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New charity card is upgrading the giving experience in Jewish circles

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Even tzedakah is going high-tech. There are endless opportunities for charitable giving in the Jewish world. And with the biblical commandment to give maser—one-tenth of one’s income to charity—it means that there are also countless people seeking out...
Young haredim form the cast of the Israeli TV hit “The New Black” (“Shababnikim”). Credit: Courtesy of HOT.

‘The New Black’ does with comedy what ‘Shtisel’ and ‘Srugim’ did with drama

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If there was an award for a most surprising opening scene, the Israeli hit comedy “The New Black”—in Hebrew, “Shababnikim”—would win it by a mile. The series, which finished its second season in Israel...
A discussion and a vote on the IDF Pension law, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on February 28, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Conversion bill delayed, but tensions over issues associated with Jewish law remain

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The Knesset, which was to vote to revamp rules regarding Jewish conversion, has delayed the bill until the start of its summer session in May due to the political sensitivity of the issue. The...
Goldie Gelhar during training. Photo by Itamar Yissachar.

Shifting gears: Ultra-Orthodox woman turns professional cyclist

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Until just two years ago, now-professional cyclist Goldie Gelhar had not done any sports in her life. Born and raised in the haredi city of Bnei Brak, she took a single swimming lesson as a child,...
Volunteer Ali Tuchman, 39, was photographed in “lifestyle snapshots,” such as celebrating a birthday, participating in a Torah-study group, and socializing and engaging with other women. Credit: Laura Ben David.

Encouraging inclusion: Creating a photo bank of Orthodox Jewish women

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The Jewish Life Photo Bank is releasing what they call the first-of-its-kind photo bank representing Orthodox Jewish life, including positive images of Jewish women and families. Chochmat Nashim, an organization that challenges trends in Jewish...
Orthodox Jews examine etrogs for imperfections in the northern Israeli city of Tzfat, on Sept. 19, 2021, ahead of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

On visible and invisible Jews

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During the middle days of the Sukkot festival, small groups of haredi kids can be seen wandering along the thoroughfares of New York City’s Upper West Side, asking passersby whether they are Jewish. If the answer...
Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman gives a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 6, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Israeli finance minister cancels childcare subsidies for non-working yeshivah students

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Starting on Sept. 1, unemployed yeshivah students will no longer be eligible for daycare-center subsidies for their children, Israeli Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced on Wednesday. “The current mechanism harms parents who work and prioritizes those who...
Women gather in Jerusalem under the auspices of an all-volunteer organization called Imahot L’Maan Imahot (“Mothers Supporting Mothers”), June 9, 2021. Credit: Courtesy

‘Day of Unity’ offers comfort, outreach for women who lost relatives on Lag B’Omer

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Dozens of women whose husbands, sons, brothers or fathers lost their lives in the crush on an overcrowded ramp at Mount Meron on Lag B’Omer joined together in Jerusalem last week in an emotional...
A participant in the Jerusalem College of Technology LevTech Entrepreneurship Center’s fourth annual women’s hackathon, May 2021. Credit: Jerusalem College of Technology.

Women’s hackathon students develop image-processing technology to improve lives

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Nearly 25 percent of senior citizens in Israel live alone, causing a potentially fatal situation when one of them falls and needs immediate assistance. To help solve this problem, a group of religious women taking part...
Israelis comfort one another in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square following the Lag B'Omer stampede in Meron that resulted in the deaths of 45 Jewish worshippers, May 2, 2021. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Can a disaster breed Jewish unity or widen the communal breach?

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There is nothing positive to be gleaned from an event that led to the deaths of 45 Jews and injuring of 150 others. The wake of a fatal stampede in the early hours of...