who Has ‘Everything’

Posted on: March 28th, 2013

Pst! Heard the latest “humras” for Passover. A group of Haredi rabbis put their seal of approval for Kosher for Passover cigarettes. Israeli’s chief rabbis respond: Poison is not kosher at any time.

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200 Haredim Drafted on Thursday

Posted on: March 24th, 2013

This latest draft represents a 30% increase in the number of Haredim drafted into the battalion.

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Spider-Man Makes Exodus from Williamsburg for Passover

Posted on: March 21st, 2013

Williamsburg, New York Haredim have finally convinced Columbia Pictures to halt filming of “The Amazing Spider-Man 2″ in order not to cause parking problems during the Passover holiday. “We expressed the importance for Spider-Man to pass-over filming during Passover and they have answered our call,” City Councilman Stephen Levin wrote on his blog. “Reducing the […]

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Neturey Karta Ask Obama for Protection from the Zionists

Posted on: March 20th, 2013

Treating the president as if he was, at least, a Rosh Yeshiva, if not a Rebbe, the good people of Meah Shearim prepared special posters adorned with American flags.

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IDF, Religious Students Oppose Supermodel in Pro-Israel Ads

Posted on: March 19th, 2013

Israeli military officers and religious students are objecting to the selection of supermodel Bar Refaeli as part of an ad campaign to raise Israel’s public image. Brig. Gen. Yoav Mordechai, a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces, wrote the Foreign Ministry a critical letter of its choice of Refaeli, pointing out that she did not […]

Knesset Swears in New Govt with Hugs and a Walkout

Posted on: March 18th, 2013

The 33rd Knesset is off to a flying start. MKs kissed and hugged each other, Haredim walked out, and Arabs called the coalition”racist.” Tomorrow, the Knesset return to more bickering.

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Israel Has New Government

Posted on: March 15th, 2013

Bibi apologized for Sara's slight and the deal is on.

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Female MKs Prayed with Women of the Wall, No Arrests this Time

Posted on: March 12th, 2013

Some 30 percent of the women were Israeli Modern Orthodox.

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Women of the Wall Warn of Clashes with Haredim on Tuesday

Posted on: March 10th, 2013

Things have been rather quiet of late during the prayers.

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Police Car Damaged, Haredim Arrested over Archeological Dig

Posted on: March 10th, 2013

The protesters were claiming that there are Jewish burial caves nearby, which may not be disturbed.

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Jewish Home Rabbi: We Are Not Against Haredim, We Are Against Shas

Posted on: March 8th, 2013

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu blames MK Aryeh Deri for sawing mistrust among the Orthodox parties.

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Naftali Bennett: I’ll Take Care of my Haredi Brothers (Video)

Posted on: March 7th, 2013

"The state of Israel, all of us, are obligated to support the entire nation of Israel."

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Suspect in Williamsburg Lethal Hit and Run to Surrender

Posted on: March 6th, 2013

He said he fled the scene because he was afraid of being killed by his pursuers, and didn’t know the couple had been killed until he saw it in newspapers.

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Rabbi Auerbach: Army Service Means Eradication of Judaism

Posted on: March 3rd, 2013

Refusing service is "a commandment one must obey even at the cost of their own life."

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IFCJ Denying Report on Netanya Charity Rejecting Donation

Posted on: March 1st, 2013

The money was contingent on hanging a sign revealing who were the givers.

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Bibi, Bennett, Yair Talks Breakthrough: Shas Gets Boot

Posted on: February 26th, 2013

Likud and Jewish Home circles say they've reached an understanding Haredi recruitment at age 21, Shas will not get Interior and Housing Portfolios.

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51% Want Lapid, Bennett, Livni, Mofaz in Government, No Haredim

Posted on: February 25th, 2013

44% said they prefer their party to compromise on principles to join Netanyahu's coalition.

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The Mysteriously Missing Religious Alliance

Posted on: February 21st, 2013

Who's to blame for there being no religious bloc in the negotiations with the Likud?

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British Judge Accepts N.Y. Beth Din’s Divorce Ruling

Posted on: February 4th, 2013

A British judge reportedly has accepted a U.S. rabbinical court’s ruling in a dispute between a haredi Orthodox man and his ex-wife.