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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...
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
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
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...
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
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
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