171 posts categorized "Extreme Sniut"

September 15, 2011: Haredim Launch War Against "Taliban Women"
Comments: 40 | Categories: Extreme Sniut , Haredim , Israel , Women & Judaism
An internal haredi battle is taking place these days against "Taliban women", a radical sect of women wearing cloaks and observing strict modesty rules. Haredim launch war on 'Taliban women' Ads posted in ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods in Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh threaten...

September 13, 2011: A Neturei Karta Wedding
Comments: 33 | Categories: Extreme Sniut , Haredim , Israel , Women & Judaism
One of the most talked about weddings in the ultra-Orthodox sector was held last weekend under a veil of secrecy. Chaya Sara Nehama, 19, granddaughter of the late leader of the extreme Neturei Karta faction, Moshe Hirsch, married 16-year-old Menachem...

August 9, 2011: We Don't Serve Women Here
Comments: 37 | Categories: Extreme Sniut , Haredim , Israel , Women & Judaism
"Issuing a [Jerusalem light rail] ticket requires taking a photograph. In the haredi sector, a man issuing the tickets cannot take a picture of a woman buying a ticket. "Due to this sensitive issue, CityPass has accepted the request of...

June 30, 2011: Tzniut Ruler
Comments: 47 | Categories: Extreme Sniut , Haredim , Women & Judaism
A "tzniut ruler" from Lakewood, New Jersey.

April 6, 2011: Williamsburg 'Modesty Committee' Protests Hair Salon
Comments: 43 | Categories: Extreme Sniut , Haredim
The Williamsburg Va'ad HaTzinus, 'modesty squad', protests in front of a former dry cleaners on Lee Avenue that will be opening as a hair salon. Rabbi Nechemya Weberman, a leader of the 'modesty squad', is currently under indictment for allegedly...

March 16, 2011: Haredi Newspaper Bans Ad Due To Man's "Mischievous Eyes"
Comments: 16 | Categories: Extreme Sniut , Haredim , Israel
A source linked to the newspaper explained that the sight of an adult man winking does not match Hamodia's educational line. "A secular wouldn't understand," he argued. "Our newspaper is first of all an educational tool. The wink, along with...

March 8, 2011: Peace Now Asks Attorney General To Investigate Chabad Rabbi Sholom DovBer Wolpe
Comments: 2 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Extreme Sniut , Israel , MO & Chardal
The move comes after Wolpo told settlers to "fire rubber bullets back at soldiers" who evacuate outposts and encouraged other violence against police and soldiers. Under fire, Wolpo retracted his statements. Peace Now calls on AG to investigate rabbi for...

October 13, 2010: Letter from Jerusalem: Hey Haredim, Where's The Modesty?
Comments: 11 | Categories: Extreme Sniut , Haredim , Israel , Women & Judaism
True modesty should not attempt to erase women, whether in the recesses of Mea She’arim, or through their objectification in the aggressive world of advertising. Where is the ‘tzniut’? True modesty should not attempt to erase women, whether in the...

September 7, 2010: Letter from Jerusalem: The Rise Of Blind Judaism
Comments: 25 | Categories: Extreme Sniut , Haredim , Israel
Radicalization is usually a result of ignorance. When there aren’t enough answers, people fear the questions. In order to avoid them and in a bid not to get entangled, there’s always the option of imagining a world devoid of question...

September 7, 2010: Male Hasidim Don Veils On Pilgramage To Rabbi's Grave
Comments: 42 | Categories: Extreme Sniut , Haredim , Israel
"In any cloth shop, ask for a thin lycra cloth 70 cm wide (blue, brown or black ) costing about 20 NIS," reads one instruction. "It needs to be about 1.5 meters long ... which is necessary so it will...

September 4, 2010: Hot and Heavy: Haredi Dress In The Hot Summer Sun
Comments: 39 | Categories: Extreme Sniut , Haredim , Israel , Women & Judaism
The discomfort of wearing modest clothing, in multiple layers, during the steamy summer months is simply not a matter for discussion in ultra-Orthodox circles. Hot and heavy The discomfort of wearing modest clothing, in multiple layers, during the steamy summer...

