Posted on: January 13th, 2014

Israeli politicians make total fools of themselves occasionally.

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Posted on: January 12th, 2014

New York Rep. Eliot L. Engel sent a letter to Benjamin Netanyahu to express his concern over the Israeli Chief Rabbinate’s decision to reject Jewish status letters written by Rabbi Avi Weiss. Engel, the senior Democratic member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, wrote in the letter to Israel’s prime minister dated Jan. 10 that: […]

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Posted on: January 9th, 2014

"He was definitely casing the guy," police source said.

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Posted on: January 8th, 2014

The Haredi husband faces trial before an Israeli rabbinical court and, ultimately, Israel’s criminal justice system.

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Posted on: January 7th, 2014

Stark was remembered by friends and relatives as a “go-to guy.”

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Posted on: January 5th, 2014

Originally, New profile was founded to help Arab youths avoid the draft.

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Posted on: January 5th, 2014

Rabbi Avi Weiss is learning the hard way about playing nice with others.

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Posted on: January 4th, 2014

“He owed a lot of people money.”

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Posted on: January 2nd, 2014

The IDF is not waiting for 2017

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Posted on: January 1st, 2014

Chabad emissaries would share the same status as those who do national service.

Posted on: December 31st, 2013

Queen Elizabeth will grant Israeli Haredi Rabbi Yitzchak Shapira one of the Commonwealth’s highest civilian honors with an appointment as Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, the British Embassy announced Tuesday. Rabbi Shapira is the son of former Haredi Knesset Member Rabbi Avraham Yosef Shapira. The Embassy said he will be […]

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Posted on: December 30th, 2013

"I won't agree to officiate at a wedding if the Chupa is photographed," went the Rebbe's edict.

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Posted on: December 29th, 2013

The holy conference is not yet a done deal.

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Posted on: December 26th, 2013

Haredi political leaders across the board called a court ruling for new elections in Beit Shemesh” corrupt,” “racist” and a sign of “dictatorship,” among other less than complimentary adjectives. The court accepted a petition by Attorney General Yehudah Weinstein that documented corruption in the voting October 22 as ground for voiding the election results, which […]

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Posted on: December 26th, 2013

Court says the democratic process had been undermined.

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Posted on: December 23rd, 2013

The rabbinical leader of the Vishnitz Chas – the new Knesset law that Haredim must serve in the army just like every Jew in the country. The two rabbis spoke for approximately 15 minutes, a relatively long time, and spoke “words of Torah and subjects that are on the agenda,” the Haredi website Kikar HaShabbat […]

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Posted on: December 17th, 2013

The Lithuanian Council of Torah Sages and the Hasidic Council of Torah Sages organized two protests in Bnei Brak and Jerusalem Monday against a Knesset committee in the process of adding details to the new draft law requiring almost all Israeli Jewish youth to report for military duty. “They are trying to bring us closer […]

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Posted on: December 17th, 2013

The Haredi Gat Brothers, Aryeh and Gil, have become the first act named to the semi-finals of the popular new Israeli talent show “Rising Star.” The show, which allows Israeli viewers to vote in real time for their favorite performers using an app on their mobile phones, is designed to uncover the next hot Israeli […]

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Posted on: December 17th, 2013

A Tel Aviv court Tuesday has rejected arguments from embattled billionaire Nochi Dankner and has given its stamp of approval to allow a consortium, led by a South American Haredi businessman, to take control of the mammoth IDF holding company. Dankner’s lawyers said they are considering whether to appeal the decision that accepted a creditors’ […]

Posted on: December 17th, 2013

The Canadian Lev Tahor cult of about 200 is headed by convicted felon Shlomo Helbrans, an Israeli returnee who left Israel with his followers in 1990.

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