Tag: Haredi
Hollywood’s war on Judaism
A doctor walks up to a Chassidic Jewish teen lying in a hospital bed and tells him he needs a bone graft to save his leg. The teen and his father both worry that...
Will the Bennett-Lapid government have the political power to address Israel’s most contentious issues?
Yamina Party head Naftali Bennett was sworn in as Israel’s 13th prime minister on Sunday evening with a razor-thin 60 Knesset member majority. At the same time, Yesh Atid Party head Yair Lapid was...
Meet the Orthodox woman at the top of Israel’s cyber game
“On Friday morning, I have on one ear a conference call and one hand mixing cholent, and with my foot, I’m rocking the baby carriage,” says Ola Sergatchov. “That’s what my life looks like.”
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Navigating fine line between Torah observance and Israeli military service, politics aside
This past week an organization called “Forum of Reserve Rabbis,” a group of rabbis who serve as reserve soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces, released a new 50-page booklet roughly titled in English, “And...
The Israel Defense Forces is becoming ‘God’s army,’ warns Lieberman
The Israel Defense Forces is becoming an organ of the country’s Chief Rabbinate, Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman said on Wednesday.
His comments, which he posted on Facebook, came in reaction to a booklet authored...
Largest ever class of ultra-Orthodox paratroopers sworn in at Western Wall
Over 50 ultra-Orthodox soldiers were sworn into the Paratroopers Brigade at a ceremony at the Western Wall on Thursday, the largest ever recruitment in a special paratroop company.
While many eligible ultra-Orthodox males utilize exemptions...
The future of Israel’s haredi population: Is it growing or shrinking?
If there is any other contentious issue in Israel that does not deal with politics or the Palestinians, it is the internal demographic issue and concern by some that the haredi sector will grow to more...
A Jewish-themed beard balm for hipsters and Hasids
On a recent Friday, Eitan Press stood in Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda Market offering to apply balm to the beards of passers-by.
Press was hoping they would get hooked on his product, an ointment that comes...