תשרי 17, 5779, 9/26/2018
Haredi Community  Shabbat demonstration: Thousand protest despite rabbis' callDespite call by rabbis, few thousand Bnei Brak residents protest Shabbat light rail work. Haredi Israeli radio fined for excluding womenCourt orders Kol Barama radio station to donate $280,000 to women's groups. New York town reportedly buying up property to keep Hasidim outTown supervisor says municipality buying up properties to keep out Hasidim. 'People scared half to death by Hasidic expansion.' Haredi MK: Lower cost of afternoon programs for haredimHaredi MK asks Education Minister to lower cost of afternoon programs for haredi families living in high-SES cities. Attorney General halts appointment of rabbinical judgesA-G Mandelblit halts promotion of chief rabbis' relatives after management of the rabbinical court fails to meet Justice Ministry's demands. Attacks on Hasidic women continue over Rosh HashanahMembers of Hasidic sect in central Israel say they are pelted with eggs every Shabbat and holiday. 'It's a terrifying experience.' Haredi municipality to make Internet services availableBnei Brak inaugurates unique initiative to make municipal and government services accessible to public. A haredi mayor for Jerusalem?Haredi candidate Yossi Deitch has commanding lead in race for mayor of Israel's capital, poll shows. J'lem mayoral candidate forced out of neighborhoodHaredi candidate for mayor of Jerusalem says he 'fears for his life', was forced to abandon apartment following harassment by Neturei Karta. Ponovezh Yeshiva hall closed following brawlIsraeli police break up large fight between students at leading Lithuanian haredi yeshiva after feuding factions used tear gas. Agudath Yisrael to change bylaw barring women from runningFaction tells High Court it will change statute barring women from running for political office amid ruling that ban is discriminatory. Report: Haredi parties to demand changes to Draft LawNew report details haredi parties' requirements for approving Draft Law.Watch: Violence in elite haredi Yeshiva continuesPolice make arrests in Ponovezh Yeshiva's study hall after internal violence spirals out of control. 'Yeshiva stabber' to be charged with attempted murderStudent in Kiryat Sefer yeshiva who stabbed fellow student to be charged with attempted murder, police announce. Campaign to increase enlistment - in haredi media?Defense establishment, IDF seek to allay fears army service conflict with religious lifestyle with new campaign in haredi media. Education Minister: Most haredim want the core curriculumEducation Minister Bennett says most haredim want their children to learn English, math, but Ministry isn't prepared to provide it. Kashrut supervisor caught smuggling 28 liters of date rape drugPolice foil massive shipment of date rape drug concealed in water jugs. Police: 'This was a huge quantity of high dangerous material.' Bnei Brak throws special-needs students out onto the streetMunicipality throws children with special needs out of their school building in defiance of court ruling issued yesterday. Judge orders haredi stabber sent for additional evaluationHaredi stabbers friends and attorneys say that suspect suffered from severe mental problems prior to attack at Kiryat Sefer yeshiva.Watch: Mass brawl rips through Ponovezh YeshivaTables and bookholders fly, as rival factions in flagship Lithuanian Yeshiva fight violent turf war over main study hall. Monsey residents suspected of defrauding $14 million arrestedSeven Rockland County directors suspected of committing fraud with government program funds to increase access to computers and Internet. 'My children weren't accepted to school because they're black'Black rapper who converted to Judaism and moved to Israel says haredi school refused to accept his children due to the color of their skin. Passengers who were stood up by travel agent to receive refundsTravel agency says flights to Uman were canceled, promises that affected customers will receive refunds. Haredi MK: Argument over Draft Law is internal haredi matterMK Gafni says PM Netanyahu gives coalition partners free hand to amend draft law, all arguments are within haredi community. Travel agent disappears with passengers' cashTravel agent who promised to purchase cheap tickets to Uman runs off with Breslov hasidims' money. 2 arrested during demolition of J'lem synagogueJerusalem municipality orders demolition of illegally built synagogue; demonstrators clash with police, with two arrested. Haredi stabber sent for psychiatric evaluationCourt orders psychiatric evaluation for the haredi yeshiva student who stabbed study partner during Torah discussion. Paramedic stopped by police after speeding to treat cop's dadManhunt ends after speeding paramedic found to be rushing to save policeman's father. Survey: Haredim believe academia helps them financiallyNearly half of haredim believe academic studies are worthwhile, improve earning ability, survey shows. Haredi parents spend the least on private tutorsLess haredi parents spend money on private tutors for their children, survey shows. 