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Police boost forces to quell haredi protests ahead of religious holidays
Jerusalem :: Israel | 2 months ago
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Jerusalem District police have mobilized more than 1,000 security personnel from around the nation and are requiring many of its officers to work double-time in recent weeks to quell haredi violence and maintain peace in the Old City, national police...
HOME FUNERALS AND TAKING DEATH BACK
DYING AT HOME In what may seem as a surreal and cathartic experience, Home Funerals have been on the upswing and becoming more and more popular as other considerations such as the economy become a factor. For about the price of a $250 pine...
Tags: Dying, Death, Home Funeral, Coffins, Economy, Surreal, Death Midwife, Humane, Backyard, Cemetery, Death Certificate, cremation, Orthodox Jews, Hindus
Court bid to end Jerusalem riots
Jerusalem :: Israel | 3 months ago
Credibility An ultra-orthodox woman whose arrest on suspicion of starving her child sparked violent protests is to be freed into the custody of a Jerusalem rabbi. Agreement to the move by a court and religious leaders aims to end clashes between orthodox Jews and...
Tags: Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, Jerusalem Ultra-Orthodox, Ultra-Orthodox Jewish, house arrest, orthodox jews, child abuse, woman accused, woman suspected, orthodox riots, Israeli
Wiggling Bubbahs
Several years ago I had the opportunity to go overseas to Russia to participate in a summer study abroad program. I enjoyed the experience so much that I went back for a second time the next year. One Saturday morning in June my room...
Police, Orthodox Jews clash over parking
Jerusalem :: Israel | 5 months ago
Credibility Thousands of Orthodox Jews clashed with Israeli police in Jerusalem in protest over the inauguration of a municipal parking lot on Saturday, the Jewish sabbath. In sporadic incidents, protesters dressed in traditional all-black or all-white garb of their...
Tags: Jerusalem City Hall, Jerusalem Municipality, Orthodox Jerusalem, orthodox jews, parking lot, Israeli, jewish sabbath
NYC ultra-orthodox Jews give Amish walking tour
Berlin :: PA :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility New York City's ultra-Orthodox Jews are giving the Amish a walking tour of their world. Several dozen Amish residents from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, started the tour earlier Tuesday of Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood with members of the Hasidic...
Tags: walking tour, orthodox jews
New Stuff: Miller, Avishai and J Street
In the realm of Israel-related politics, there is always a new group, and a steady stream of new books on the market. But there are some recent books and a new organization that folks should really be examining carefully.
Tags: Israel, Carter, Bush, Reagan, Clinton, Obama, Zionism, peace, Palestinians, Aaron Miller, Bernard Avishai, Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street, lobbying, settlements, Orthodox Jews, Camp David, Syria, Egypt
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