Ashkelon Mayor Charged In Bribe Case Involving Hush Money Over Sexual
The mayor of Ashkelon, Itamar Shimoni, was indicted Tuesday for accepting bribes, breach of trust and tax-related offenses.
Authorities Crack Down on ‘Modesty Police’ In Jerusalem
Authorities in Jerusalem arrested two men Monday morning in an apparent crackdown on a vigilante “modesty squad” which has operated for years in the capital’s haredi neighborhoods.
‘These Demonstrators Are Desecrating God’s Name’
Deputy Defense Minister Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan (Jewish Home) slammed the haredi demonstrations against enlistment in the IDF which have occurred around the country this week.
Haredi Soldier Pelted With Rocks By Ultra-Orthodox Yeshiva Students
A member of the Haredi community, recently discharged from the IDF, was attacked by an ultra-Orthodox mob of yeshiva students Wednesday night when they surrounded him, subjected him to verbal abuse and threw garbage cans and even stones at him.
Dozens of Ultra-Orthodox Jews Arrested In Protests Against Arrest of IDF Deserter
Violent demonstrations across Israel by ultra-Orthodox followers of Rabbi Shmuel Auerbah over the arrest of an army deserter continued into their third day on Thursday.
Former Israeli Business Tycoon Nochi Dankner Appeals Conviction
“The verdict in the Nochi Dankner case, as admitted by the Court itself, is based on circumstantial evidence.
A 10-Year-Old Elad Girl Beaten In The Battle Against Non Kosher Cellphones
The national-religious community in the religious town of Elad is up in arms after two ultra-Orthodox children allegedly attacked a 10-year-old girl with extreme violence because she was holding a “not-kosher” cell phone (a smart phone open to text messages and the internet).
Ashkelon Mayor Indicted For Bribery, Money-Laundering
Ashkelon Mayor Itamar Shimoni and some of his top lieutenants were indicted in the Tel Aviv District Court on Tuesday for bribery, money-laundering and a slew of other crimes involving more than NIS 1 million related to efforts to obtain hush money to pay two women in exchange for their silence about sex crimes Shimoni…
DetailsFights Among Breslov Hasidic Jews, Prominent Rabbi Attacked
Over the past weeks, the struggles within the Breslov Hasidic group, between followers of Rabbi Eliezer Berland who was convicted of sexual offences and his opponents, grew worse.
Six Wounded In Tel Aviv-area Car Explosion In Attempted Assassination
Six people, including five children, were wounded Friday when a bomb went off in their family car in an apparent underworld hit near Tel Aviv, police and medics said.