Tag: Orthodox Judaism

Last week, three of the world's most prestigious Haredi courts issued a harsh and unprecedented ruling against Berland.

A federal law protects religious institutions from unduly burdensome or discriminatory land-use regulations.

This week's unprecedented heat wave, with temperatures rising to 114 degrees Fahrenheit even along the shore, hasn't helped things.

The motorist called police to come and rescue him.

It was both entertaining and educational.

The grownups are once again in charge in the Haredi community, after weeks of unmitigated carnage borne by confusion.

After 9/11, Newsweek quoted him as saying: "Today, the world is not the same as it was yesterday. If we are the same as we were yesterday, then it is pure folly."

Israel's Ultra-Orthodox are helping those in need during the coronavirus crisis.

Orthodox Rabbi Kenneth Brander, the dean of the Israel’s Ohr Torah Stone network of institutions, said while cremation is normally considered a “desecration” in Judaism, if it helps save a life during this time it would be “a mitzvah that the deceased is doing posthumously.”

When asked what should the Jewish response be to Coronavirus, Rav Binyamin Elyashiv performed a Goral HaGra, and the response he received...

Yamina made inroads deep into the heart of Aguda/Shas territory.

The protest was against the arrest of a Haredi draft dodger.

"You are hereby requested to vigorously reverse your remarks about my client, and apologize to him in a manner that would be coordinated with him."

JTA invited Shimon Rolnitzky, writer, activist and Chassidic resident of Monsey, New York to sing a post-pogrom kumbaya.

Rabbi Zvi Kostiner, dean of the yeshiva in Mitzpe Ramon, says he was behind the pressure exerted on the IDF to cancel the women's armor corps course.

Gov. Murphy told reporters that he plans to “vigorously fight” the restraining order, which remains in effect until the next scheduled court date, on Oct. 23.

The candidate for Prime Minister addressed the elephant in the room, his fellow Blue&White leader Yair Lapid, who is universally loathed by the Haredi public.

There's nothing quite like featuring the photo of exactly the wrong Rabbi in your hate campaign.

Does Ehud Barak understand that sticking by the Satmar agenda against his foes in the religious-Zionist parties is highly unusual?

In recent years, a growing number of these individuals, popularly known as the “Hidden Jews of Poland,” have begun to explore their connections to Judaism

Haredi Rabbi Hillel Handler announced: “We Hasidim have been chosen as the target,” and, “The campaign against us has been successful.”

This is the true meaning of the time of Sefirah: when one good Jew can be tempted into smearing another good Jew in the heat of the moment.

Our halacha is not more concerned with whether or not to ordain an "openly gay" man as rabbi than it is with an "openly thieving" man, or "openly driving on Shabbat" man, or "openly eating pork" man – you get the point.

"I very much hope that the next interior minister will be from the Likud and not from there (the Haredi parties)."

Several holy Jews who watched the video of the harmless event online alerted to Badatz, the kashrut supervision department of the Eda Haredit, which supervises the wedding hall.

Otzma Yehudit told AIPAC members to come home to Israel to earn the right to participate in internal Israeli politics.

All three parties when running on their own do not cross the threshold in most polls.

Naava Livneh represented true Zionism, helping Israel simply for the sake of Israel, expecting neither praise nor enumeration.

Interestingly, Gilinsky-Yankelevitch is on the record as supporting the segregation of women in the Haredi community.

During his inspection tour, Rabbi Shnerb noticed two suspicious individuals hiding on the slope below the post.