Health Ministry Chief: Haredi Society Accounts for 34% of Israel’s Covid-19 Cases
Minister Handel proposes that the Corona Czar and the Cabinet present clear and measurable morbidity targets and exit strategies for each decision they pass.
Anti-Semitism Rising, Memorial Desecrated in London
Anti-Semitism continues to rise in England, and this summer particularly in London.
Fire Devastates Belz Boys’ School in London
Exhausted firefighters were going through the scene of the fire Wednesday morning, having fought it through the night.
Andrew Yang May Clinch Mayoral Primaries with Endorsement from Borough Park Jews
And then, on Wednesday, Yang received a gift from the universe, when his opponent Scott Stringer was accused of sexually assaulting a political lobbyist.
Native Baltimore Rabbi Runs for Beit Shemesh City Council
Baltimore native Rabbi Avraham Leventhal, who moved to Beit Shemesh eight years ago after making aliyah, has tossed his hat in the political ring...
Leftist NGO Helping Haredi Youths Evade the Draft
Originally, New profile was founded to help Arab youths avoid the draft.
Attack on Synagogue in Paris Suburb
A synagogue in a Paris suburb was attacked and a window was broken but the identity of the vandal/s is unknown.
TZOHAR Condemns Efforts to Depose Rabbi Riskin
Effort to depose Rabbi Riskin are revenge against his positions and halachic decisions.
Breslov Hasidim Won’t Leave Belarus-Ukraine Border Ahead of Rosh Hashana
“Ukraine has shut its borders to foreigners, and no exclusions will be made for the Hasidic pilgrims.”
Watch: Man Snatches Shtreimel, Man Escapes with Stolen Shtreimel
The thief was wearing a hooded sweatshirt and gray sweatpants. Needless to say, he would stand out should he walk the streets in his new shtreimel.
Israeli Police Station Inaugurated in Orthodox Jewish City of Beitar Illit
The new police station will provide services to some 90,000 residents in Beitar, Gush Etzion and Efrat.
Ukraine Threatens to Bar Israelis from Uman for High Holy Days, Again
In July 2022, Korniychuk made a similar announcement, once again threatening that Ukraine would bar visits to Uman for the Jewish High Holy Days.
Dozens of New Hareidi Recruits Join IDF Paratroopers Brigade
“The soldiers of Hetz company are proving it is possible to serve in IDF combat brigades without compromising on a hareidi way of life.”
Gov. Cuomo: If De Blasio Won’t Stop Crowded Borough Park Weddings, I Will
“We don’t have any evidence that it’s worse in the Chassidic community, we haven’t gotten those complaints. If we do, we will follow up,” the governor said.
Liberman Vs. Haredim on IDF Draft Threatens Netanyahu’s Coalition Building Efforts
With his 5 Knesset seats, Liberman could make life difficult for a Netanyahu 60-seat coalition, should he join forces with the 55-seat opposition, which includes two Arab parties.
Survey: 49% of Israeli Haredim Go Online, 21% Have Smartphone
Nevertheless, B'nei B'rak, with the highest percentage of Haredim in Israel, came in fifth in ordering products online.
Major Israeli Chasidic Posek: The Mitzvah Protects Us in Traditional Simchat Torah Gatherings
To Rabbi Klein's credit, he did not try to contradict the scientific truth that those who observe the commandments of prayer and study in public and in closed spaces risk their lives.
Government’s Zionist Values Resolution Opposed by AG, Haredi Parties
Netanyahu instructed Government Secretary Yossi Fuchs to write a gentler version of the Otzma resolution.
Protesters Try, But Fail to Disrupt Chabad Rally in Tel Aviv
Police announced the provocateurs were "violating the public order" and removed those who became inordinately disruptive, yelling inappropriately.
IDF Intelligence: Coronavirus Morbidity in Haredi Communities Much Higher than the Rest of the...
Restrictions on movement have been enforced as of Wednesday morning in Elad and in several neighborhoods in T'veria.
Ya’alon: Haredi Integration without Criminal Sanctions
There will be no trucks coming to transfer them to prison.
UTJ, Arabs, Left, Pass Bill Compelling Police to Document Using Water Cannons on Demonstrators
In 2018, four Haredi residents of Jerusalem petitioned the High Court of Justice against police use of the riot dispersal chemical Skunk.
Kabbalist Sails to IDF Ship to Ask Soldiers to Say ‘Shema Yisrael’ [video]
The rabbi from Tiberias almost fell into the sea trying to board the ship and settled for shouting from his boat, "Say Shema Yisrael."
NYPD Evacuates 770 After 911 Gets Bomb Threat
A bomb threat called in to the NYC 911 switchboard prompts police to evacuate "770" Eastern Pkwy.
New Sephardi Chief Rabbi Says ‘Learn Torah or Enlist in IDF’
Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef, newly elected Chief Sephardi Rabbi of Israel, said in a recent Torah lesson that he often threatened students in his yeshiva...
Mall Rebellion: Store Owners Defy Guidelines, Stay Open on Shabbat
The Haredi parties' complain that while the Health Ministry's regulations are leaving large sectors of the public open, synagogues are forced to operate in a limited way.
MDA Mobile Unit Takes 3,166 Swab Samples in Geula, Jerusalem
The MDA sampling teams sitting inside the container are protected by a high pressure air system that pushes out the air and maintains a fully sterile environment inside.
Hasidic Movement Bans EMT Volunteering on Penalty of Expulsion
Deputy Health Minsiter Yakov Litzman (United Torah Judaism) is a senior member of the Gur Hasidic movement.
Mazal Tov to 65-Year-old Mother of ‘Illegal’ Baby
Bnei Brak Hassidic woman and child are fine after C-section birth of in-vitro-fertilization baby.
Brothers Beaten and Cursed by Anti-Semites in Marine Park, Brooklyn
Two young Jewish men were attacked by an anti-Semitic gang in the Marine Park section of Brooklyn on the afternoon of Yom Kippur.