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The season of Peace on Earth isn’t getting off to the most peaceful of starts in a Rockland County community where the melting pot seems to have achieved meltdown. It looked like the level of unease might have peaked last month near the end of a long...
Tags: schools board, East Ramapo, private schools, orthodox jews, Spring Valley, Rockland County New York, Education, New Square New York, Hasidic Judaism, Orthodox Judaism, Ramapo New York, Yiddish, East Ramapo Central School District
For a second Saturday in a row, ultra-Orthodox Jews rallied outside an Intel computer chip plant in Jerusalem, protesting work done on the Sabbath, police said. Two demonstrators were arrested after some protesters confronted police and Intel security...
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IsraelNN.com) Egyptian forces killed an African refugee who was trying to sneak into Israel Saturday. According to reports, Egyptian troops demanded that a band of four refugees halt, and when they did not, troops opened fire, killing one.
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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...
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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.
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