August 3, 2010: Update: Haredi Rabbis' Burqa 'Ban' Not Really A Ban At All
Comments: 31 | Categories: Extreme Sniut , Haredim , Israel , Women & Judaism
After days of speculation, at the request of the husbands of women caught up in the extreme modesty movement, haredi rabbis in Jerusalem have issued a notice calling on Jewish women to stop dressing in burqas, instead encouraging women to...

June 20, 2010: Haredim Threaten Violent Riots If AWOL Mothers Jailed
Comments: 31 | Categories: Bigotry & Racism , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Extreme Sniut , Haredim , Israel , Sefardim
"If the High Court decides to jail the mothers, the war will become a war of modesty and not just education, and then the demonstrations will be of a completely different caliber, very violent." Haredim vow violence if mothers jailed...

April 6, 2010: Police Mistake Burka Cult Woman For Terrorist
Comments: 3 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Extreme Sniut , Haredim , Israel
Orthodox woman overpowered by cops, is set to undergo psychiatric evaluation. Police fire in air over 'Taliban'-clad woman Officers fire gunshots in air when woman dressed in black with face covered ignores calls to stop. Police overpower woman, check her...

November 3, 2009: Burka Cult Mother Sentenced To 4 Years For Severe Child Abuse
Comments: 22 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Extreme Sniut , Haredim , Israel
Woman's husband was also convicted of 10 counts of assault and three counts of abuse of a minor or helpless person, and was sentenced to six months in jail. 'Taliban mother' jailed for four years JERUSALEM POST A Beit Shemesh...

July 22, 2009: "Rogue" Haredi Modesty Patrol Plagues Small Israeli Town
Comments: 45 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Extreme Sniut , Haredim , Women & Judaism
"One of my female workers wearing a small shirt. It wasn't a tank top, just a small shirt.…he started shouting that if the worker did not dress appropriately, he would cause financial damage." Rogue modesty patrols target Netivot merchants sparking...

April 10, 2008: Leader of Burka Cult to be Released?
Comments: 11 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Extreme Sniut , Haredim , Israel
Rabbanit Beruriah Keren, the leader of the Beit Shemesh-based Burka cult was ordered… …released to house arrest in a secret location, presumably to prevent violence against her. According to Ha'aretz, Keren is charged with "at least 25 counts of aggravated...

April 1, 2008: BREAKING: Haredi Burka Cult Leader Indicted
Comments: 10 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Extreme Sniut , Haredim , Israel
Rabbanit Beruriah Keren, the leader of the Burka cult, has been indicted. Further, she's… …now in jail, as the Jerusalem Post reports: …The woman was accused of three counts of abuse and 25 counts of assault against six of her...

March 26, 2008: UPDATE: Burka Woman Child Abuser Said To Be Head Of Burka Women Cult, Rabbanit Keren
Comments: 33 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Extreme Sniut , Haredim , Israel
Ha'aretz (still only in Hebrew) is reporting the woman arrested yesterday for physically abusing many of her 12 children and for not reporting rampant incest among them, is the leader of the Ramat Beit Shemesh-based burka women cult. And then…...

March 25, 2008: Jewish Burka Fanatic Arrested On Multiple Counts Of Child Abuse
Comments: 46 | Categories: Extreme Sniut , Haredim , Israel
Remember those 'holy' Jewish women who adopted the veils, burkas and hijabs of their Arab neighbors in order to be "holy" as God "demands"? One of them was arrested today on many counts of child abuse – all with… …her...

February 27, 2008: What's Wrong With This Picture?
Comments: 32 | Categories: Extreme Sniut , Haredim , Women & Judaism
What's wrong with this picture? (Please click to enlarge.) Well, this: Each little girl above the age of three has her face blurred out. None of the boy's faces are blurred. Ad source: The North Manchester Circular, a haredi weekly...

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