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Haredi extremists attack Beit Shemesh mayor and his family, overturn his car
Assailants injure Shmuel Greenberg's 19-year-old son; video shows armored police rushing mayor from scene as mob shouting ...
Taking from Israel and refusing to serve: Why haredim draft refusal is hard to swallow - editorial
Few things are more provocative for non-haredim than haredi rabbis and students gleefully rejecting the government and ...
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PM, President Herzog, Haredi ministers condemn mob attack on Beit Shemesh mayor
We must denounce the extremists and the violent among us,' says United Torah Judaism chairman Goldknopf in wake of assault on ...
Haredi group issue ultimatum to PM: Either pass an IDF draft law, or we leave coalition
An agreement was reached between rabbis of Gur and the Degel Hatorah faction of United Torah Judaism (UTJ) to issue an ultimatum to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu either to finalize an acceptable ...
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Haredi lawmakers split on approach to budget, which must pass this month or gov’t falls
While UTJ chair Goldknopf threatens to send Israel to elections if Haredi draft-exemption bill not passed, other ...
The Forward on MSN13d
‘Shtisel’ spin-off ‘Kugel’ richly portrays a diasporic Hasidic community
The creators even hired members of the Antwerp Jewish community, non-actors, to provide authentic local flavor ...
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Historic first: Haredi officer takes command of IDF battalion
Yossi Levi calls for greater ultra-Orthodox enlistment, warning that increasing hostility to the religious group could widen the military draft gap.The post Historic first: Haredi officer takes comman ...
Israel’s Newest Army Recruits: the Ultra-Orthodox
At Israel’s founding in 1948, the new nation’s leaders agreed that ultra-Orthodox men — known as the Haredim, or God-fearing, ...
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AG urges defense minister to take ‘immediate action’ to penalize Haredi draft evaders
Government must 'improve enforcement and impose personal sanctions,' Deputy AG Limon writes, says only a 'negligible' fraction of ultra-Orthodox called up for service have enlisted ...