'Shabbat crisis? Fake news'Senior UTJ official says haredi parties would not leave coalition over construction work on Tel Aviv bridge on Shabbat.1 seriously wounded in stabbing in Kiryat Sefer yeshiva17-year-old stabbed during apparent brawl in yeshiva in Modiin Illit's Kiryat Sefer neighborhood in southwestern Samaria. Wife of prominent Belz hasid dies from cardiac arrestZippora Feiga Kahana, a member of the Belz community in Jerusalem known for doing acts of kindness, dies at 55. Agudat Yisrael will run in one list; Degel threateningAgudat Yisrael convenes, decides all factions will run one list to councils throughout country. Degel still threatens separate run. Police probing major fraud in Rabbinate Kashrut certificationAuthorities suspect high-level officials permitted ostensibly food to be imported from overseas in exchange for bribes. Watchdog to probe sudden price hikes on Uman flightsThe Israel Antitrust Authority to examine why prices on Uman-bound flights skyrocket preceding the Rosh Hashana holiday. Bill de Blasio denies he’s been soft on yeshiva standardsNew York Mayor Bill de Blasio pushes back against claims he's allowed yeshivas to drop secular studies. Hasidim attacked for becoming lawyersFour Belz Hasidim become lawyers with encouragement of Belzer Rebbe; 'Jerusalem Faction' attacks: 'Academic apostasy has ruined many'. Family vacation turns into mourning40-year-old haredi man suffers heart attack and dies while on vacation with family in Egypt.Defense Ministry will allow yeshiva students to fly to UmanFollowing pressure from haredi parties, Defense Minisrry waives ban on overseas flights for haredim avoiding IDF service. Defense Minister: Haredi demands are just an excuseDefense Minister Liberman urges haredi parties to allow Draft Law to pass, says they have nothing to gain from early elections. Rabbi Yosef: 'You cannot force the secular''We cannot do anything by force against the secular people, so we must try explaining and all tools,' -Rabbi David Yosef in weekly lesson.Netanyahu refuses coalition with haredi break-off factionAs Draft Law dispute threatens to topple government, prime minister rejects coalition with Degel Hatorah. Modi'in Illit: Rabbi of mikvahs passes awayRabbi Meir Yisrael Yakobovitch, of Modi'in Illit founders and who served as local mikveh rabbi, passes suddenly. Inter-haredi rivalry in Bet Shemesh shows signs of reaching endSigns of agreement in marathon talks between Lithuanian and Sephardic haredi parties over who controls Bet Shemesh. Radical haredi faction to sue police over foul smelling sprayYerushalmi Faction says new police policy of individual targeting radicals with foul smelling 'skunk' spray violates the law. Haredi factions under attack for supporting Nationality LawEida Haharedit group angry at UTJ, Shas, for supporting Nationality Law defining Israel as a Jewish State. Jewish Home party running anti-haredi campaign in JerusalemBennett says haredi-bashing campaign was done without his knowledge. 'Only Jewish Home will check haredi influence in Jerusalem.' Yerushalmi Faction launching fresh wave of riotsExtremist group says it will renew demonstrations on Monday to protest the arrest of an AWOL haredi yeshiva student. Satmar leadership enraged after girls visit IDF museum'The Satan tricked our holy daughters into visiting an unclean place due to its connection with the Zionist ugliness.' Police arrest 37 extremistsJerusalem Faction extremists block central Jerusalem intersection, police arrest 37 protesters. Tzfat becoming more haredi?Many Tzfat businesses make the bulk of their profit during vacations, when haredi visitors flock to the northern city, kashrut agency says. Diaspora Jews buying Shabbat-violating businesses?Jerusalem's Chief Rabbi says Jews from overseas buying Shabbat-violating bussiness in order to force shutdown on Jewish day of rest. Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef's daughter registers new political partyAdina Bar-Shalom says that new faction will work to promote Arab-Israel peace, coexistence among different sectors in Israel.Peleg Yerushalmi claims they don't oppose Israel, ZionismRadical Haredi sect takes moderate approach in missive to Education Ministry, claims mainstream haredim more extreme.Gafni rips Agudath Yisrael faction, hints of splitDegel Hatorah head Moshe Gafni slams UTJ counterparts from Agudath Yisrael, hints shaky union may collapse over Draft Law.Haredi man arrested for defacing Rachel Azaria's campaign signsThe female candidate for mayor of Jerusalem has had campaign billboards repeatedly vandalized. |
