Jewish Global Population Approaches Pre-Holocaust Levels
The world’s Jewish population has grown to be nearly as large as it was before the Holocaust, an Israeli thinktank said in its annual report.
Jerusalem – Israeli 11-Year-Old Boy Pronounced Dead In Tragic Fall From School Roof
Jerusalem – The City of Jerusalem is in mourning tonight after an 11-year-old boy from Ramot Aleph was pronounced dead after falling down a staircase shaft in his school in Jerusalem.
Connecticut Signs Law That Allows Waterbury Hatzolah To Operate
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy cleared the way for the licensing of a volunteer group to assist with emergency medical calls in a growing Orthodox Jewish community in Waterbury.
Jersey City, NJ – Lawyer: Plaintiffs In Jewish Gay Conversion Trial ‘flat-out Liars”
A lawyer representing a New Jersey nonprofit that offers so-called “gay conversion” therapy called several men suing the group “flat-out liars” during closing arguments of a civil trial Wednesday, while their attorney characterized the group as “amateurs using scalpels” on the minds of young gay men.
Woman Apologizes For Letting Chabad Hasid Put Tefillin On Her
A Female Jewish student who caused a social media firestorm when she uploaded photos of a Chabad emissary placing tefillin on her after mistaking her for a man apologized Tuesday.
Kosher Marijuana ?
It seems that chasidim are trying to get into the medical marijuana business.
NYC Chabad Rep Lays Tefillin on Woman
A chabad emissary placed tefillin on a woman in New York last Friday, apparently mistaking her for a man.
Michael Oren: Obama’s Non-Orthodox Jewish Advisors Don’t Understand Israel Character
Former Israeli ambassador to the United States Michael Oren says he pressured Random House to publish his controversial new book “Ally” now, rather than during book season in September or October, because “Israel is at a fateful juncture” before the deadline of the Iran talks and the vote on the French initiative on Palestine in…
Belz Hasidim: Want To Sit Next To Rebbe? Pay NIS 1,000
The Belz Hasidic movement celebrated the marriage of its rebbe’s grandson in a series of major events last week. Guests wishing to watch the senior ultra-Orthodox leadership sitting around the table of honor alongside the 18-year-old groom were asked to bid farewell to at least NIS 1,000 (about $260).
Haredi Politician Accused of Hypocrisy Over Bathing Suit Photos
Outraged gender equality advocates in Beit Shemesh have raised charges of hypocrisy over images of a local ultra-Orthodox politician lounging near scantily clad women in Eilat that are being circulated on social networks.