Perry Committee Haredi Recruitment Plan: Sanctions on Draft Dodgers

Posted on: May 23rd, 2013

The recommendations determine new rules for sharing the security burden equally.

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Haredi Tycoons Raising $100 Million to Replace Lapid’s Budget Cuts

Posted on: May 21st, 2013

Lapid is beginning to smell like a rose thanks to Haredi tycoons. He is taking yeshivas off the government dole and balancing the budget. How will yeshivas survive? The tycoons have an answer - money.

Vicious Graffiti Sprayed on Home of Women of the Wall Official

Posted on: May 20th, 2013

Vandals spray painted the Jerusalem home of a long-time board member of the Women of the Wall (WOW) with vicious graffiti, the first time opponents to WOW have resorted to vengeance. Some of the graffiti sprayed on the door and stairwell of Peggy Cidor’s apartment read in Hebrew: “Women of the Wall are wicked,” “Peggy, [...]

Israeli Company Sued over Cruelty to Kosher Slaughtered Animals

Posted on: May 20th, 2013

A group of consumers headed by a Haredi woman is looking to sue Tnuva for consumer anguish.

35 Thousand Haredim Protest Draft, 10 Cops Injured

Posted on: May 17th, 2013

The demonstrators rallied "against the evil decree of conscription."

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Haredi Men Throw Garbage on WOW, Orthodox Women Keep the Peace

Posted on: May 10th, 2013

UTJ and WOW argue over the halacha of women's prayer on the radio -- can Mashiach be too far?

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Livni Pushes for Law Banning Segregation of Women

Posted on: May 10th, 2013

Israel’s Justice Minister Tzipi Livni ordered her ministry on Thursday to draft legislation that would make the gender-based segregation of women illegal. “Discrimination against women in public places, in public services, cannot be allowed,” she said in a radio interview. She wrote on her Facebook page, “Removal of women from the public sphere is damaging [...]

Everything You Need to Know about the World’s Holiest City

Posted on: May 7th, 2013

What's the secret of this city that's growing faster than most, while few of its residents are happy with the amenities?

Haredi Paper Equates Lapid and Hitler Speeches

Posted on: May 6th, 2013

Hitler wanted to exterminate Jews. Lapid only wants to exterminate the Haredi habit of not to work or serve in the IDF. That is enough for a Haredi columnist to compare Lapid’s and Hitler’s speeches.

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Jerusalem Residents Protest Plan to Close Cineplex on Shabbat

Posted on: May 5th, 2013

Approximately Jerusalem residents, including Meretz party supporters, protested on front of City Hall Saturday night against a plan to close a new movie theater complex on Shabbat and Jewish holidays. The complex, which includes restaurants and a 15-screen movie theater, is set to open this summer. It will close on weekends in keeping with an [...]

Moving Left, Rav Ovadia Recrowns Deri as Shas Boss

Posted on: May 5th, 2013

The countdown to a Shas+UTJ replacement of Bennett in the government may have begun.

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Slain Jew Commemorated by New Outpost and Evil Facebook Posting

Posted on: May 2nd, 2013

“The Zionist response is to deepen Jewish roots in the land."

Haredi Deans Refuse Meeting with Knesset Committee over IDF Recruiting

Posted on: May 2nd, 2013

Meanwhile, a mini coalition crisis has been pitting Yesh Atid members of the Perry Committee against Likud representatives.

Women of the Wall Relish Victory, Won’t Support Temple Mount Prayer

Posted on: April 30th, 2013

"Our struggle is only about the Kotel."

Bill Advances to Guarantee Women on Panel to Nominate Rabbis

Posted on: April 28th, 2013

The absence of Haredi parties in the government is already being, and women probably will be among those nominating Israel’s next rabbinic judges and chief rabbis.

Fraud Charges Pending against Conversion Reversing Rabbi

Posted on: April 26th, 2013

Rabbi Avraham Sherman could be charged with fraud, breach of trust, obstruction of justice, and abuse of office.

Women of the Wall Win in District Court

Posted on: April 25th, 2013

Police appeal rejected, women’s prayer does not disturb public order, does not violate the law.

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Deputy Minister Calls Haredim ‘Parasites’ on Radio

Posted on: April 24th, 2013

If Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid has any hopes of gaining one or even two Haredim as his fans, his deputy Finance Minister blew it “on air” when he called Haredim “parasites” on a Haredi radio program.

Police Appeal WOW Decision, Calling Women’s Prayer a Disturbance

Posted on: April 23rd, 2013

Judge Larry-Bavly's decision was in open defiance of the high court's ruling.

Lapid Clashing Openly with Haredi MKs as Country Cheers

Posted on: April 23rd, 2013

It was that kind of a parliamentary confrontation, stormy, angry, and deliciously witty.